Asian Style Sloppy Joes.
Best dinner ever, right here!
We can actually feel really good about these sloppy joes! I promise.
We weirdly LOVE sloppy joes in our house. I never grew up eating them. We maybe had them once or twice when I was a kid… and I’m pretty sure it was at someone else’s house. I knew Eddie liked them though. So a few years ago I started making them from scratch, not really expecting to care for them myself. But I wanted to make them for him!
WELL.
Oh heck. I freaking love them. We legitimately fight over the leftovers. Homemade sloppy joes are unreal. With bread and butter pickles (which my pickle-loving self has only recently been turned on to) on buttery buns? I’m dead.
Let’s eat them forever.
So when I saw the recipe for Asian sloppy joes in Lauren’s new cookbook, there was no doubt about what I was going to make. They sounded so incredibly delicious!
And delicious they were.
Lauren’s book, Modern Comfort Cooking, is just stunning. It’s filled with so many insanely awesome flavor combinations and the most fabulous photography that I can’t stop flipping through it. There are so many other recipes I am dying to make!
Unlike traditional sloppy joes that use ground beef (or I like to use a mix of ground beef and ground turkey), these ones start out with ground pork or ground chicken! Love that. They also use fire roasted tomatoes which I always have on hand. Even though tomato sauce things are not my favorite, I’m 100% obsessed with fire roasted tomatoes. They add such a wonderful smoky flavor to a dish.
All of those tomatoes go into the pan! No wonder these are delish.
The rest of the ingredients include a touch of soy sauce, some hoisin sauce and even a little lime. UNREAL.
I used the brioche buns like Lauren suggested and those are always a treat. Seriously buttery! To take the flavor combo over the top, I even sprinkled some furikake on top of mine before warming them. Excellent idea, let me tell you.
We really like napa cabbage slaw on our sloppy joes to begin with, so I knew that would be a win. I tossed some sliced green onions into the mix. And I even went with the raw broccoli slaw on top for more crunch, because is there anything better in this world than texture?!
Also, this is the only way you will ever find me eating raw broccoli. Truth.
Everything about these is just perfect. The flavor, the texture, the garnish, the delivery on brioche buns! And they are SO easy to make. Not to mention – it’s a super quick dish too! You can easily get this on the table in 30 minutes and that always makes me happy.
Really want to live inside this bun.
Asian Style Sloppy Joes
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 sweet onion diced
- 2 tablespoons chili garlic paste
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pound ground pork or chicken
- 1/2 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 14-ounce can drained fire roasted tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 4 brioche buns
- broccoli slaw for garnish
- shredded napa cabbage for garnish
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat and add the butter. Add in the onion, garlic paste, ginger, garlic, salt and pepper. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add in the ground pork or chicken, breaking it apart with a wooden spoon. Brown the meat, stirring often, for about 6 minutes. Stir in the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, tomatoes and lime juice. Bring the mixture to a boil then reduce it to a simmer and cook until the mixture thickens, about 20 minutes.
- Serve the sloppy joes on the brioche buns, topped with both the broccoli slaw and napa cabbage.
Notes
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34 Comments on “Asian Style Sloppy Joes.”
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Would love your recipe on the homemade sloppy Joes! Have you already posted it?
yes! it is linked above. :) here you go: https://www.howsweeteats.com/2015/10/smoky-sloppy-joes-with-green-chiles-and-greek-yogurt-slaw/
Yummy! Asian flavors always perfectly balance sweet, salty, and spicy. Making it satisfying to the last bite.
it is delicious!
Sloppy Joes have always been favorite of mine. Love the asian twist here. My husband wouldn’t eat anything other than Manwich until I started making Ree’s recipe, lol
homemade are SO good!
I didn’t grow up eating sloppy joes either- I think I had them once or twice which doesn’t make sense because my parents are from the Midwest! Anyway- I freaking love home made sloppy joes now and make them all of the time for my boys. I usually use Kelsey nixon’s Sloppy Jane recipe but these Asian inspired ones look amazing. I can’t wait to try these!
Can’t wait to try this! What all is in the broccoli slaw?
you should be able to find broccoli slaw in your grocery store in the produce section! i have never actually made it before, but it’s usually shredded broccoli stalks, carrots and red cabbage, i think?
Yum! Looks good!
Kari
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thanks kari!
I love the Asian take on such a classic dish! Thanks for sharing, it looks amazing <3
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thanks kay!
Hello, I like this blog and have enjoyed cooking from the recipes you make. However, there’s some part of me that twinges every time I see someone adding some soy sauce/ginger/etc. and then labelling the recipe Asian/Asian flavored. I think this nytimes article sums up a lot of basic thoughts about it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/opinion/sunday/why-is-asian-salad-still-on-the-menu.html?_r=0
There’s a lot more that could be said about this subject. I’m not trying to ride you on this, but you seem like someone who might care. On a side note, have you seen Chef’s table Season 2 finale about Gaggan Anand? An interesting episode that demonstrates the chef’s desire to push people’s understanding of indian food on a global stage beyond the go tos (most notably, chicken tikka masala).
Thank you for the link to the NYT article. It was excellent.
thank you for this article! i definitely agree with you on this and appreciate you sharing.
these sloppy joes are not a recipe i developed or named, but one from a friend’s cookbook that i shared for her. to be honest i was hesitant about this name, but it’s not something i could re-name since it’s her exact recipe from the book. i will always be cognizant of this in the future with my own recipes for sure. thank you so much! xo
Yay!!! Thank you so much for sharing! Seriously, these sloppy joes are one of my fav go-to’s during the week! You are the best!! xoxo
Yum! Looks good!
Oh my gosh. Eating now for lunch and this recipe is delicious! I served it over broccoli slaw and (sadly) skipped the bun to save on some calories, and I am already looking forward to leftovers tomorrow. I don’t know if I added too much if the chili paste because my nose is running, but it’s so worth it! Yum!!!
Made these for dinner tonight and they were wonderful! Made my own red cabbage, shredded radish slaw ( I couldn’t find Napa Cabbage this week). Toasted the brioche buns. Guess what’s for lunch tomorrow? :)
I never comment on food blogs but this recipe was JUST THAT GOOD! Absolutely scrumptious on a brioche bun with broccoli slaw as you suggested. This is going into the rotation for sure.
Simply delicious! Love it to every single bite. This is officially my favorite now.
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Delicious! I made this several weeks ago, and it’s a keeper
Very yummy and easy to make!
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HSE has been fueling my coronavirus quarantine, and it’s been so tasty! I did an elaborate meal plan to get me through many weeks and I knew I had to include this. OMG! This is so good. I don’t love sloppy joes but I knew the flavor profile was going to take it to the next level. I used a chimichurri slaw recipe from another site as the topping and it was over-the-top good. I think they get better the next day! Will definitely want to make this again.
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This was soooo good! I made it for the family and we all loved it. My nephew loved it so much he started eating the meat without any bread :) Thank you Jessica, love your recipes!
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Love this recipe! We’ve made it multiple times and the whole family loves it. Thanks Jessica!
This meal is part of our regular rotation, and my husband and I absolutely love it! I especially like to have leftovers on toast for lunch the next day :)