This is an easy, healthier version of a sloppy joe that the family will love! You can serve with endives instead of hamburger buns. Use whatever type of cheese you like.
Ingredients
- extra-virgin olive oil: 1 tsp
- garlic: 2 clove (minced)
- ½ pounds ground turkey: 1 piece
- tomato: 1 piece (chopped)
- onion: 1 piece (chopped)
- green bell pepper: 0.75 piece (chopped)
- fresh parsley: 2 Tbsp (chopped)
- pinch red pepper flakes: 1 piece
- salt and ground black pepper: (to taste)
- ounces tomato paste: 4 piece
- lemon: 1 piece (juiced)
- hamburger buns, split and: 6 piece (toasted)
- slices American cheese: 6 piece (optional)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Heat olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot oil until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Break ground turkey into the pot. Cover pot with lid and cook meat until browned on the outside, 2 to 3 minutes. With a slivered wooden spoon, break meat up into very small pieces; continue to cook and stir until nearly completely browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
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Stir tomato, onion, green bell pepper, parsley, and red pepper flakes into the turkey mixture; season with salt and black pepper; cook until the tomato softens, 3 to 4 minutes. Add tomato past and lemon juice; stir to coat vegetables with tomato paste. Cover pot with lid, reduce heat to low, and cook until the vegetables are tender, 7 to 10 minutes. Serve on toasted hamburger buns topped with cheese.
