Homemade Ground Chicken-Chickpea Burgers

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups water
• 0.5 cups dry quinoa
• 1 can chickpeas , 15.5 ounce
• 8 ounces ground chicken
• 0.5 cups egg whites
• 0.5 cups minced beets
• 0.5 cups oat bran
• 0.25 cups minced onion
• 3 prunes , minced
• 1 tablespoon minced poblano pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground chile pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

1. 1

   Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

3. 3

   Mash chickpeas roughly in a bowl. Add cooked quinoa, chicken, egg whites, beets, oat bran, onion, prunes, poblano pepper, salt, chile powder, cumin, and black pepper. Mix well. Form into 6 equal-size patties. Wrap in aluminum foil.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and any juices run clear, about 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).