Protein Swap | Beef Sloppy Joes
with Watercress & Radish Salad
Cooking time
10 minutes
Servings
2/4
Calories
710 /serving
The peppery flavour of watercress (so-called because this delicate dark leafy green is an aquatic plant) is the perfect counterpoint to sweet hickory seasonings and BBQ sauce. Those flavours emanate from our version of sloppy joes, lusciously stuffed into warm hamburger buns.
We will send you:
- 250g Canadian-raised lean ground beef
- 200g Radishes
- 1 Garlic clove
- 1 Shallot (or onion)
- 60g Baby watercress
- 30ml BBQ sauce
- 45ml Sweet, Savoury Honey-Dijon vinaigrette
- 2 Artisan hamburger buns
- 8g Sweet Hickory BBQ spices (sugar, paprika, salt, onion, black pepper, garlic, cumin, parsley, Cayenne pepper, coriander seeds, thyme, oregano, rosemary, cinnamon, citric acid, cellulose fiber, hickory smoke flavour)
Contains: Barley • Eggs • Mustard • Sulphites • Wheat
You will need:
Medium pan
Oil
Salt & pepper (S&P)
Total Fat
37 g
Saturated Fat
10 g
Sodium
1260 mg
Total Carb
59 g
Sugars
17 g
Protein
34 g
Fibre
5 g
Preparation
Mise en place
- Thinly slice the radishes.
- Halve, peel and mince the shallot.
- Mince the garlic.
Make the filling
- Crumble the patties.
- In a medium pan, heat a drizzle of oil on medium.
- Add the shallot and garlic. Sauté, 30 sec. to 1 min., until fragrant.
- Add the crumbled patties and cook, stirring occasionally, 3 to 5 min., until beginning to brown; season with the spices.
- Add the BBQ sauce and ¼ cup water (double for 4 portions).
- Cook, stirring often, 1 to 2 min., until combined.
- If the sauce seems dry, add 1 tbsp water at a time until you achieve your desired consistency.
Make the salad
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the watercress, radishes, vinaigrette and S&P.
Toast the buns & serve
- Warm the buns in the toaster.
- Divide the bun bottoms between your plates.
- Top each bun bottom with the filling, a spoonful of the salad and a bun top.
- Serve the remaining salad on the side. Bon appétit!
*Health Canada recommends cooking ground beef to a minimum internal temperature of 71°C.
