Kidney Bean Burgers

This recipe has become quite a favourite in our household. I came up with this recipe when I bought a metal burger press which, I must admit, has been used to make more veggie burgers than meat burgers!

Kidney Bean Burgers
(Makes 4 Mid-sized Burgers)

Ingredients:

Large tin of kidney beans.
8 slices of bread, crumbed (flour tortillas work very well here too).
1 red pepper.
1 large onion.
1 tablespoon of olive oil.
Juice of 1 Lime

Plain Flour, to achieve correct dryness.

1. Drain the kidney beans, peel the onion and core the pepper.
2. Process all of the ingredients together and pour out into a bowl.
3. Add flour to the mixture to absorb some of the moisture- the mix needs to be firm, but not totally dry.
4. Divide the mixture into four balls and flatten into burgers (or use a press if you have one).
5. Fry the burgers (the oil in the burgers should be enough).

Helpful hints:
I find that these can be prepared in advance, by par frying the burgers and then heating them in the oven when needed.

Variations:
We only had a tin of kidney beans in chilli sauce the other week, and this added some interest to the flavour.
Add other vegetables from the fridge that need using up.