Chipotle Sloppy Joes

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Chipotle Sloppy Joes

Sloppy and spicy? You bet! ...

by Erika Nicole Kendall

Cooking spray
2 1/2 cups presliced Vidalia or other sweet onion
7oz chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
1 pound ground beef (ground poultry would work just as fine here, too)
1/2 cup prechopped green bell pepper
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
8oz no-salt-added tomato sauce
5 (1 1/2-ounce) hamburger buns, toasted

1. Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion to pan; cover and cook 8 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; set aside.

2. Remove 1 teaspoon adobo sauce from can; set aside. Remove 1 chipotle chile from can; chop and set aside. Reserve remaining chiles and adobo sauce for another use.

3. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add beef to pan; cook 4 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Add bell pepper to pan; sauté 2 minutes. Stir in chopped chipotle chile, adobo sauce, tomato paste, and next 3 ingredients (through tomato sauce); cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Spoon 1/2 cup beef mixture over bottom half of each bun, and top evenly with onions and top half of bun.

Plate with pickle chips and a simple slaw. Combine 1/3 cup canola-based mayonnaise, 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard in a large bowl; stir with a whisk. Add 3 cups packaged cabbage-and-carrot coleslaw, tossing well to combine.

tagged: bell peppers, chilies, green peppers, ground beef, ground chicken, ground turkey, onion, tomato paste

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2 Responses to “Chipotle Sloppy Joes”

Shante

1

I’m going to try this out for lunch this week but I’m going
to use beans instead. I’m trying to do meatless lunches and this
sounds like it will be yummy.
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LaShonda

2

I made this last night for dinner and I LOVED them!!!! Great twist on Sloppy Joe’s…I’ll be making these often!

Thanks!
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