Saucy Turkey Sloppy Joes
"This Saucy Turkey Sloppy Joes is made for a very enjoyable lunch, and kept warm in a slow cooker, could also work very nicely for a Super Bowl party. It tastes enough like a traditional beef Sloppy Joe to provide that satisfying comfort food fix, yet seems much lighter."
Equipment
- Skillet
- Oven Broiler
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 onion, diced
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 1/4 pounds ground turkey
- 1/2 cup of cold water
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, or to taste
- 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup water, or as needed
- 1/2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 6 hamburger buns, split
- 1/3 cup chopped green onions
- 1/2 cup shredded white Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until onion starts to brown, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and black.
- Mix ground turkey and 1/2 cup of cold water into onions. Cook and stir, breaking up the meat, until it begins to brown, about 2 minutes. Add ketchup, brown sugar, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Cook and stir until liquid is reduced, about 5 minutes. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and cocoa powder. Cook, stirring frequently and adding up to 1 cup water if needed, until meat is cooked through and liquid is reduced and thick, 20 to 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source. Toast hamburger buns until golden, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Remove turkey mixture from the heat and mix in green onions and Cheddar cheese. Serve on toasted hamburger buns.
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