Baked Pumpkin-Black Bean Sliders with Avocado Sauce
Baked Pumpkin-Black Bean Sliders are a great vegetarian option for a cookout. Flavored with southwestern ingredients and topped with a creamy avocado sauce.
Course Vegetarian
Cuisine American
Prep Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 6 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour21 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Author Christin Mahrlig
Ingredients
1tablespoonVegetable oil
½cupfinely diced red onion
½cupfinely diced red bell pepper
1garlic clove,minced
1teaspoonground cumin
1(15-ounce)can black beansdrained, rinsed, and dried (blot dry with paper towels)
1teaspoonkosher salt
1-2chopped chipotle peppers
¼cupcooked corn
½cupLIBBY’S 100% pure pumpkin(from a 15 oz. can)
½cuppanko crumbsor more
Cooking spray
Fresh cilantro
Slider buns or small rolls
2plum tomatoes,sliced
Avocado Sauce
2small avocados
¼cupsour cream
1tablespoonlime juice
2tablespoonfinely diced red onion
¼teaspoonkosher salt
Instructions
Heat vegetable oil in a skillet and sauté onion, red pepper, and garlic until soft, about 2-3 minutes. Add cumin and let mixture cool.
Place beans in a food processor with 1 teaspoon salt and chipotle peppers. Process until beans are mostly in small pieces. Add the onion mixture and do a few more pulses to get everything mixed well. Transfer to a medium bowl.
Add corn, pumpkin, and panko crumbs to the beans mixture and mix together well. If the mixture feels to loose and will not hold its shape well, add extra panko crumbs.
Shape into 8-10 slider-sized patties and place on a large plate or tray. Refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
To make sauce, mash together the avocado, sour cream, and lime juice until smooth. Or you can process them in a food processor. Add red onion and salt. Refrigerate until needed.
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray both sides of sliders with cooking spray and place on a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake for about 6-8 minutes per side. Alternately you can sauté them in 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil for about 3 minutes per side.
Serve on slider buns with avocado sauce, tomato, and cilantro.