Southwestern Bean Cakes
- Ready In:
- 13mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
8 bean cakes
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 2 (15 ounce) cans white beans, rinsed and drained
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 3 tablespoons cilantro leaves, minced
- 1 small jalapeno chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1⁄4 cup cornmeal (or more)
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
directions
- Place the beans, broth, and lime juice in a large bowl. Use a potato masher to mash the mixture into a course puree. Stir in the cilantro, chile, chili powder, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Stir in 1/4 cup cornmeal. If the mixture is too sticky to handle, stir in more cornmeal until you can shape the mixture with your hands.
- Shape the mixture into eight 3-inch cakes.
- Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add the bean cakes and cook until nicely browned, about 4 minutes. Carefully turn the cakes and drizzle the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons oil around the edges of the pan. Continue cooking until the bean cakes are nicely browned on the se4cond side, about 3 minutes. Serve immediately.
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