The Lowcountry Food Bank Recipes | Pinto Bean Sloppy Joe
This Pinto Bean Sloppy Joe is a healthy take on a family favorite! Perfect for a #MeatlessMonday dinner, this dish is packed with nutritious veggies and loaded with flavor.
Did you know that the ingredients used in this recipe are frequently distributed to our agency partners from the Lowcountry Food Bank’s warehouse? Share with us your Pinto Bean Sloppy Joe creations!
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How to Make Healthy Sloppy Joes
In today's recipe learn how to make healthy sloppy joes.
In fact, these sloppy joes are full of flavor and low in calorie, made of ground turkey and black beans and served on homemade whole wheat buns.
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Here are the tips I’m going to cover in today’s video:
First up, we have the veggie load. I'll show you how easy it is to add different vegetables in sloppy joe mixture and make it a way more healthier.
The second is the step-by-step cooking procedure, and it starts with sauteing the veggies. You don't start with cooking the ground turkey, because you don't want to make the meat too dry. If cooking with ground beef, start with browning the beef first.
Next up, we have a no sugar tomato sauce. Traditional sloppy joes use ketchup or bbq sauce as the sauce base, but that's not the case with these healthy sloppy joes.
Finally, you'll need to cook the meat and bean mixture for 15 minutes, and you don't want to have it too sloppy, not too dry either.
I serve sloppy joes in 3 different ways. First I use butter toasted whole wheat buns with sliced pickles on top.
Then, for low-carb version, I add some mixture in lettuce leaves and enjoy it as salad wraps. Finally, I spoon some mixture in halves of an avocado.
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TURKEY AND BLACK BEAN SLOPPY JOES
Ingredients:
2 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 medium carrot, grated
1 pound ground turkey
1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup tomato sauce
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp mustard
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1 cup cooked black beans
Salt and black pepper, to taste
6 whole wheat buns
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Preparation:
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan, over medium-high heat. Add the onion and carrots and cook until slightly softened, for about 2 minutes.
Add the ground turkey, and cook until no longer pink, for about 5 minutes.
Add the red bell pepper and garlic, and cook for 2 more minutes.
Add the tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, honey, vinegar, mustard and smoked paprika. Season with salt and black pepper, and pour in 1-2 cups water. Add the black beans. Stir well and let it simmer over medium-low heat for about 15 minutes.
Taste and adjust seasonings, if needed.
Serve on whole wheat buns with sliced pickles on top.
For low-carb dinner serve the sloppy joe mixture in salad wraps or spoon into halves of an avocado.
Enjoy!