Grammy's Kitchen · Sloppy Joes · Lentil Sloppy Joes
One of 151 sloppy joes recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 151 for richness among the sloppy joes recipes we compared. 12 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 151.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 250% | 0% |
| fat | 14% | 1% |
| aromatics | 159% | 22% |
| sweetener | 16% | 23% |
| salt | 3% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 284% | 34% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 480 g | 2 cups vegetable broth |
| 192 g | 1 cup green lentils (rinsed) |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 150 g | 1 small yellow onion (diced) |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 120 g | 1 green bell pepper (diced) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper |
| 425 g | 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon light brown sugar |
| 1 tablespoon steak sauce | |
| 8 g | 3 teaspoons chili powder |
| 17 g | 1 tablespoon ketchup |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon smoked paprika |
| 208 g | 4 hamburger buns |
| 150 g | 1 vidalia onion (thickly sliced rings) |
| 26 g | 2 tablespoons yellow mustard |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“We made this yesterday for Meatless Monday dinner, and it was fantastic! Had a few tweaks based on preferences of course.We had it for lunch today also! I had a bit of mix left, so decided to add a bit more steak sauce (a bit more than I had intended, whoops!)” — a cook
“i love this we have 6 kids so all they eat is fastfood now they love this more then fastfood its a good birthday party food and dinner food thank you for shareing this wonderful recipe with us” — a cook