Black Eyed Sweet Potato Sliders

Name: Black Eyed Sweet Potato Sliders


Active Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Yield: makes 15 sliders or 8 large burgers


Ingredients:

patty

• 3 cups black eyes peas (I used 1 bag, frozen)
• 1 1/2 cups sweet potato, mashed
• 1-2 Tbsp tahini
• spices/seasonings:
• 1 tsp salt (add 1/4 tsp at a time to taste)
• 3/4+ tsp spices (your choice! I used Penzey's Cajun seasoning + 4/S spicy salt)
• a few dashes fine black pepper
• 2+ Tbsp nutritional yeast
• 1-2 tsp oil (if baking, fold the oil into the patty mixture, if sauteing add the oil to the pan.

plus

• spicy mustard + vegan mayo
• thinly sliced red onion
• micro greens
• vegan sesame slider buns (Trader Joe's)
• avocado, tomato, other sprouts/lettuce (optional)

Special Equipment:  large mixing bowl, potato masher,


Directions:

• Bake, peel and mash your sweet potato. Add to large mixing bowl.
• Cook your black eyes peas - I steamed mine. Add to large bowl along with the remaining patty ingredients.
• Using a large fork or potato masher - mash the contents of the bowl.
• If baking, heat oven to 350 degrees. If using stove top - heat 1 tsp oil in large saute or grill pan.
• Form slider patties - about golf ball sized scoops of mixture. Baking: 350 degrees for 15 minutes for sliders. Larger burgers take about 22 minutes. For saute: cook about 3 minutes on each side - you want the outside to be toasty brown while the inside stays moist yet heated through.
• Assembly: toast burger buns. Add a slather of vegan mayo and or spicy mustard. Add burger, thin red onion, optional avocado and tomato and micro greens - or another form of lettuce of sprout.
• Serve warm!

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