Bean Croquettes

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups drained cooked beans (you may use other canned beans, save a few tbsp of liquid when you drain the beans) or 2 cups canned beans (you may use other canned beans, save a few tbsp of liquid when you drain the beans)
• 1/2 cup onion, minced fine
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced or 2 tablespoons dried parsley
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• salt
• pepper
• hot sauce (i like about 2 tbsp to zip them up) (optional)
• 1/4 cup coarse cornmeal or 1/4 cup fresh breadcrumb
• peanut oil

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 200°f.
• 2 mash the beans, but do not puree, have a few lumps in here, add a bit of bean water if necessary to even out.
• 3 combine the beans, onion, parsley, egg salt& pepper.
• 4 add crumbs (i like the crumbs best) or cornmeal by the tbsp until you have a batter that you can handle by hand. shape into hamburger shaped patties and fry in lightly sprayed oil coated pan, 3-5 minutes each side or until browned on each side. keep warm in the 200°f oven until all are cooked or you could serve at room temperature.