Southwestern White Bean Burgers with Avocado, Pepperjack and Pico de Gallo

Morita chiles are red, fully mature Chipotles. This gives them a unique, medium – hot smokey flavor which is popular in many Southwestern dishes. These can be added to sauces (including Mole) to add smokey flavor and maintain the red color of the sauces. These peppers are about 2-4 inches in length, 1 inch in width, and have a deep brick reddish brown color. The word Chipotle translated to smoked chile. Consider the Chipotle a 6.5 on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the hottest). Scoville heat units 7,000-25,000.

Suggested Use:
Use Morita in enchilada sauces, chili, stews, barbecue ribs, and corn bread. Their smoky quality combines well with poultry, meats and fall squash.

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Yield: 6 Burgers

Ingredients:

BURGERS:
2 cans White Beans, drained
1 Large Egg Yolk
2 1/2 tbsps Chipotle Peppers, rehydrated in hot water, drained, and puréed
2 tbsps Low-Fat Sour Cream
1/2 cup Panko Crumbs
1 tbsp Lime Juice
2 tsps Minced or Crushed Garlic
2 -3 tsps Fresh Cilantro, chopped
1/4 tsp Sea Salt & Coarse Black Peppercorn – approx.
PAM Cooking Spray

TOPPINGS:
6 Whole Grain Buns
Pepperjack Cheese
2 Avocados, sliced
Pico de Gallo
Low-Fat Sour Cream

Directions:

Amply grease large baking sheet with cooking spray, then set aside.
In food processor gently pulse white beans 5-6 times until a chunky consistency is achieved. You don’t want the white beans to be too smooth/mushy, so don’t be afraid of big chunks.

Transfer white beans to large mixing bowl, then combine with remaining burger ingredients (save for the PAM). Once well combined, with damp hands roll bean mixture into baseball-size rounds before placing onto greased baking sheet, gently flattening the tops with your fingers as you do. Repeat until all ingredients have been used, making sure burgers are of comparable size.

When ready, generously grease skillet or flat-griddle with cooking spray before heating over medium flame. Once hot, cook burgers for 3 minutes on either side, twice*, greasing the tops with cooking spray before every flip. On the last flip for each burger, top with cheese.
Once all burgers are cooked, build with toppings as desired, then eat!

From cookingwithcakes.com