Lighter Sloppy Joes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 8 ounces 90% lean ground sirloin
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 (8-ounce) can unsalted tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 6 whole-wheat hamburger buns, toasted
- 1 (15.5-ounce) can unsalted chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained
- 18 bread-and-butter pickle chips
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add onion; saute 4 minutes or until almost tender.
- Add sirloin; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Stir in chili powder, sugar, and salt; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add 1/4 cup water and tomato sauce; reduce heat, and simmer 2 minutes or until thickened.
- Place chickpeas in a bowl; partially mash with a fork or potato masher. Stir chickpeas into sirloin mixture.
- Spoon about 1/2 cup sirloin mixture onto bottom half of each bun; top each with 3 pickle chips and top half of bun.
olive oil, onion, ground sirloin, chili powder, brown sugar, salt, tomato sauce, water, buns, unsalted chickpeas, bread
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/lighter-sloppy-joes (may not work)