Tomato Soup Sloppy Joes

ByDeanna Segrave-Daly
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Tomato soup, pinto beans and diced veggies add a nutrition boost to a family favorite meal: Sloppy Joes.

UPDATE 3/28/16 - If you like this recipe, you have to check out my Sloppy Joe Tacos!

A healthier version of Sloppy Joes - use extra lean beef or turkey, add in some veggies and a can of pinto beans.

How could I forget about Sloppy Joes?

Sloppy Joes were definitely a staple family meal when I was a kid and I always remember they were a given during our week at the lake with all of my cousins. Each family would take a turn to cook and Sloppy Joes were my favorite dinner night.

Fast forward decades later and I can't remember the last time I ate them, let alone MADE them. Enter Secret Recipe Club for inspiration.

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This month, I was assigned Heather from It's Yummy To My Tummy. She came up with her blog name from the phrase her daughter would say about her cooking. And as soon as Heather's Tomato soup version of Sloppy Joes caught my eye, I knew I was going to make it.

Tomato soup makes for quick and delicious Sloppy Joes

Trader Joe's Low Sodium Tomato Soup is my go-to, store-bought soup, especially during these colder months when I stock it in my pantry. I also swapped in extra lean ground turkey for the beef (just a taste preference) and freshly chopped onion, red pepper and celery instead of the frozen version (just because I had them on hand - otherwise, frozen veggies are a great staple for your freezer <--- Dietitian's Endorsement.)

And the dietitian in me threw in a can of pinto beans, too (another RD tip: rinse canned beans well to get rid of up to 40% of the sodium.) I got the inspiration from fellow dietitian, Ellie Krieger, and her Sloppy Joe recipe. I mashed up half of the beans and mixed them in at the end.

Low sodium tomato soup, pinto beans and diced veggies adds a nutrition boost to a family favorite meal: Sloppy Joes.

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A healthier version of Sloppy Joes - use extra lean beef or turkey, add in some veggies and a can of pinto beans.

Tomato Soup Sloppy Joes

  • Yield: 6 servings. 1x
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Tomato soup, pinto beans and diced veggies add a nutrition boost to a family favorite meal: Sloppy Joes.

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ cup diced celery
  • ½ cup diced onion
  • ½ cup diced bell pepper (any color)
  • 1 pound extra lean ground beef or turkey
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 cup low sodium tomato soup
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed well
  • 6 whole wheat or whole grain hamburger buns
  • Bibb lettuce leaves

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Saute celery, onion and bell pepper for 5 minutes.
  2. Add in ground beef or turkey, garlic, salt and pepper. Break up beef/turkey with wooden spoon and stir every so often. Cook for about 10 minutes or until cooked through (until meat is no longer pink.)
  3. Add in soup, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce and vinegar. Mix until everything is incorporated.
  4. In a small bowl, mash about half of the beans. Add all the beans to the beef mixture and stir well. Cook for about another 10 minutes until everything is heated through.
  5. Serve on hamburger buns and top with lettuce leaves.

Notes

Adapted from It's Yummy to My Tummy's Tomato Soup Sloppy Joes

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I served them on whole grain buns with Bibb lettuce and the next day, took Heather's suggestion of serving them over corn tortilla chips -- nacho style (her daughter's favorite way to eat them.)

Sooooooo good.

Serve leftover Tomato Soup Sloppy Joes over tortilla chips for the ultimate nachos.

Next time I think I'm going to do a mash up of this verision and my Loaded Veggie Nachos for the ultimate Sloppy Joe recipe.

And for super duper Sloppy Joe fans, check out Cooking Light's Sloppy Joe recipe roundup, which includes everything from chipotle flavored to vegetarian options.

So, are you a fan of Sloppy Joes? Do you ever make them?

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31 Comments

  1. I LOVE sloppy joes and love to put a can of beans in mine too. We like to eat them with chips also, gotta have that crunch! These sound awesome!

    1. Eating them over tortilla chips was a new thing to me and so so good 🙂 I've seen a recipe where you add lentils - want to try that next time!

  3. Yummy! These look so good. My family would love it if I made this "healthier" version.

  5. Oh my goodness these photos are making me hungry for lunch and it's only 9am here! Sloppy Joe's were my childhood in a nutshell and I will never turn one down to this day! It is the ultimate kid food but I feel like adults appreciate the flavors just as much! I love your spin on it with this "tomato spoup" version...pinning and putting on the menu fo this weekend!

  6. The Secret Recipe Club sounds like so much fun! Like most kids, I loved Sloppy Joes when I was growing up. Now it makes me a little sad to say I can't remember the last time I had one. With a recipe like this one, this needs to change ASAP! And I'm really loving the nacho style way of serving them!

    1. It is fun - it's almost like Secret Santa - finding out you are assigned to and then on reveal day who had you and which recipe they made 🙂 I'm telling you, those nachos are going to be a frequent recipe in my rotation from now on!

  7. I can't tell you the number of times I've wondered how to turn that can of tomato soup that always seems to be in my pantry, into dinner. This is a rescue recipe 🙂

    1. Rescue recipe is the perfect phrase for this one. I'm making it again next week.

  8. I always have TJ's Tomato Soup on hand too! Can't wait to try this recipe 🙂 Love that there's some green on your Joe's too!

    1. It's such a great staple (TJ's Tomato Soup) which means I'll be making this recipe more often than not. Of course, I had to add a little greenery, ha!

  9. I love sloppy joes! We used to have them all the time as a kid. We would use the sodium-packed seasoning packet though. This seems like a MUCH healthier recipe 🙂

  10. What a great idea to turn it into a nacho! They look so good with the beans, I have never added them in. Can't wait to try it this way.

    1. I totally give Ellie Krieger credit for the idea of adding beans in - it stretches out the recipe, gives great flavor (and obviously a nutrition boost) and tastes so good over tortilla chips 🙂

  11. Wait - what??? Why have I never thought of this! What a fantastic idea to combine tomato soup and sloppy joes!

  12. Thanks for the review! Sorry I am just getting to this today, I usually try and review these on the first day, but my house has been full of illnesses the past few days. This sloppy joes recipe is really such a weeknight staple when we need a quick meal and I am loving the extra beans/protein in it. However, my kids wouldn't go for it I'm sure, weird textures for them... perhaps I could puree the beans up and mix it in with the sauce and I could sneak it in! 😉

    1. I so understand - that was our house last week - hoping you are all on the mend soon. Thank you for the recipe inspiration - this has been a big hit with readers and I can't wait to make it again 🙂

  13. Love, love this spin on a sloppy joe! I need to make these for hubby - he would go bananas! Glad to be part of SRC group C with you!

    1. Whoot! Let me know what he thinks 🙂 Thrilled to be in group C with you too - love your blog!

  14. The sloppy joes that I grew up on were not good. This recipe looks like it could change my mind! I especially like the nacho style...add a little bit of cheese and that would be perfect.

    1. I hope you get to try them out and get rid of that mediocre sloppy joe memory - ha. Let me know if you do!

  15. My husband LOVES sloppy joes and anything to do with tortilla chips (the nachos would be a hit). This looks like a perfect healthier and easy version I could make for him. I also think my toddler would eat it - so double win!

  16. Oh my goodness, the idea to serve this over nachos sounds amazing!!! I'm thinking that would make a good superbowl food! 🙂

    1. Yes - great idea! It seriously is my new go-to meal (one night tacos the next nachos 🙂

  18. I do like sloppy joes a lot so I was happy when on moving to New Jersey some friends invited us over for sloppy joes. Can you imagine my surprise when we were served a cold sandwich with turkey, ham, Swiss, coleslaw and Russian dressing on rye! I've been here 15 years now but still can't get used to seeing sloppy joes on a menu only to have it be a sandwich!

    1. Eileen - this is such a great story! I did not know this at all! The sandwich sounds yummy...but it's certainly not a Sloppy Joe - in my humble opinion! But love that a regional food stays 'strong'!

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