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Game Day Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes (with Bacon!)

slow cooker sloppy joes with bacon

America, are you ready for some football? Hosting a Super Bowl viewing party doesn’t have to be stressful, if you plan ahead. This DIY sloppy joes recipe is easy to make and can be prepared in larger batches to serve a crowd.

This recipe uses a slow cooker, which also allows you to keep the food warm and makes it easy for guests to serve themselves. But you can also stir this up in a single skillet in less than 20 minutes for a quick dinner idea. Either way, it’s sure to be a touchdown with your family and guests.

sloopy joes in the skillet

I use ground turkey instead of ground beef in my recipes, but you can use whichever you prefer. And for an added crunch, I’ve included crispy bacon as a last minute ingredient. The bacon adds a nice depth to the flavor, but remember that the longer it’s in the sloppy joes, the more it will lose its crunch. So I suggest adding in just a few minutes before you’re ready to begin serving.

Get your ingredients ready. 13 – 62 – 50 – Hike!

sloppy joes ingredients mise en place

Game Day Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes (with bacon!)

In a large skillet on medium-high heat, add the olive oil and minced onion. Add in the ground turkey and begin to cook until brown. Break up the ground turkey and stir often to ensure the onions are evenly cooked. When the ground turkey is no longer pink, transfer everything to a 3-quart slow cooker.

Stir in the chili sauce, brown sugar, relish, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low heat for 3 hours. Stir occasionally to blend the flavors. About five minutes before you’re ready to begin serving, add in the crispy bacon and stir.

Spoon about 1/2 cup of sloppy joes mixture on a toasted bun. Toasting the buns will add another crunchy texture to each bite, plus keep the bun from getting soggy too quickly.

 

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 1/4 pounds ground turkey
1/2 cup fresh minced onion (or 1/4 cup dried)
12 ounces chili sauce
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup sweet pickle relist
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup crispy bacon, chopped (roughly 6 thick-cut or 8 regular-cut slices)
6 burger buns, split (toasted buns optional but recommended)

 

Number of servings: 6

Cooking time: 3 hours

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Edamame, Rice & Ground Turkey Casserole

edamame ground turkey and brown rice

I first made this dish about five years ago and now make it about once a week. It’s great to have it on hand for a quick, hot lunch for those days when it’s hard to get away from the computer. But I don’t have a name for this dish, and I’m not sure what to call it. So I need your help to name this dish. As you’ll see, it’s not really a hash, or a stir fry, or a casserole. The marketer in me might call it a one-pot wonder or a skillet sensation, but that’s not a real recipe or dish name.

This dish is made with ground turkey, brown rice, edamame, chicken broth and cream of mushroom soup. Sounds like comforting food, right? It is. When I used to take this to the office for lunch and heat it up in the break room microwave, the smell would be so enticing that I always got questions about what I was having.  I would joke that it was my version of Hamburger Helper. Except I could spell and pronounce the names of all my added ingredients! Growing up, I loved Hamburger Helper – and thought it was genius! But that was before I knew how to cook for myself and before I knew I could make something much, much more delicious and better for me.

I encourage you to try this dish for yourself – and tell me what you’d call it. Log in below and share your opinion for the best name of this dish.

Name This Dish!

In a large skillet, begin to brown the ground turkey on medium-high. Pour in the chicken broth and, using a cooking spoon or spatula, start to break up the meat. Add in the minced onions and garlic. Stir regularly until the skillet starts to boil.

Then add in the edamame and brown rice. Stir until well mixed, making sure there is still enough chicken broth to cover the ingredients. If necessary, turn down the heat to allow for the dish to simmer on the stove’s burner. Typically, it should take about 15 minutes or so for the rice and edamame to properly cook and absorb the broth. Stir regularly to ensure even cooking.

Watch the level of broth in the skillet. As soon as it almost disappears, remove the skillet from the burner and stir in the cream of mushroom soup until well blended. This dish is high in fiber (thanks to the edamame) and quite delicious.

 

Ingredients:

1 pound ground turkey
1 tablespoon minced onions
1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
32 ounces chicken broth
16 ounces edamame, shelled
1 1/2 cups instant brown rice
10 3/4 ounces cream of mushroom soup

 

Number of servings: 4

Cooking time: 35 minutes