Medium French Lunch

Chef John's Turkey Sloppy Joes

Name: Chef John's Turkey Sloppy Joes
Prep time: 32 min
Cook time: 58 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter; 1 onion , diced; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1.25 pounds ground turkey; 0.5 cups cold water; 0.75 cups ketchup; 1.5 tablespoons brown sugar; 0.5 teaspoons cayenne pepper , or to taste; 0.5 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce; 0.5 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 cup water , or as needed; 6 hamburgers buns , split; 0.5 cups shredded white Cheddar cheese; 0.33 cups chopped green onions

Total Time

1h 30m

32m prep · 58m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

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Difficulty

Medium

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These turkey Sloppy Joes make a very enjoyable lunch. Kept warm in a slow cooker, it could also work very nicely for a football party. This recipe tastes enough like a beef Sloppy Joe to provide those satisfying flavors, yet it seems much lighter.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
1 onion , diced
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1.25 pounds ground turkey
0.5 cups cold water
0.75 cups ketchup
1.5 tablespoons brown sugar
0.5 teaspoons cayenne pepper , or to taste
0.5 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
0.5 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup water , or as needed
6 hamburgers buns , split
0.5 cups shredded white Cheddar cheese
0.33 cups chopped green onions

Instructions

1

Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in butter until lightly brown, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.
2

Mix turkey and 1/2 cup cold water into onions. Cook and stir, breaking up the meat, until it begins to brown, about 2 minutes. Add ketchup, brown sugar, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Cook and stir until liquid is reduced, about 5 minutes.
3

Stir in Worcestershire sauce and cocoa powder. Cook, stirring frequently, until meat is cooked through and liquid is reduced and thick, 20 to 30 minutes, adding up to 1 cup water if needed.
4

Preheat the oven's broiler. Set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
5

Toast hamburger buns under the preheated broiler until golden, 2 to 3 minutes.
6

Remove turkey mixture from the heat; mix in cheese and green onions. Serve on toasted hamburger buns.