Creative Culinary Solutions
Healthy Beef Sloppy Joes
A healthy but flavourful take on the popular sloppy joe dish. Replacing half of the beef with lentils allows for a lower fat, higher fibre meal, while also helping to reduce the food cost.
| Difficulty: | 10/20 |
| Yield serving: | 10 |
| Preparation time: | 10 minutes |
| Cooking time: | 20 minutes |
Preparation
- In a sauce pan, add the tomato sauce dry mix gradually in 500mL of the boiling water while whisking. Add the remaining water, mix well, keep warm and set aside.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat, add ground beef and cook through (about 5 minutes), crumbling the beef.
- Add the condiment mix for meat and mix well.
- Add onion, garlic, bell pepper, worcestershire sauce, and red wine vinegar.
- Reduce heat to medium and keep cooking, stirring frequently, for another 2 minutes or until softened.
- Add the lentils and the tomato sauce, mix well, reduce heat to a simmer and let simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Ladle the sauce in toasted buns and serve alongside a salad. Enjoy!
Serve on a hamburger bun, ciabatta roll, or on a bed of rice. Accompany with a salad.
Ingredients
- 95 g LUDA Inspiration Culinary Tomato Base, dry mix
- 625 mL (2-1/2 cups) Water, boiling
- 30 mL (2 tbsp) Vegetable oil
- 600 g (1-1/4 lbs) Ground beef
- 20 mL (4 tsp) Steak spice mix
- 1 Onion, chopped
- 2 cloves Garlic, chopped
- 1 Green bell pepper, chopped
- 15 mL (1 tbsp) Worcestershire sauce
- 15 mL (1 tbsp) Red wine vinegar
- 500 mL (2 cups) Lentils, drained and rinsed
- 10 Hamburger buns, toasted
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