Grammy's Kitchen · Sloppy Joes · Lentil Sloppy Joes
One of 151 sloppy joes recipes we measured
from www.eatingwell.com
It ranks #1 of 151 for gravy quality among the sloppy joes recipes we compared. 1 cooks on www.eatingwell.com rate it 3.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 151.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 185% | 0% |
| fat | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 33% | 22% |
| acid | 1% | 0% |
| sweetener | 42% | 23% |
| salt | 19% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 79% | 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.
| 384 g | 2 cups lentils, rinsed and drained |
| 120 g | 1 large green bell pepper, chopped |
| 122 g | 2 medium carrots, shredded (1 cup) |
| 120 g | 0.75 cup chopped onion |
| 1 cup reduced-sodium hot-style vegetable juice or vegetable juice | |
| 72 g | 0.25 cup no-salt-added tomato paste |
| 113 g | 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chiles |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium Worcestershire sauce |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoons chili powder |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon cider vinegar |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic, minced |
| 710 g | 3 cups water |
| 136 g | 0.5 cup reduced-sodium ketchup |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar (see Tip) |
| 832 g | 16 whole-wheat hamburger buns, split and toasted |
| 61 g | 1 Shredded carrot |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.eatingwell.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this and did not like it. I think I did beef stock instead of water, originally. Then I added like half a cup of cheap, smoke-style bbq sauce, some yellow mustard, smoked paprika? Probably some garlic powder, maybe msg, my usual 'fix this' spices. I jus” — a cook, 3★