Thai bean burger
Butter bean, coconut and peanut patties with red curry paste in a toasted bun
ThaiA Thai-flavoured veggie burger: butter beans are blended with fresh coconut, spring onions, coriander, roasted peanuts and red curry paste into coarse patties, shallow-fried until crisp and stacked in toasted buns with lettuce, onion and a little sweet chilli sauce. Filling, crunchy and full of flavour. Serve with a salad or chips.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
For the patties
- 14 oz tinned butter beansdrained
- ¼ cup fresh coconutshredded
- 1 cup spring onionschopped
- ½ cup fresh corianderchopped
- 2 ½ oz peanuts½ cup, roasted and crushed
- 2 tbsp Thai red curry pastesee the Thai red vegetable curry recipe for a home-made one; many shop-bought pastes contain shrimp paste, so check the label for a vegetarian one
- 2 ⅛ oz plain flour½ cup
- ½ tsp saltto taste
- ¼ tsp black pepperto taste
- 3 tbsp oilfor shallow frying
For the topping
- 1 onionsliced into rings
- 6 tsp sweet chilli sauce
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Blend 14 oz tinned butter beans, ¼ cup fresh coconut, 1 cup spring onions, ½ cup fresh coriander, 2 ½ oz peanuts and 2 tbsp Thai red curry paste to a coarse mixture.
Step 2: Mix in 2 ⅛ oz plain flour, ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp black pepper.
Step 3: Shape into 6 round patties. Heat 3 tbsp oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and shallow-fry for 3–4 minutes on each side until crisp and golden.
8 minStep 4: Cut 6 plain round burger buns in half and toast them under the grill.
2 minStep 5: On each bottom half place a 12 lettuce leaves leaf and an 1 onion slice, then a patty. Spread a little 6 tsp sweet chilli sauce on the patty.
Step 6: Top with another onion slice and lettuce leaf, cover with the other half of the bun and serve.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 380 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 45 g
- Fat
- 17 g
- Fibre
- 7 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does thai bean burger take?
- About 40 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of tinned butter beans?
- Cannellini or haricot beans, same amount.
- What can I use instead of fresh coconut?
- Desiccated coconut soaked in hot water for 15 minutes, about three quarters of the weight.
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