Black Bean Burger

• 2 1/2 pounds cooked black beans
• 2 cups fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons chipotle powder
• 2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
• 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
• 6 slices pineapple, 1/2 inch thick each
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 6 brioche burger buns, split
• 6 leaves Bibb lettuce
• 6 slices tomato
• 6 slices red onion
• Vegetable chips, for serving

1. For the black bean burger: Combine the beans, cilantro, breadcrumbs, mayonnaise, cumin, salt, chipotle powder, oregano and black pepper in a bowl and mash with your hands until about 2/3 of the black beans are mashed.
2. The mixture should hold together when you pat it into a burger.
3. Shape 6 burgers from the mixture.
4. Heat a griddle over high heat, add the grapeseed oil and then the burgers.
5. Cook until the burgers are seared on one side, 3 to 4 minutes.
6. Flip and cook on the second side until browned, 2 to 3 minutes.
7. Remove from the griddle and serve immediately following the plating instructions below.
8. To plate: Heat a griddle over high heat, add the grapeseed oil and then the pineapple slices.
9. Cook until the pineapple slices are seared on one side, 2 to 3 minutes.
10. Flip and cook on the second side until browned, 2 to 3 minutes.
11. Butter both sides of the burger buns and toast on the griddle until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes.
12. Set the bottoms of the buns on 6 plates.
13. Top each with a lettuce leaf, tomato slice, red onion slice and burger.
14. Add the bun tops and serve each with a piece of seared pineapple and some vegetable chips on the side.

black beans, fresh cilantro, breadcrumbs, mayonnaise, cumin, kosher salt, chipotle powder, oregano, freshly ground black pepper, grapeseed oil, grapeseed oil, pineapple, unsalted butter, burger buns, bibb lettuce, tomato, red onion, vegetable chips

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/robert-irvine/black-bean-burger.html (may not work)