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Eggplant Sloppy Joes

Emilie Abijanac

Emilie Abijanac

February 8, 2019
eggplant sloppy joe
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40 min

Total

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4

Servings

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Beef

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Ingredients

  • 1 pack ButcherBox Ground Beef

  • 1 green pepper

    medium dice

  • 1 small yellow onion

    medium dice

  • 1 c tomato sauce

  • ½ c Paleo ketchup

  • 1/4 c cider vinegar

  • 2 tsp dry mustard

  • 1½ tsp kosher salt

  • ¼ tsp black pepper

  • 2 tsp garlic powder

  • ⅛ c honey

  • 2 eggplants

    into 8-12 round 1” slices

Step By Step

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 350°F.
2
Preheat sauté pan and add ground beef. Sauté beef until it is 50% browned. Add onions and peppers to ground beef. 
3
Once the ground beef has completely browned and onions are translucent add remaining ingredients and let simmer for 20 minutes.  Stirring occasionally.
4
Meanwhile, toss eggplant with olive oil, salt and pepper. Sear both sides for 3 minutes per side in a hot grill pan or sauté pan.
5
Place eggplant on baking sheet pan and bake for 5 minutes.
6
Remove eggplant from oven, and let cool for 3 minutes. Assemble sloppy joes, using the eggplant slices to sandwich the meat mixture and enjoy!

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