Snobby Joes
Submitted by Isa
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| prep time: | cooking time: 35 minutes start to finish | makes 4 to 6 sammiches |
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From Veganomicon. Every vegan cookbook needs a sloppy joe recipe with the name changed around a bit, right? Well, this is ours. Those sloppy joes we loved as a child but made with lentils. Snobby Joe thinks he's better than all the other Joes because he doesn't have any meat.
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Equipment:
Just a pot or two
Ingredients
1 cup uncooked lentils
4 cups water
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, diced small
1 green pepper, diced small
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 Tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon salt
8 oz can tomato sauce
1/4 cup tomato paste
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1 tablespoon yellow mustard (wet mustard)
4 to 6 kaiser rolls or sesame buns
Directions
Put the lentils in a small sauce pot and pour in 4 cups water. Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, lower heat and simmer for about 20 minutes, until lentils are soft. Drain and set aside.
About 10 minutes before the lentils are done boiling, preheat a medium soup pot over medium heat. Saute the onion and pepper in the oil for about 7 minutes, until softened. Add the garlic and saute a minute more.
Add the cooked lentils, the chili powder, oregano and salt and mix. Add the tomato sauce and tomato paste. Cook for about 10 minutes. Add the maple syrup and mustard and heat through.
Turn the heat off and let sit for about 10 minutes, so that the flavors can meld, or go ahead and eat immediately if you can't wait. I like to serve these open faced, with a scoop of snobby joe on each slice of the bun. |
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Reviews (add your own)
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| Anna wrote on Monday October 01st, 2007 04:54 AM |
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OMIGOD -- OK I thought that sounded like a lot of chili powder but I figure the author must know what works, so I'll follow the recipe this time. People -- my lips are still burning from the first few bites! I had planned for this to make several meals for me this week, but I've just had to throw the entire pan in the trash! What a waste. It must be a typo ... I think it would have been quite lovely if I had used a more reasonable amount of chili powder. Maybe a couple of teaspoons, but definitely NOT 3 tablespoons. I will try this again with an adjustment to the chili powder.
It's not a typo! Maybe your chili powder was super hot? Or cayenne? - Isa |
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| Stephanie wrote on Monday October 01st, 2007 05:22 PM |
 four soybeans |
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I just made this for me and my hunny and it's really super good. Cheap to make and it can feed and army. I think we'll be eating this for a couple of days. |
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| Jenna Bee wrote on Wednesday October 03rd, 2007 12:42 AM |
four soybeans |
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I love that there is no soy or tvp or anything in here because I ALWAYS have a bag of lentils around. This was perfect. Reminded me of a MANWICH (remember that?) I didn't find it too hot at all, in fact m husband added hot sauce to it! |
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| appifanie wrote on Sunday October 07th, 2007 06:27 PM |
four soybeans |
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My joes were very spicy at first (but I accidentally dumped in too much chili powder) but after that first serving, all subsequent joes have been awesome! My new favorite thing to use lentils in. |
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| Embers wrote on Sunday October 07th, 2007 06:42 PM |
 three soybeans |
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I thought these were pretty good- certainly tasty, not earth-shattering. My omni husband couldn't stop raving about them. So if you have an omni in your life, or a husband, perhaps that's the trick. |
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| Aras wrote on Sunday October 07th, 2007 10:05 PM |
four soybeans |
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I loved it! I also loved the fact that it didn't use tvp which can be hard to find around here. I didn't find it too spicy at all and i will be making this again and again...and again... |
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| Tim C. wrote on Monday October 08th, 2007 04:34 PM |
four soybeans |
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I love this recipe! I love the spices, except I only used about half of the chilli powder from the recipe! Great job guys! |
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| j.m. wrote on Thursday October 25th, 2007 01:37 PM |
four soybeans |
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This was quite tasty - almost better the next day once all the flavors melded more. Also I didn't realize I missed sloppy joes until I upgraded to the snobby ones. thanks for sharing! |
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| Melissa wrote on Thursday October 25th, 2007 04:46 PM |
four soybeans |
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These joes kick ass! I used Whole Food's brand of chili powder and it came out perfect. The texture is meaty and the spices are fabulous. I will make these stick-to-your-ribs sandwiches again and again. Thank you! |
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