Vegetarian Foodservice Recipe: Meat-free Mince and Lentil Sloppy Joes
Recent research shows that more than 5% of the UK population are vegetarian, that’s 3 million diners. These diners need vegetarian menu options and frequent the venues that provide vegetarian menu options.
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Serves: 8
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 pack of Fry’s Meat-free Mince
- 1 tsp (5 ml) olive oil
- 1 (120 g) onion, finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) garlic, finely chopped
- 2 Tbsp (30 ml) cold water
- 2 Tbsp (30 ml) tomato paste
- 1 (4 g) chilli, finely chopped (optional)
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) sugar
- 1 x 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
- ½ C (125 ml / 90 g) cocktail tomatoes, halved
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) balsamic vinegar
- 2 tsp (10 ml) ground cumin
- 2 tsp (10 ml) smoked paprika
- ⅔ C (160 ml) warm water
- 1 x 400 g tin lentils, drained
- Salt and pepper
- 8 Hamburger rolls, sliced in half
- 1½ (180 g) red onion, finely chopped
- ¼ C (60 ml / 12 g) coriander leaves, finely chopped
- Handful micro herbs
Method
- Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for 2 minutes.
- Add the mince and fry for 2 minutes.
- Whisk the vegan gravy sauce (which comes in a sachet with the mince) with the cold water and pour it over the mince.
- Stir in the tomato paste, chilli, sugar, tinned tomatoes, cocktail tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, cumin, paprika and water. Simmer for 12-15 minutes until thickened.
- Stir in the lentils and season to taste.
To Serve
Assemble the Sloppy Joes by adding some of the mince mixture onto the bottom half of each roll.
Add a sprinkling of chopped onion, coriander and micro herbs and top it off with the top half of the roll.
TIP: This veggie mince filling also works great in wraps or with nachos. Just add more chilli if you want to give it an extra kick.
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