Lighter Sloppy Joes

Name: Lighter Sloppy Joes
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 6 (serving size: 1 sandwich)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 cup finely chopped onion; 8 ounces 90% lean ground sirloin; 1 tablespoon chili powder; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 (8-ounce) can unsalted tomato sauce; ¼ cup water; 6 whole-wheat hamburger buns, toasted; 1 (15.5-ounce) can unsalted chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained; 18 bread-and-butter pickle chips

8 Ratings
8 Reviews

We replace half the meat with nutty-hearty canned chickpeas, saving money and saturated fat. While many sloppy joe recipes are very sweet, this version has just a touch of brown sugar and is capped off with crunchy bread-and-butter pickles. Serve with apples or grapes for an easy side.$5.72 for six servings

By Ann Taylor Pittman

Recipe by Cooking Light September 2015

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Credit: Randy Mayor; Styling: Missie Neville Crawford

Recipe Summary

hands-on:

25 mins

total:

25 mins

Yield:

Serves 6 (serving size: 1 sandwich)

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 1
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add onion; sauté 4 minutes or until almost tender.

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Step 2
Add sirloin; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Stir in chili powder, sugar, and salt; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Step 3
Add 1/4 cup water and tomato sauce; reduce heat, and simmer 2 minutes or until thickened.
Step 4
Place chickpeas in a bowl; partially mash with a fork or potato masher. Stir chickpeas into sirloin mixture.
Step 5
Spoon about 1/2 cup sirloin mixture onto bottom half of each bun; top each with 3 pickle chips and top half of bun.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

323 calories; fat 8.8g; saturated fat 2.2g; mono fat 3.8g; poly fat 1.4g; protein 16g; carbohydrates 47g; fiber 7g; cholesterol 25mg; iron 3mg; sodium 559mg; calcium 104mg.

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CoffeeQueen

12/23/2016

This recipe came up as an option for me on the Cooking Light Diet plan. I was wondering how my family would react to this recipe and they loved it! My skeptical son asked what the 'chunks' of garbanzo beans were but was so busy eating his sandwich that he didn't notice that I didn't answer him. When everyone was done and I had confirmed that they all liked it and wanted it to be a 'make again' dish I let them know there were garbanzo beans in it. They didn't even care, the recipe was that good and flavorful. No more Sloppy Joe packets for us!!!!!

daneanp

04/18/2016

Much better than I anticipated and super quick and easy too. I might kick the heat up a bit (I already added some fresh cracked pepper) with some red pepper flakes or chipotle chili powder.

Lisajane

01/14/2016

I made these vegetarian by using Morning Star Crumbles. Since they are drier I added more tomato sauce. My daughter loved them and asked for seconds.

angieandphil

09/28/2015

Simple ingredients and fairly fast if you use a food processor or an immersion blender on the chickpeas.

sukeedog

08/30/2015

Very easy to prepare but I agree with the other reviewer that the chickpeas are distracting - the texture doesn't really fit. There's another CL Sloppy Joe recipe with kidney beans that is much, much better.

wonderwab

08/30/2015

Everyone in my house (husband, 2 year old, myself) really liked these. I was really surprised they had so much flavor given the amount of chickpeas. We'll definitely make these again!

TheHappyNina

08/28/2015

I wasn't sure what I expected of these sloppy joes but they turned out pretty well. I liked them much more the second day than the first. I was pleased with the bean texture but found I liked the beans mashed quite a bit.. I added a second TBSP of brown sugar and a little prepared mustard to the sauce. My two-year old and husband both enjoyed them too. I will make these again and again!

amateurcook

08/25/2015

This wasn't the worst recipe I have made for sloppy joes but this wasn't the best. I don't think I would make again. The chickpeas were distracting, I think I would add black beans instead to one of my other recipes. Don't think I will make again.

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