This is another hybrid recipe. Half-solar and half-traditionally cooked. Unlike most of my mixed cooking method dishes this one starts out in the Sun Oven, where the beans are cooked, and is finished up in a frying pan. The beans can be made ahead, while the sun’s shining. Don’t fry the patties until you’re ready to serve them.

How to make fried bean patties
- Soak beans in a large bowl overnight.
 - Set Sun Oven out to preheat.
 - Combine beans, onion, celery, and clove in a large pot. Add enough
water to cover by two inches. Cover the pot and place it in the SO. - Cook until beans are tender, about 1 ½ hours. Drain beans, remove
and discard clove. Mash bean and vegetable mixture, add salt to taste. - When mixture is cool and you’re ready to fry the patties, mix in the
egg yolks, bread crumbs, and parmesan cheese. - Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Shape bean mixture into small patties.
 - Dip each patty in the egg whites, coat with bread crumbs and fry in batches. Drain patties on paper towels and keep warm as you continue frying.
 - Just before serving squeeze lemon onto the warm patties. Serve with lemon wedges.
 

Pan Fried Solar Simmered Bean Patties
A vegetarian delight that's half-solar and half-traditionally cooked
Equipment
- 1 Sun Oven
 
Ingredients
- 1 lb Dry red kidney beans rinsed
 - 3 Eggs separated
 - 1 Yellow onion roughly chopped
 - 1 Celery stalk roughly chopped
 - 1 Whole clove
 - 1 Lemon cut into wedges
 - 2 tablespoon Bread crumbs plus more for coating
 - 3 tablespoon Grated parmesan cheese
 - Vegetable oil for frying
 - Salt to taste
 
Instructions
- Soak beans in a large bowl overnight.
 - Set Sun Oven out to preheat.
 - Combine beans, onion, celery, and clove in a large pot. Add enough water to cover by two inches. Cover the pot and place it in the Sun Oven.
 - Cook until beans are tender, about 1 ½ hours. Drain beans, remove and discard clove. Mash bean and vegetable mixture, add salt to taste.
 - When mixture is cool and you’re ready to fry the patties, mix in the egg yolks, bread crumbs, and parmesan cheese.
 - Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Shape bean mixture into small patties. Dip each patty in the egg whites, coat with bread crumbs and fry in batches.
 - Drain patties on paper towels and keep warm as you continue frying. Just before serving squeeze lemon onto the warm patties. Serve with lemon wedges.
 




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