Beef, Bean & Mushroom Sliders with Homemade Tomato Sauce
Juicy beef and mushroom sliders topped with a homemade tomato sauce, perfect for a crowd-pleasing bite.
Ingredients
Patties
- 400 g tin black beans rinsed, drained and lightly mashed
- 250 g portabellini mushrooms finely sliced
- 1 large white onion diced
- 500 g beef mince
- 50 g panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley finely chopped
Homemade tomato sauce
- 400 g tin tomato purée
- 40 g brown sugar
- 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
- ½ tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp celery salt
To serve
- 12-15 white slider buns / mini burger buns many bakeries also call these cocktail buns
- mayonnaise
- lettuce leaves
- tomato sliced
- red onion sliced
- salt and pepper
- olive oil
Instructions
To make the tomato sauce
- Place all the ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat.Stir gently until everything comes to a light simmer.
- Cover and reduce heat to low.Simmer for 15 minutes for the flavours to develop.
- Taste to adjust seasoning. Cool.
For the patties
- Preheat a braai to medium high heat.
- Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a frying pan. Add the mushrooms and cook until golden brown. Add the onion and a pinch of salt.
- Cook until tender, golden and lightly caramelised. Place in a large bowl.
- To the bowl add the black beans, beef, breadcrumbs and parsley.Season well with salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly until very well combined.
- Shape mixture into patties. It is a good idea to check the size of your slider buns and make your patties are just larger than the buns as they will shrink during cooking.
- Brush patties all over with olive oil and braai until golden brown on both sides. You can also bake them in the oven or cook them on the stovetop.
- Allow the patties to rest. Build sliders with your favourite burger toppings. Add a generous dollop of homemade tomato sauce to each slider and enjoy!