Baked Sloppy Joe Pockets

I’m sure that everyone grew up eating sloppy Joes, but I’m sure that most of those sloppy Joes involved a mixture that came from a can. Well, these Joes have nothing from a can, jars and bottles are another story, though. The sauce is simple, delicious, and probably a lot healthier than that canned sauce.

I’m always looking for ways to make recipes more interesting, and I think I achieved that with these pockets. You don’t have to use the pizza dough and bake these Joes, you can just pile the mixture on hamburger buns and enjoy that way, but I think that they baked dough really gives the Joes something.

What You’ll Need…

1lb Ground Turkey (You can use beef or bison, or whatever you prefer.)

½ Medium Onion (Chopped)

1 Bell Pepper (Chopped)

1 Cup Ketchup

1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce

½ Tablespoon Vinegar

1 Tablespoon Stone Ground Mustard (You can use Dijon instead if you don’t have stone ground.)

1 Tablespoon Honey (You can always use sugar instead.)

Garlic Powder (To taste)

Chili Powder (To taste)

Herbes de Provence (To taste)

¼ Pizza Dough

As always, start out by chopping your vegetables. You can make the peppers and onions any size you like; I personally like a small dice. Once the vegetables are chopped set them aside and move onto the meat.

Now brown the meat in a large skillet for about ten minutes. Once the meat is almost cooked add in the vegetables as well as all of the sauce ingredients (this includes the spices). Once everything is added to the skillet reduce the heat to low and allow everything to simmer for about 15-20 minutes, stir occasionally.

 

While the mixture simmers move on to the pizza dough. Divide the dough in four and roll it out into rectangles of about 5x4 inches. Be careful not to tear the dough. At this point pre-heat your oven to 350.

Once the meat mixture is done allow it to cool for about five minutes. Once the meat is slight cooled spoon 2-3 tablespoons onto one side of each dough rectangle. Fold the dough over the meat mixture so that it forms a semi-circle. Fold the edges of the dough up and pinch so that that mixture stays inside while baking.

Place the pockets onto a greased baking sheet and bake at 350 for about ten minutes. 

 

Keep any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Enjoy!