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Sloppy Janes
10 min prep time
20 min cook time
8servings
Recipe by
Lara Rondinelli Hamilton, RD, LDN, CDE and Jennifer Bucko Lamplough
Source
The Diabetes Cookbook
Photo by
Adobe Stock
How to Make Sloppy Janes
Sloppy Joes get a makeover with lean ground turkey instead of beef, plus plenty of zing from garlic, onions, peppers, tomatoes and hot sauce.
10 min prep time
20 min cook time
8servings
1 sandwich
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Step-By-Step Instructions:
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Add cooking spray to a nonstick sauté pan over medium-high heat.
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Add onion, red bell pepper and garlic. Sauté for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
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Add turkey and sauté 5-7 minutes, stirring frequently until turkey is just cooked through.
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Add tomato paste, Dijon mustard, hot sauce, tomatoes, honey and ground black pepper. Bring to a simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
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Toast the hamburger buns. Fill each bun with 1/2 cup turkey mixture to make 8 sandwiches. Optional: top each sandwich with lettuce, red onion, or pickles for crunch.
Nutrition facts
8 Servings
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Serving Size
1 sandwich
- Amount per serving Calories 250
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Total Fat
7g
- Saturated Fat 1.6g
- Trans Fats 0.1g
- Cholesterol 45mg
- Sodium 390mg
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Total Carbohydrate
31g
- Dietary Fiber 5g
- Total Sugars 10g
- Added Sugars 0g
- Protein 16g
- Potassium 510mg
- Phosphorous 240mg
Ingredients
nonstick cooking spray
1 whole
onion(s) (diced)
1 med
red bell pepper (seeded and diced)
1 med
garlic (minced)
1 clove
lean ground turkey
1 lbs
tomato paste
1 tbsp
Dijon Mustard
2 tbsp
hot sauce
1 tbsp
canned crushed tomatoes
2 cup
honey (or 2 packets artificial sweetener)
1 tbsp
black pepper
1/2 tsp
whole wheat hamburger buns
8 whole
Reviews & Ratings
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My ingredients / changes:
- added 1/2 tsp salt, double the garlic, and the black pepper to the meat before browning
- I had only a green pepper, so omitted that ingredient
- low on Tabasco, so used cayenne, 1/8 tsp
- used honey option, not packets of sweetener
Notes
- My results look nothing like the photo that accompanies the recipe. I have never browned ground turkey so that it looked like ground beef. I find that photo misleading. The results in my skillet were not visually appealing.
- After sauteing the onion, there wasn't much aroma during preparation.
- The texture was similar to other mixtures with ground turkey; no surprises
Conclusion
I won't make this again any time soon. I'm not going to give it a thumbs down, because I think this would suit lots of people's taste. We like more intense flavor than this recipe provides. Maybe doubling the tomato paste, mustard, cayenne, and honey would help. I did double the garlic.
We're making the transition to a diet that's more supportive of controlling T2D, but we're not willing to "go bland." Maybe this wasn't the best recipe to try early on.
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