Heirloom Black Bean Burger

Ingredients

• 4 cups cooked black beans
• 1 cup cooked rice (white or brown rice)
• 1 medium red onion chopped fine
• 1 medium yellow onion chopped 1/4” dice
• 6 green onions-sliced thin. Using the green, pale green and white parts
• 1 1/2 cups shiitake mushrooms-stems removed. Slice caps into quarters or more depending on the size
• 1 cup cilantro leaves and a little bit of stem chopped fine
• 1 cup shishito peppers sliced thin, remove as much of the seeds as possible. Or any fresh peppers of your choice , hot, or sweet or both
• 1 egg beaten
• Kosher salt-to taste
• Ground pepper, from a pepper mill-to taste
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground cayenne
• Safflower or canola oil
• Soy sauce
• 1 1/2 cups grated cheese of your choice. (Optional)
• Fried over easy cooked egg per burger (Optional)