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Healthier Slow-Cooked Sloppy Joes

Chopped carrots and other vegetables add healthy fiber and vitamins to this kid-friendly sandwich without affecting the sloppy joe filling’s overall flavor or appeal. Chili beans are beans that come in a very mild chili sauce--don’t buy canned chili by mistake! If you can’t find them, substitute a can of drained pinto beans and add 2 teaspoons chili powder to the vegetables when you’re browning them. You can also swap in lean ground beef for the turkey if desired.

Prep Time — 20 min
Cook Time — 6 hours 10 min
Servings — 8
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Ingredients

3 carrots

½ yellow onion

1 red bell pepper

2 celery ribs

1 pound ground turkey

½ teaspoon crushed garlic

2 teaspoons salt

1 can chili beans in sauce

1 can tomato sauce

2 tablespoons light brown sugar

1 teaspoon dry mustard

¼ teaspoon black pepper

2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

8 whole wheat hamburger buns

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Chop the carrots

Place the carrot pieces in the base of a food processor fitted with a blade attachment. Process the carrots until the pieces resemble rice grains, 15-20 seconds.

3 carrots

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Chop the onion, bell pepper and celery

Add the onion, bell pepper and celery pieces to the food processor with the carrots. Pulse until very finely chopped, 10-12 pulses.

½ yellow onion

1 red bell pepper

2 celery ribs

Optionally, brown the meat and vegetables

If desired, spray a large skillet with nonstick cooking spray and set it over medium-high heat. Add the ground turkey, garlic and chopped vegetables. Sprinkle with the salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the meat is no longer pink, 8-10 minutes. Remove from the heat.

1 pound ground turkey

½ teaspoon crushed garlic

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2 teaspoons salt

Mash the beans

Add the chili beans and liquid to a covered casserole dish. With a potato masher or the back of a fork, mash the beans until half of them are coarsely mashed and the other half are still whole.

1 can chili beans in sauce

covered casserole dish

potato masher

Finish the sloppy joe mixture

Transfer the turkey and vegetable mixture to the casserole. (If you skipped the browning step, add the raw ground turkey, garlic, salt and chopped vegetables.) Add the tomato sauce, brown sugar, dry mustard and black pepper.

1 can tomato sauce

2 tablespoons light brown sugar

1 teaspoon dry mustard

¼ teaspoon black pepper

Stir and cover

Stir to combine and cover. (If you skipped the browning step, be sure to break up the turkey when stirring.) Set cooking preferences using the button below.

Slow cook the sloppy joe filling

Place the sloppy joe filling on the bottom shelf of the June Oven. Slow cook for 2 hours on High or 6 hours on Low.

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Rest the sloppy joe filling

Remove the sloppy joe filling from the June Oven and carefully take off the cover. Stir in apple cider vinegar. Cool, uncovered, for 5 minutes.

2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

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Serve

Spoon sloppy joe filling into split hamburger or slider buns and serve hot.

8 whole wheat hamburger buns

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