Chipotle Sloppy Joes

Add Mexican-inspired spice to this traditional family favorite.

Yield: 5 servings (serving size: 1 sandwich)

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 2 1/2  cups  presliced Vidalia or other sweet onion
• 1  (7-ounce) can chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
• 1  pound  ground sirloin
• 1/2  cup  prechopped green bell pepper
• 2  tablespoons  tomato paste
• 1  teaspoon  kosher salt
• 1/2  teaspoon  ground cumin
• 1  (8-ounce) can no-salt-added tomato sauce
• 5  (1 1/2-ounce) hamburger buns, toasted

Preparation

1. Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion to pan; cover and cook 8 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; set aside.

2. Remove 1 teaspoon adobo sauce from can; set aside. Remove 1 chipotle chile from can; chop and set aside. Reserve remaining chiles and adobo sauce for another use.

3. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add beef to pan; cook 4 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Add bell pepper to pan; sauté 2 minutes. Stir in chopped chipotle chile, adobo sauce, tomato paste, and next 3 ingredients (through tomato sauce); cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Spoon 1/2 cup beef mixture over bottom half of each bun, and top evenly with onions and top half of bun.

Plate with pickle chips and a simple slaw. Combine 1/3 cup canola-based mayonnaise, 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard in a large bowl; stir with a whisk. Add 3 cups packaged cabbage-and-carrot coleslaw, tossing well to combine.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

273

Fat:

6.1g (sat 2.1g,mono 2.1g,poly 1.3g)

Protein:

23.3g

Carbohydrate:

32.1g

Fiber:

3.4g

Cholesterol:

48mg

Iron:

3.7mg

Sodium:

724mg

Calcium:

84mg