Chipotle Sloppy Joes

A sloppy joe is an American dish of ground beef, onions, sweetened tomato sauce or ketchup and other seasonings, served on a hamburger bun. Sloppy joes are simpler variant of barbecue sandwich which uses shredded beef or pork and barbecue sauce. The name "sloppy" comes from the fact that eating it as if it were a normal sandwich often results in the meat and sauce spilling out. It may also be served "open face", with the bun halves or slices of bread next to each other and the meat on top of each.

Yield:

5 servings

Ingredients

1. 2 1/2 cups sliced Vidalia or other sweet onion
2. 1 (7-ounce) can chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
3. 1 pound ground sirloin
4. 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
5. 2 tablespoons tomato paste
6. 1 teaspoon kosher salt
7. 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
8. 1 (8-ounce) can no-salt-added tomato sauce (or pureed tomatoes)
9. 5 (1 1/2-ounce) hamburger buns, toasted

Directions

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.
4. Stir in chopped chipotle chile, adobo sauce, tomato paste, and next 3 ingredients (through tomato sauce); cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. Spoon 1/2 cup beef mixture over bottom half of each bun, and top evenly with onions and top half of bun.

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