Recipe: Wild Black-Eyed Pea Patties

Wild Black-Eyed Pea Patties

• 2 cups of cooked and cooled wild rice
• 1 block of lite silken tofu (I used Nasoya)
• 1/2 red onion diced
• 1T soy sauce
• 2T nutritional yeast
• 1t garlic powder
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 to 1&1/2 cups whole wheat breadcrumbs
• 1/2T hot sauce
• 1-15oz can of black-eyed peas, drained, rinsed and smashed

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Blend the silken tofu, soy sauce, nutritional yeast, garlic powder and hot sauce until smooth.
3. In a large bowl mix together the wild rice, tofu mixture, onion, and black-eyed peas.
4. Starting with 1 cup of breadcrumbs and mix to combine then if needed add breadcrumbs 1T at a time until the mixture forms balls.
5. Create patties using about 1/4 cup of mixture per patty and place on a lined baking sheet and press down.
6. Place in the oven and make for 20 minutes, flipping after 10.