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'Wich of the Week: Portobello Mushroom Sloppy Joe

YumSugar — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:50 -0700

When it comes to meaty sandwiches, it's hard to get much meatier than a sloppy joe. But with National Vegetarian Month on the horizon, you can enjoy a kinder, gentler, and healthier version of the old Manwich.Made with hearty portobello mushrooms flavored with bell peppers, onions, tomato paste, and a touch of spice, these vegetarian sloppy joes don't taste like beef, but in sentiment and sloppiness, they do the trick. Get the recipe now.

7 Easy Foods to Make With Your Kids

YumSugar — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:50:48 -0700

If you don't have major plans this weekend, grab your daughter, son, niece, or kid brother and make some meals: here in California, May 9 is Cook With Your Kids Day - so, for inspiration, we've compiled some of our favorite kid-friendly recipes. Just remember: to be safe, never leave kids unattended in the kitchen. Here, you can scope out fun kitchen recipes, ranging from finger foods to dessert.

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How to Make a New Jersey Sloppy Joe

partysugar — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:50:45 -0700

A couple of weeks ago, Brian Sugar, came to my desk with an incredibly giddy look on his face. He had purchased 10 pounds of turkey and 10 more of pastrami, quarts of coleslaw and Russian dressing, and countless loaves of Rye bread. He was going to make a "New Jersey Sloppy Joe." According to Mr. Sugar, in New Jersey, a sloppy joe isn't the common combination of ground beef and juicy tomato sauce, it is rather, a wet sandwich somewhere between the classic Reuben and a pastrami sandwich. Intrigued, I followed him to the conference room where a makeshift assembly line was set up. Naturally, I had to document the technique to share with you. To learn how to make Brian Sugar's New Jersey Sloppy Joe, simply start clicking!

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Game Day Eats: Super Sloppy Joes

partysugar — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:15:31 -0800

Still haven't decided what to serve your family during the Super Bowl? How about good, ol' sloppy Joes?! I recently got a craving so intense that I had to make them. Sloppy Joes are a hearty favorite that bring back nostalgic memories of childhood. The messy sandwich consists of ground beef, onions, red peppers, and a spicy tomato sauce. I topped mine with finely grated sharp cheddar cheese because that's how my mom used to serve them. The leftovers only taste better, so make a large batch and enjoy all week. They're great with beer, potato chips, and pickles. To get this scrumptious recipe, read more.

Super Sloppy Joes
Modified from Rachael Ray

Ingredients

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
4 slices of bacon
1 1/4 pounds ground beef sirloin
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons steak seasoning blend, such as McCormick brand Montreal Seasoning
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 medium onion, chopped
1 small red bell pepper, chopped
1 small jalapeno, seeded and chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 cups tomato sauce
2 tablespoons tomato paste
6-8 crusty rolls, split, toasted, and lightly buttered

Directions

Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and bacon to the pan. Cook for 5 minutes until the bacon is soft. Add the ground beef to the pan. Spread the meat around the pan and begin to break it up. Cook for about 5-8 minutes until the meat is no longer pink.
Combine brown sugar, steak seasoning, chili powder, and cumin in a small bowl.
Add sugar and spice mixture to the skillet and stir to combine.
When the meat has browned, add onion, red peppers, jalapeno, and garlic to the skillet.
Reduce heat to medium. Add the red wine vinegar and Worcestershire sauce to the mixture and cook for 5 minutes.
Add tomato sauce and paste to pan. Stir to combine.
Reduce heat to simmer and cook Sloppy Joe mixture 25-35 minutes longer until mixture is thick and no longer too soupy.
Using a large spoon or ice cream scoop, pile sloppy meat onto toasted, bun bottoms and cover with bun tops.
Serve with your favorite sides or topped with grated cheddar cheese.

Serves 6-8.

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'Wich of the Week: Sloppy Jose

YumSugar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:50 -0700

Food often tastes better on camping trips; it takes so much effort to make that I'm usually starving by the time I eat. Because I first tried Trader Joe's carnitas while roughing it, I had to revisit this tasty pork at home. Dare I say, it was better than I remembered. The fully cooked Mexican-style pork is easy to prepare - warmed in a saucepan with TJ's red mole sauce - but I wanted to expand its horizons.Naturally, I thought, "sandwich!" and imagined piling the pork onto soft bread with avocado, salsa, and cheese. Then I realized that the smoky, sweet flavor of the carnitas and mole reminds me of Sloppy Joes. Thus, the Sloppy Jose was born. To see how it came together, read more.

Though I used Trader Joe's packaged, cooked carnitas, you could also make the pork from scratch or use homemade mole in place of the jarred product. But if you live near a TJ's, I highly recommend their versions for a quick and easy dinner. I also added brown sugar to my mole to give it a more Midwestern comfort-food flavor.

Sloppy Jose
Original recipe

Ingredients

6 oz. prepared red mole sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce, or more to taste
1 tablespoon water or broth
12 oz. fully cooked pork carnitas, cut into bite-size pieces
4 whole wheat hamburger buns
1 cup shredded lettuce*
1/2 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
Half of an avocado, cut into thin slices
1/4 cup salsa

Directions

In a saucepan over low heat, combine the mole sauce, brown sugar, hot sauce, and water or broth; heat for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.

To the saucepan, add carnitas and stir to coat. Cook slowly over low heat for 10 minutes or until fully heated through, stirring occasionally and breaking up the pork.
To make each sandwich, place 1/4 cup shredded lettuce on the bottom bun, then top with carnitas. Sprinkle a layer of shredded cheese over the pork, then lay a few slices of avocado over the cheese. Top with a spoonful of salsa, and place the top of the bun over the stack of ingredients to serve.

Makes 4 sandwiches.

*I used red leaf lettuce. However any other cool, crunchy lettuce (iceberg, romaine, etc) would be delicious.

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Fast & Easy Dinner: Sloppy Joes

partysugar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:30:34 -0700

Sloppy Joes are a delicious alternative to the boring old burger. This recipe, which uses chorizo, pork, garlic, Worcestershire, and brown sugar, is simple yet spicy. Because the meat is ground, the sandwiches come together quickly. The recipe can easily be doubled to feed a crowd.

Served with a cold beer and plenty of napkins, these sloppy Joe's are a scrumptious start to the weekend. Intrigued by the recipe? Get it now when you read more.

Sloppy Joes
From Rachael Ray

Ingredients

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 to 1/3 pound chorizo, casing removed, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
1 pound ground pork
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, grated or finely chopped
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon allspice
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Grated peel and juice of 1 lime
1 cup chicken broth
One 8-ounce can tomato sauce
4 Portuguese rolls or submarine rolls, split
4 deli slices Swiss cheese
3 to 4 large dill or half-sour pickles, chopped
1 bag plantain or other chips

Directions

In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.
Add the chorizo and cook, stirring, until browned, 2 minutes.
Add the pork and cook, crumbling it with a spoon, until browned, 3 to 4 minutes.
Stir in the onion, garlic, paprika, coriander, and allspice; season with salt and pepper to taste and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, lime peel and lime juice and mix well; stir in the chicken broth and tomato sauce and simmer for a couple of minutes.
Lightly toast the rolls under the broiler. Pile the meat mixture onto the roll bottoms. Cover with the Swiss cheese and broil until melted, about 30 seconds.
Scatter the pickles on the sandwiches, cover with the roll tops, and serve with the plantain chips alongside.

Serves 4.

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Gobble Up Spicy Turkey Sloppy Tacos

YumSugar — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:14:51 -0700

While I love trying new recipes, most of the time I end up using them as launching pads. We've been eating a lot of turkey burgers in the Yum household and I was up for a change. So, knowing that there was a pound of ground turkey in the fridge, I suggested Sloppy Joes. We had most of the fixings, and just ran with it. Half way through we realized that in addition to not having any bell peppers, chiles, or green onions - which the original recipe called for - we also were out of bread or buns.

So what did we do? We put the sloppy mixture on to really hefty handmade corn tortillas and sprinkled it with cilantro! It was a fantastic way to use up the last of our tortillas and it ended up being really delicious. The corn flavor paired nicely with the sloppy joe seasonings, and the cilantro gave it a nice finish. In the end I was glad we decided to run with it despite not having all the ingredients.

If you want to see the recipe I started with - the nice kick comes from beer! - then just read more.

Spicy Turkey Sloppy Joes
From Bon Appetit, Sept. 1999

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
1 large green bell pepper, chopped
4 large garlic cloves, chopped
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

6 sourdough rolls, split, toasted
2 cups shredded romaine lettuce or packaged garden salad mix

Directions

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 roll bottoms on plates.
Spoon sloppy joe mixture over; top with lettuce and roll tops.

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Fast & Easy Dinner: Vegetarian Sloppy Joes

partysugar — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:50:31 -0700

Traditionally, the classic sloppy Joe is not considered healthy or vegetarian-friendly. However, this innovative recipe creates a lighter, meat-free sloppy Joe.

Soy ground beef is the meat substitute that's combined with diced onion, mushrooms, and celery. The sauce is a mixture of vegetable stock, barbecue sauce, and hot sauce resulting in a sandwich filling that's thick, spicy, and flavorful.

If this sloppy joe sounds interesting to you, check out the recipe and read more.

Vegetarian Sloppy Joes
From The Nest

Ingredients

4 Kaiser rolls
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or more as needed
1 onion, diced
12 ounces soy ground beef, crumbled
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
3/4 cup barbecue sauce
1/4 cup vegetable Stock
Dashes hot pepper sauce to taste, optional
4 ounces shredded low-fat cheddar cheese

Directions

Preheat the oven to 450°F.
Slice the rolls in half, cutting off the upper third of the roll to leave the larger bottom section. Scoop out the inner portion of each bottom section, and set the tops and bottoms aside on a large baking sheet.
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. When hot, sauté the onion for about 5 minutes.
Stir in the soy ground beef, celery, mushrooms, barbecue sauce, stock and hot pepper sauce, if using. Cook over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes, or until the mixture is heated through. Remove from the heat.
Spoon equal portions of the mixture into the bottom sections of the rolls. Sprinkle each filled roll with cheese, and spray the insides of the top sections of the rolls with nonstick cooking spray. Set the tops on the baking sheet, cut side up.
Bake the tops and bottoms for about 5 minutes, or until the tops brown and the cheese melts and spills down the sides of the rolls. Remove from the oven, and serve.

Serves 4.

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Sloppy Joes

partysugar — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:23:10 -0800

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Do You Know What's Cooking This Week?

YumSugar — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:00:18 -0700

As we savor each remaining day of warm, sunny weather, we're reminded of how we've entered that short yet sweet season that comes between Summer and Fall. From Rosh Hashanah honey cake to bacon-wrapped dates and portobello sloppy joes, our recipes reflected that sentiment. Did you stick around to see what was going on this week? Take our telltale quiz.

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