Great for a light lunch or a high-protein side dish.
How To Make Black Bean Cakes
A cake recipe with black beans fried to a crisp
Prep:
10 mins
Chill Time:
30 mins
Cook:
20 mins
Total:
1 hr
Ingredients
- 16 oz Cuban black beans
- ½ cup corn flakes , or the breadcrumbs of your choice, crumbled
- 1 egg
- 4 scallions, finely chopped
- ½ red bell pepper, finely chopped
- hot sauce, Several dashes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- cornmeal, for dredging
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients in a glass bowl.
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Place the bowl in the refrigerator for a half hour.
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When the mixture has chilled and set, shape into four balls.
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Heat oil in a nonstick frying pan.
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Dredge each bean ball lightly through the cornmeal and drop it gently onto the hot oil.
- Flatten it (gently again) with a spatula.
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Let it fry for about 4 minutes on each side.
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Drain on paper towels.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 1g
- :
- Calcium: 45mg
- Calories: 284kcal
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Cholesterol: 41mg
- Fat: 13g
- Fiber: 11g
- Iron: 4mg
- Potassium: 482mg
- Protein: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Vitamin A: 707IU
- Vitamin C: 22mg
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