These vegan sliders are made with barbecue black bean patties and your favorite sandwich toppings! They great for snacking, entertaining, or just enjoying as a light main dish.
It took me a while to really get the concept of sliders. Sliders are like mini burgers or sandwiches. Why eat a mini sandwich when you can eat a full-sized one?
As it turns out, there are lots of reasons. For one thing, a mini sandwich is a sandwich you can eat as an appetizer! Or a snack! For another thing, mini sandwiches are less messy than full-sized ones, a fact I can appreciate as someone who can get really carried away with toppings. And you can always make a meal of sliders if you'd like — just eat a couple of them!
Having finally figured all that out, I created a recipe for vegan sliders, based off of two of my favorite burger recipes: my vegan black bean burgers and my barbecue chickpea burgers. So much deliciousness in one tiny little sandwich package.
Let's talk about how they're made.
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Ingredients You'll Need
- Rolled oats.
- Red onion.
- Garlic.
- Black beans. We're using canned black beans to make things easy, but you can cook them from scratch if you'd like. You'll need about 2 cups of beans.
- Barbecue sauce. You can use my homemade vegan barbecue sauce or store-bought. Make sure to check the ingredients for things like honey if you're going with store-bought.
- Spices. We're just using ground cumin and smoked paprika. Cayenne pepper would make a nice addition if you'd like some extra heat.
- Salt.
- Sliced vegan cheese. This is optional, but makes a nice addition to these sliders. I used Violife Just like Cheddar slices, but pretty much any variety will work.
- Slider buns. Finding vegan slider buns can be tricky! I used Wegman's potato slider rolls. These vegan slider buns from Angelic Bakery are also worth a try. If you can't get ahold of vegan slider buns, then get creative! Try dinner rolls, small kaiser rolls, or pretty much anything that's vegan and appropriately sided.
- Toppings. Vegan mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, lettuce, tomato, avocado, and pickles are all great choices. Since these sliders are made with barbecue sauce, some vegan coleslaw would also be really nice, as a topper or a side.
How They're Made
Below is a detailed photo tutorial on how to make this dish. Scroll all the way down if you'd like to skip right to the recipe!
Start by placing your oats into a food processor bowl.
Blend the oats to a coarse powder.
Add all other ingredients for the patties to the food processor: beans, barbecue sauce, spices, and salt.
Pulse the machine until everything is finely chopped and fully-mixed. Don't overdo it though! Keep some texture in the mixture.
Tip: If you don't have a food processor, simply substitute a scant cup of oat flour for the oats. Make sure the onion is chopped super finely, mash the beans with a potato masher, and mix everything up with a spoon in a large mixing bowl.
Shape the mixture into eight patties and place them on a baking sheet that's been lined with parchment paper. Pop it in the oven and bake the patties for twenty minutes, flipping them halfway through, then brushing the tops with some extra barbecue sauce.
If you're using vegan cheese slices, cut them in quarters so they fit the patties. I like to place them on the patties during the last two minutes or so of baking, so they melt a bit.
Stuff the patties into buns and pile on the toppings. Your vegan sliders are ready to serve!
Tip: Want to use this recipe to make full-sized burgers? Just shape the mixture into four patties instead of eight, and bake them for a total of thirty minutes instead of twenty.
Leftovers & Storage
Vegan slider patties will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for three to four days, or in the freezer for about three months. You can also chill or freeze the bean mixture after blending, but before shaping into patties. It will keep for three or four days in the fridge or three months in the freezer.
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📖 Recipe
Barbecue Black Bean Vegan Sliders
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 (14.5 ounce/439 gram) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- ½ cup chopped red onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 6 tablespoons vegan barbecue sauce, divided
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 2 slices vegan cheese (optional), cut into quarters
- 8 vegan slider buns (Note 1), optionally toasted
- Toppings of choice, such as vegan mayo, ketchup, mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and avocado
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the oats into the bowl of a food processor fitted with an s-bland. Blend them to a coarse powder.
- Add the beans, onion, garlic, 2 tablespoons of barbecue sauce, cumin, smoked paprika, and salt to the food processor bowl. Pulse the machine until the ingredients are finely chopped and fully mixed, but still have some texture.
- Shape the mixture into 8 patties, then arrange them on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the patties for 10 minutes. Flip the patties and brush each one with ½ tablespoon of barbecue sauce. Return them to the oven to bake for another 10 minutes. If you're using vegan cheese, you can optionally place a quarter slice on each patty during the last 2 minutes of baking, so that it melts a bit.
- Stuff the patties into buns and top them with toppings of choice. Serve.
Notes
- I used Wegman's brand potato slider rolls. I've provided a link in the ingredients list to some vegan slider buns on Amazon, though I haven't tried them. If you can't get ahold of vegan slider rolls, try vegan dinner rolls, small kaiser rolls, or any other variety or appropriately sized vegan roll.
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