These delicious low protein Sloppy Joe’s are perfect for dinner served with a side of oven roasted spicy fries. If you are making these for a young child or don’t like spice, omit the chili powder and tabasco. The same sauce is delicious on chopped meat so it is easy to make a high and low protein version at the same time. It also freezes great. I prefer to hand chop the veggies but if you decide to use a food processor, make sure you do not over process the veggies or the texture will be mealy.
Sloppy Janes
These delicious low protein Sloppy Joe’s are perfect for dinner served with a side of oven roasted spicy fries. If you are making these for a young child or don’t like spice, omit the chili powder and tabasco. The same sauce is delicious on chopped meat so it is easy to make a high and low protein version at the same time. It also freezes great. I prefer to hand chop the veggies but if you decide to use a food processor, make sure you do not over process the veggies or the texture will be mealy.
Nutrition
Ingredients
Method
- In a large skillet, heat one tablespoon of olive oil over medium high heat. Add the mushrooms and cook until lightly browned, about 5 to 6 minutes. Add remaining oil and eggplant and onion. Cook an additional 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and chili powder and cook for one minute.
- Stir in the brown sugar, tomato sauce, ketchup, water, salt, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer for twenty minutes. Season with Tabasco and additional salt and pepper to taste. Add the butter and allow it to melt into the sauce. Add a little extra water if the sauce gets too thick.
- Spoon ½ cup (90 gm) of the vegetable mixture into each low protein burger bun. Top with bread and butter pickles.
Notes
To freeze: Line a baking sheet with waxed or parchment paper. Place 90 gm mounds on the paper. Once frozen, transfer to a Ziploc bag. You can also use jackfruit to replace the mushrooms and eggplant in this recipe. Make mini buns and you can have a cute slider.
Reader Q&A:
Q: Hi! If I was to make this recipe with ground meat, do you think one recipe’s worth of the sauce ingredients would be appropriate for one pound of meat? Thank you! A: If I was making a high and low protein version of this, I would think that the amount of sauce listed would be suitable for a pound of chopped meat.
Brenda
Q: Hi! If I was to make this recipe with ground meat, do you think one recipe’s worth of the sauce ingredients would be appropriate for one pound of meat? Thank you! A: If I was making a high and low protein version of this, I would think that the amount of sauce listed would be suitable for a pound of chopped meat.
Brenda
