Reduced-Fat Sloppy Joes

Name: Reduced-Fat Sloppy Joes
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons, vegetable oil; 6 ounces, white mushrooms, sliced thin; 1 teaspoon, brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, Worcestershire sauce; 1 , small onion, minced; 1 , (8-ounce) can tomato sauce; 1/4 cup, ketchup; 1 1/4 teaspoons, chili powder; 1 teaspoon, cider vinegar; 1/4 cup, water; 10 ounces, 93 percent lean ground beef; , Salt and pepper; 4 , hamburger buns

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2009

Brimming with fat and calories, this childhood favorite was due for a diet. But would a slimmed-down Sloppy Joe lose its charm?

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Substituting ground beef with chewy wheat berries, ground vegetable protein, or tofu for our Reduced-Fat Sloppy Joes fooled nobody. Sautéed mushrooms were the answer. We replaced more than a third of the beef with mushrooms before anyone no...

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