Vegan Sloppy Joes with Cauliflower
You will never believe that these quick and easy, one-pot Vegan Sloppy Joes use cauliflower instead of meat! They're a healthy, gluten free, crowd pleasing dinner that's ready in under 30 mins and are under 300 calories!
Servings 4 Sloppy Joes
Calories 289kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Tsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp Fresh garlic minced
- 1/2 a Green pepper diced
- 1/4 slices a Large onion diced + additional for garnish (optional)
- 4 Cups Cauliflower diced into small pieces think the texture of ground meat, about 1 lb chopped
- 3/4 Cup Tomato sauce
- 1/2 Cup Reduced-sodium vegetable broth
- 1 Tbsp + 2 tsp Coconut sugar
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Tomato paste
- 1 Tbsp Gluten free Worcestershire sauce Vegan version such as Annie's Homegrown for Vegan option
- 1 tsp Red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Chile powder
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Yellow mustard
- 1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes omit if you don't like spice
- Generous pinch of pepper
- Parsley for garnish (optional)
- 4 Gluten free buns
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large pan on medium-high heat.
- Add in the garlic, pepper and onion and cook until just lightly golden brown, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add in the cauliflower and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes.
- Add all the remaining ingredients, up to the parsley, and stir together. Make sure the really break the tomato paste down into the sauce.
- Turn the heat up to high and bring to a rapid boil. Then, reduce the heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the liquid evaporates and the mixture is thickened (but still moist and saucy!) This takes about 10 minutes.
- Divide the mixture between the buns and garnish with parsley and onion (if desired.)
- DEVOUR.
Nutrition
Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 53.1g | Protein: 6.9g | Fat: 7.6g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.7g | Sodium: 782mg | Potassium: 461mg | Fiber: 7.8g | Sugar: 13g