Mayan Mole Magic Vegan Burger

Ingredients

• For the Patty

• 1 cup cooked black beans, mashed black beans

  1 cup cooked black beans, mashed
• 1 cup grated sweet potato sweet potato

  1 cup grated sweet potato
• 1/2 cup cooked quinoa quinoa

  1/2 cup cooked quinoa
• 2 tbsp ground flaxseed ground flaxseed

  2 tbsp ground flaxseed
• 1/4 cup cornmeal (or gluten-free breadcrumbs) gluten-free breadcrumbs

  1/4 cup cornmeal (or gluten-free breadcrumbs)
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro fresh cilantro

  2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 tsp smoked paprika smoked paprika

  1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp ground cumin ground cumin

  1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp chili powder chili powder

  1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder garlic powder

  1/2 tsp garlic powder
• Salt and pepper, to taste pepper

  Salt and pepper, to taste

• For the Quick Mole Sauce

• 2 tbsp tomato paste tomato paste

  2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp unsweetened cacao powder unsweetened cacao powder

  1 tbsp unsweetened cacao powder
• 1 tbsp almond butter (or sunflower seed butter for nut-free) sunflower seed butter

  1 tbsp almond butter (or sunflower seed butter for nut-free)
• 1 small chipotle in adobo, minced (or 1/2 tsp chipotle powder) chipotle in adobo

  1 small chipotle in adobo, minced (or 1/2 tsp chipotle powder)
• 1/2 cup vegetable broth vegetable broth

  1/2 cup vegetable broth
• 1 tsp maple syrup maple syrup

  1 tsp maple syrup
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon cinnamon

  1/2 tsp cinnamon
• Salt, to taste salt

  Salt, to taste

• For the Toppings

• 1/2 cup shredded red cabbage red cabbage

  1/2 cup shredded red cabbage
• 1/4 cup pickled red onion pickled red onion

  1/4 cup pickled red onion
• 1 ripe avocado, sliced avocado

  1 ripe avocado, sliced
• Fresh cilantro leaves fresh cilantro

  Fresh cilantro leaves
• Lime wedges lime

  Lime wedges

• For Assembly

• 4 gluten-free burger buns or lettuce leaves gluten-free burger buns

  4 gluten-free burger buns or lettuce leaves