How to Make the Perfect Sweet Potato Sloppy Joes
Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave American food. Try making How to Make the Perfect Sweet Potato Sloppy Joes at home. This recipe serves 4 and costs $5.5 per serving. This main course has 680 calories, 49g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up bell pepper, garlic, onion, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal diet. It is brought to you by spoonacular user christiancancook. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes. How to Make the Perfect Sweet Potato Sloppy Joes, Just Perfect Sloppy Joes, and Make-Ahead Sloppy Joes are very similar to this recipe.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 15 minutes
Cooking duration: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup diced bell pepper
1 clove garlic diced
1 1/2 pounds lean ground turkey
olive oil
1/2 cup diced onion
salt and pepper to taste
4 large sweet potatoes
6 ounces tomato paste
14 ounces tomato sauce
1 cup water
Equipment:
aluminum foil
oven
frying pan
Cooking instruction summary:
Instructions Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Pierce the sweet potatoes all over the skin with a fork. Rub the outside of the potatoes with olive oil and cover with foil. Bake in the oven for 1 hour until fully cooked. Brown the ground turkey in a skillet on medium heat. Once it's finished cooking, add the onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Mix well. Cook until the mixture is fully cooked and starts to crumble. Stir in the garlic, water, tomato paste, and tomato sauce. Stir until mixed well. Turn heat down to low and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the sweet potatoes from the foil and slice down the middle. Mash up the insides with a fork and pour the sloppy joe mix over sweet potatoes. Serve and enjoy!
Step by step:
1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Pierce the sweet potatoes all over the skin with a fork. Rub the outside of the potatoes with olive oil and cover with foil.
2. Bake in the oven for 1 hour until fully cooked.
3. Brown the ground turkey in a skillet on medium heat. Once it's finished cooking, add the onion, bell pepper, and garlic.
4. Mix well. Cook until the mixture is fully cooked and starts to crumble.
5. Stir in the garlic, water, tomato paste, and tomato sauce. Stir until mixed well. Turn heat down to low and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Remove the sweet potatoes from the foil and slice down the middle. Mash up the insides with a fork and pour the sloppy joe mix over sweet potatoes.
7. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
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