amazing sloppy joes to the max
Category: Main Dishes - Other

Suitable for a: vegetarian diet


Ingredients:
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2 tbsp. margarine
1/2 cup minced onion
1/2 cup minced green pepper
about 1 lb. firm tofu, mashed
12 tbsp ketup
1 can kidney beans
1/2 tsp. salt
1.2 tsp chili powder
worchesterchire sause, orgeino, basil to taste
4 hamburger buns, tosted


Instructions:
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- Heat margarine in a large skillet over medium heat
- Add onion and green pepper, untill well cooked
- Add mashed tofu and cook until tofu is light brown
- Add rest of the stuff. cook untill beans are soft.
* if its to thick, add a little water.
BAM, done :)


Additional comments:
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i cannot take full credit for this, i saw the idea, and added alot to it. you can eat this on buns, or out of a bowl. serves about four people. great left overs. injoy, please send me comments.

sounds yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I might have to sacrifice worchestershire sauce for balsamic vinegar and garb. beans for the kidney beans...will inform on how it turns out (buahahahahaha)...lol ;-) and minus the green pepper...may add some TVP for texture purposes. *ANXIOUS*...hopefully my daughter will love it ^_^

Thanks for a rocking recipe!

ok...what I did, and it turned out pretty good, but a bit watery:

the [earth balance] margarine was used to sautee up the minced onion
added about a cup of made TVP, some raw sesame seeds (about two ounces), 2/3 cup cooked quinoa, 12.3 ounce pack of extra firm tofu (mashed, of course), chili powder, minced onion, parsley, basil, garlic salt (rather than salt), dried roasted garlic chunks, 3/4 cans garbanzo beans, a lil water, ketchup, balsamic vinegar. The flavor seemed just about there. Texture is something to be concerned with, but the taste, generally speaking, was very very good. Had the right tang, etc. I probably went overboard on the amt. of herbs and spices that I used, but it turned out quite yummy^_^

omitted: oregano (I happen to not have any...haha!), kidney beans, worchestershire sauce, green peppers.

Thanks again for the ideas!! I really hammered the recipe up due to lack of ingredients from my move here to NC, but haha...this stuff tasted delish, nonetheless. ^_^

leftovers went to the freezer for a rainy day. (hooray!!)

I made it to recipe and it was magnifique!! yummo!

Would it work with veggie oil instead of margarine?

Worcestershire sauce also known as Worcester sauce is a widely used fermented liquid condiment. It is currently made with vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, water, chilli peppers, soy sauce, pepper, tamarinds, anchovies, onions, shallots, cloves and garlic.


Jacqueline



*Vegan Worcestershire Sauce* (yields 1.5 cups)

6 T water
6 T brown rice syrup
1/4 cup tamari
2 T apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. barley malt syrup
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
tiny pinch ground cloves
tiny pinch onion powder

Blend, whisk or shake until the mixture is smooth and the powders
are well incorporated. Store in the fridge; this keeps well.

Substitutions (mine):
in place of brown rice syrup -
amazake, FruitSource or date sugar, plus 1 tsp. molasses
(if using the powdered sweeteners, mix with enough weak broth
to form a thick paste or syrup)
in place of barley malt syrup - molasses or sorghum
in place of garlic powder - equivalent fresh garlic
in place of onion powder - tiny amount of minced fresh onion
in place of onion and garlic powders - minced fresh shallots
in place of tamari - regular soy sauce, or reduced sodium tamari/soy sauce.

Or you can purchase Vegan style in the store.

I can't wait to try this recipe ...sounds so yummy...and thanks Vegan Joe..I'll try finding the replacment for Worcester sauce :)