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Friday, March 29, 2013

Spicy Turkey Sloppy Joes

You're not going to believe this, well, maybe you will, but my husband does not know what a Sloppy Joe is. I'll grant that he was born and raised in Little Italy in New York and I doubt that there were many Sloppy Joe's being eaten.  But they've been around since the 1930's and became very popular in the 50's and 60's.  He went to a guys thing last night and I had some extra ground meat and canned tomato sauce, some jalapenos, ground chili, some sweet peppers, onion, garlic and grated mixed Mexican cheeses.  Voila!  The Sloppy Joe!  I told my husband this and he said, "that sounds awful".  What does he know...So, here's an updated version of the Sloppy Joe and it's a leaner version. I eat mine open faced:  From Epicurious:

Ingredients: Serves 6
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
1 large green bell pepper, chopped
4 large garlic cloves
3 tablespoons chili powder
1 1/4 cups ale or beer
3/4 cup bottled chili sauce or ketchup
1 4-ounce can diced green chilies
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 cup finely chopped green onions
1/2 cup low fat grated Mexican cheeses

6 sourdough rolls, split, toasted
2 cups shredded romaine lettuce or packaged garden salad mix (you could leave off the lettuce and serve a salad with the Joe's instead.  Gotta get the green in there.)

Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add turkey, green pepper and garlic and sauté until turkey is no longer pink, breaking up meat with back of fork, about 10 minutes. Mix in chili powder; stir 1 minute. Add next 4 ingredients. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until mixture thickens, stirring often, about 15 minutes. Mix in green onions; season with salt and pepper.
Arrange rolls on plates. Spoon Sloppy Joe mixture over; top with lettuce and cheese.