These Loaded Sloppy Joes are made with nutritious ingredients, the best homemade sauce, plus they are loaded with hidden veggies. These sloppy joes make a great weeknight dinner option that is healthy and can be prepared in 30 minutes or less! Dinner win! Make it with me!
Loaded Sloppy Joes
These sloppy joes are called “loaded” sloppy joes because I packed this recipe with hidden veggies!
Carrots, bell peppers, and mushrooms diced so thin and cooked down and covered in sauce so little ones don’t know they’re even in there!
This recipe is so flavorful and delicious too! Your kids, and adults, are going to love this easy weeknight dinner recipe.
The Best Homemade Sauce
For the sloppy joe sauce, I mix up a variety of seasons and flavors to create the best sauce!
Ketchup, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, red wine vinegar, brown sugar, yellow mustard, beef bullion powder, and BBQ sauce are all mixed together to make the flavor pop!
Simply whisk together the above ingredients in a small bowl and add it to the meat mixture.
30 Minute Meal
These Loaded Sloppy Joes are perfect to throw into the weeknight dinner rotation because they come together in no time at all.
This recipe is takes 30 minutes to prepare from start to finish! How is that for easy?
Plus, we love it because kids love it.
Loaded Sloppy Joes make 4 servings
The recipe is written to serve 4 people. The calories and nutrition info on the recipe are for 4 servings as well.
BUT, if you need to stretch the batch, you could get 6 slightly less full servings out of it. This would be perfect for little ones who don’t eat a lot.
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Loaded Sloppy Joes
The best, easy dinner to make on a weeknight! Loaded Sloppy Joes are packed with nutritious ingredients, veggies, and lots of flavor!
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup yellow onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 pound lean ground turkey (or ground beef)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup carrot, finely chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
- 1 cup mushrooms, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 2 teaspoons beef bouillon powder
- 1/4 cup bbq sauce
- 4 hamburger buns for serving
Instructions
- Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to a large cast iron skillet and place over medium high heat.
- Add in the onion, garlic, and ground turkey. Break up the meat into small pieces and cook until no longer pink, about 5-8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Next, add in the carrot, bell pepper, and mushrooms. Sauté for 5-7 minutes or until veggies are tender.
- While the veggies are cooking down, prepare the sauce. In a small bowl, whisk together ketchup, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, red wine vinegar, brown sugar, yellow mustard, beef bullion powder, and bbq sauce.
- Add prepared sauce to the meat and simmer for 3-5 minutes, until sauce has thickened.
- Remove the skillet from the heat. Spoon the mixture on top of buns and enjoy.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 530Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 119mgSodium: 1777mgCarbohydrates: 53gFiber: 4gSugar: 25gProtein: 38g
