Recipe: Chicken Sloppy Joes over Brown Rice (2024)

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What goes good on top of a sloppy joe? ›

Sauces and Salsas for Sloppy Joes

Roasted chili corn salsa is smoky sweet, spicy, and full of flavor. It's perfect as a side dish or topping for all your favorite dishes. High in protein, healthy fats, and easy to make, my favourite edamame guacamole is going to be your new go-to dip.

In its traditional state, a Sloppy Joe would never be considered a diet food that might aid a person in his or her weight loss goals, but the concoction can be made less caloric and fatty with a few simple changes in the recipe.

Most Sloppy Joe recipes call for lots of ketchup—1/2 cup to 1 cup—which makes the sandwiches overly sweet.

Serve easy-to-make Manwich Sloppy Joes on sweet dinner rolls for a fun bite-sized treat the whole family can enjoy. Give your Sloppy Joe a unique spin by replacing hamburger buns with taco shells and adding a little cumin, crisp lettuce, shredded cheese, and juicy tomatoes.

Try serving your sloppy joes with their own toppings such as slaw, melty cheese, grilled pineapple, or Hatch green chile. Even just adding a pickle gives extra flavor and crunch, transforming it from a bland sandwich into something great, like the recipe below!

Sloppy Joe (1 barbecue sandwich) contains 52.5g total carbs, 51g net carbs, 7.7g fat, 20.8g protein, and 372 calories.

Manwich, slush burger, yum yums, dynamite, spoonburgers, tavern sandwich; a Sloppy Joe can be called by many other names. The most well-known however is Manwich.

If you're aiming to eat a lower-fat diet, then consider fixing yourself a sloppy jane. This variant on the sloppy joe swaps out regular ground beef for leaner beef. It also places a higher focus on vegetables and other low-calorie ingredients.

What does sloppy joe mean in slang? ›

a man or youth whose appearance is habitually slovenly.

Sloppy joe meat being prepared with Manwich sauce. Early and mid-20th century American cookbooks offer plenty of sloppy joe-type recipes, though they go by different names: Toasted Deviled Hamburgers, Chopped Meat Sandwiches, Spanish Hamburgers, Hamburg a la Creole, Beef Mironton, and Minced Beef Spanish Style.

What is the difference between Manwich and Sloppy Joes? Sloppy Joes are the sandwich, while Manwich is the store-bought canned sloppy joe sauce, produced by ConAgra Foods and Hunt's.

There's nothing better than Sloppy Joes with melted, gooey American cheese.

Unlike traditional can Sloppy Joes, which are often loaded with unhealthy additives and preservatives, Sloppy Janes are made with lean meat, low-fat ingredients, and a variety of fresh vegetables. They are easy to make and require only a few simple ingredients.

There are minor variations depending on the deli, but it is always a double-decker thin sliced rye bread sandwich made with one or more types of sliced deli meat, such as turkey, ham, pastrami, corned beef, roast beef, or sliced beef tongue, along with Swiss cheese, coleslaw, and Russian dressing.

Spread Mayo or Miracle Whip over toasted hamburger buns top with sloppy joe mix, sliced pickles and sliced cheese.