Herbal bean sausages
Herbal bean sausages recipe in the vegetarian category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 cups cooked pinto beans
- 1/2 cup whole wheat breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup onion, minced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
- 1/8 teaspoon dried red pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon dried basil, or 1/2 teaspoon fresh basil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
- Salt, to taste
- Mushroom red pepper sauce:
- 1 red bell pepper, minced
- 1/8 cup vegetable broth or water, or more as needed
- 4 large mushrooms, minced
- 1/4 cup onion, minced
- Salt, to taste
- 1/8 teaspoon celery seed
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
- 1 dash black pepper
- Whole wheat flour
Recipe method:
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl, mix thoroughly.
- Shape into 1 to 2 inch sausages.
- Saute in a small amount of vegetable oil until crisp, or place in a baking pan and broil, turning when edges are slightly crisp.
- Serve with mushroom red pepper sauce.
- Mushroom red pepper sauce:
- Cook red pepper in vegetable broth for 5 to 7 minutes until tender.
- Add mushrooms, onion, salt, celery seed, oregano and black pepper.
- Cook 5 minutes longer or until onion is transparent.
- Quickly whisk in enough flour to just thicken the sauce, about 2 tablespoons at a time.
- Immediately remove from burner. Do not overcook, or flour will cake.
- If needed, add more vegetable broth or water.
- Serve over sausages, whole grains, or vegetables.
- These plant based sausages taste great, contain no added fat except the vegetable oil they are fried in, and are easy to make.
- These ingredients yield fairly mild sausages. After you have tried them, adjust the seasonings to please your palate.
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