How to Make the Perfect Sweet Potato Sloppy Joes

How to Make the Perfect Sweet Potato Sloppy Joes

  Ready in : 40 mins
  Preparation time : 15 mins
  Cooking time: 25 mins

The recipe How to Make the Perfect Sweet Potato Sloppy Joes is ready in roughly 40 minutes and is definitely a super gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal option for lovers of American food. This recipe serves 4. This main course has 679 calories, 49g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. For $4.82 per serving, this recipe covers 46% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Pink When has 11 fans. Head to the store and pick up salt and pepper, garlic, ground turkey, and a few other things to make it today. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 93%. This score is awesome.

Ingredients

bell pepper

bell pepper

0.5 cup

garlic

garlic

1 clove

ground turkey

ground turkey

1.5 pounds

olive oil

olive oil

4 servings

onion

onion

0.5 cup

salt and pepper

salt and pepper

4 servings

sweet potatoes

sweet potatoes

4 large

tomato paste

tomato paste

6 ounces

tomato sauce

tomato sauce

14 ounces

water

water

1 cup

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Pierce the sweet potatoes all over the skin with a fork. Rub the outside of the potatoes with olive oil and cover with foil.

    sweet potato

    sweet potato

    olive oil

    olive oil

    potato

    potato

    dry seasoning rub

    dry seasoning rub

    aluminum foil
    aluminum foil
    oven
    oven
  2. 2
    Bake in the oven for 1 hour until fully cooked.

    oven
    oven
  3. 3
    Brown the ground turkey in a skillet on medium heat. Once it's finished cooking, add the onion, bell pepper, and garlic.

    ground turkey

    ground turkey

    bell pepper

    bell pepper

    garlic

    garlic

    onion

    onion

    frying pan
    frying pan
  4. 4
    Mix well. Cook until the mixture is fully cooked and starts to crumble.

  5. 5
    Stir in the garlic, water, tomato paste, and tomato sauce. Stir until mixed well. Turn heat down to low and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

    tomato paste

    tomato paste

    tomato sauce

    tomato sauce

    garlic

    garlic

    water

    water

  6. 6
    Remove the sweet potatoes from the foil and slice down the middle. Mash up the insides with a fork and pour the sloppy joe mix over sweet potatoes.

    sweet potato

    sweet potato

    aluminum foil
    aluminum foil
  7. 7
    Serve and enjoy!