Black Bean Fiesta Burgers

Black Bean Fiesta Burgers vegan, makes 5 burgers 5 whole wheat burger buns Cilantro Jicama Fiesta Slaw (recipe here) Burgers: 1 1/2 cups black beans, drained/canned (unsalted) 3 Tbsp fine bread crumbs 3/4 cup baked/mashed sweet potato 3 Tbsp chopped cilantro - including stems 1/3 cup diced white onion 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp chopped garlic 3/4 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 Tbsp cider vinegar 2 Tbsp lime juice 1/2 jalapeno, diced/de-seeded 3 Tbsp nutritional yeast - or use more bread crumbs a few dashes of chipotle powder or cayenne for extra heat Special Spicy Sauce: 1/2 cup vegan mayo 2 tsp garlic hot sauce 5 round onion slices and 5 round tomato slices optional: lime-juice spritzed avocado slices (not shown in burger photos - but recommended!) Directions: 1. First off prepare the Fiesta Slaw according to the directions. (recipe) - Chill in fridge until ready to add to burgers. 2. Whip up your "special spicy sauce" - set aside in fridge as well. 3. Next up, prepare the burgers. Pulse all the ingredients in a food processor. You can also mash well by hand - but a fp is a tad faster. Next, hand-form burger patties with the mixture and place them on a lightly greased baking sheet. I like to roll my burgers in a touch of bread crumbs so that they have nice crisp edges 4. Bake your burgers at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool for a few minutes before assembling burgers. The last 5 minutes of cooking - add your burger buns to the oven to warm/toast them. burgers - this batch actually had no sweet potato in it - I later added the sweet potato and liked the moistu5. Assemble those burgers! Warm bun, spread of special sauce, tomato, onion, optional avocado, burger, fiesta slaw and finally another slather of the special spicy sauce on the top bunre it added.