Dinner

Black Bean Burgers in Pitta

Name: Black Bean Burgers in Pitta
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: Two tins, drained (400 g) Black beans, tinned and drained; 40 g Rolled oats; 1 large, about 55 g Egg; 80 g Red onion; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; 2 tsp (12 g) Chipotle paste; 1 tsp Ground cumin; 1 tsp Smoked paprika; 8 g Rapeseed oil; 2 pittas, about 120 g Wholemeal pitta; 80 g Tomato salsa; 60 g Greek yogurt, 0% fat

Smoky black bean patties bound with oats and egg, fried until crusted and stuffed into pitta with salsa and yogurt. 30 g of protein for 559 kcal.

Calories: 559kcal
Protein: 30g
Fat: 10g
Carbs: 83g

Per serving, makes 2. 25 minutes of work, then 20 minutes chilling. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Gluten
Milk
Eggs

Oats count as a gluten cereal under UK labelling and ordinary oats are milled alongside wheat. Certified gluten-free oats are a separate ingredient here.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Black beans, tinned and drainedTwo tins, drained (400 g)
Dried on kitchen paper. Wet beans make a patty that will not hold. Drained weight.
Rolled oats40 g
Dry weight.
Egg1 large, about 55 g
Red onion80 g
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Chipotle paste2 tsp (12 g)
Ground cumin1 tsp
Smoked paprika1 tsp
Rapeseed oil8 g
Wholemeal pitta2 pittas, about 120 g
Tomato salsa80 g
Greek yogurt, 0% fat60 g

Method

Mash three quarters of the beans roughly with a fork, then mix in the rest whole with the oats, egg, finely chopped onion, garlic, chipotle, spices and salt.
Shape into four patties and chill for 20 minutes so they firm up.
Fry in the oil over a medium heat for four minutes a side until dark and crusted. Do not move them before the crust forms.
Warm the pittas, split them, and fill each with two patties, salsa and yogurt.

Worth knowing

The patties are soft compared with a meat burger. That is how bean burgers are, and the chilling is what keeps them in one piece.
Pitta is 83 g of the carbohydrate. The patties on a plate with the salsa and yogurt are about 410 kcal a serving.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 450 and 600 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.