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Vegetarian Sloppy Joes

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup diced onion
  • Splash olive oil
  • 1 cup lentils
  • 15 oz can tomato sauce
  • 15 oz water
  • 1 TBS soy sauce
  • 1 TBS red wine vinegar
  • 1 TBS apple cider vinegar
  • 1 TBS Worcestershire sauce (*See note: not a vegetarian ingredient!)
  • 1 TBS yellow mustard
  • 1 TBS brown sugar
  • 1 tsp veggie base
  • 1 tsp steak seasoning
  • 1/3 cup bulgar
  • 6 whole wheat jumbo buns

Instructions

  1. In a 2 qt dutch oven, saute onion in oil until translucent, 3-5 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile pulse lentils 10 times in a blender and rinse under cold water. *See note.
  3. Add lentils and tomato sauce to the onion. Fill the can from the tomato sauce up with water and ad to the lentils. Bring to a boil and simmer covered for 15 minutes.
  4. Mix in remaining ingredients and bring back to a boil. Simmer uncovered, stirring frequently, until thick and the bulgar is cooked through, about 15 minutes. You will want to stir more and more frequently as cooking time comes to an end to make sure the mixture is not sticking to the pan or burning.
  5. Serve on jumbo buns.

Notes

Pulsing the lentils is an optional step that helps to break up the texture of this dish, and resemble a ground meat sloppy joe.
If serving this for a vegetarian, try and find vegan Worcestershire sauce, or replace with more soy sauce.

Find it online: https://www.alisonsallspice.com/lentil-bulgar-sloppy-joes/