7 years ago

Sriracha Sloppy Joes

The key to these super-easy Sloppy Joes: Lunds & Byerlys new Sriracha Pasta Sauce, made with full-bodied San Marzano tomatoes and just a touch of spicy Sriracha sauce for a unique spicy-sweet flavor. Look for this tasty new sauce in the pasta aisle!

Ingredients

  • 2 Lunds & Byerlys Bake at Home Baguettes
  • 1 pound Lunds & Byerlys All Natural Ground Pork
  • 2 teaspoons Lunds & Byerlys Olive Oil
  • ½ pound shiitake mushrooms, washed, trimmed and thinly sliced
  • ½ red bell pepper, diced (about ⅔ cup)
  • ½ green bell pepper, diced (about ⅔ cup)
  • ½ yellow bell pepper, diced (about ⅔ cup)
  • 1 jar Lunds & Byerlys Sriracha Pasta Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Directions

  1. Heat baguettes according to package instructions.
  2. Heat skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground pork and cook thoroughly, breaking into small pieces, until browned and no longer pink, approximately 12-15 minutes. Keep warm on low heat.
  3. In medium sauce pan over medium-high heat add olive oil, then shiitake mushrooms, and sauté for 5 minutes. Add peppers and sauté for another for 2 minutes just to release flavors, keeping peppers a little crisp. Add cooked ground pork and pasta sauce to pepper mixture and heat to simmer. Stir in brown sugar and let cook for 5 minutes on low to meld flavors together.
  4. Remove baguettes from oven and cut each into fourths, making 8 pieces total. Take each
  5. piece of baguette and cut a  “V” out of the top (see picture). Remove top part of bread
  6. and keep bottom boat for filling. (Reserve “V” top by freezing later for bread crumbs.)
  7. Fill with approximately ¾ cup of Sriracha Sloppy Joe filling.