Microwave sloppy joe stuffed potato
Sweet, tangy sloppy joe beef made in a bowl in the microwave and spooned over a fluffy baked potato, all the messy joy with no bun to fall apart.
- 20 min total
- 8 min hands-on
- Follow-a-recipe easy
- Serves 1
- About $2.82 a serving
- 490 calories
- Dairy-free
Dolly says: Most of the time here is hands-off, so you can sit down while it cooks.
Ingredients
For 1 servings.
- 1 russet potato, medium, about 10 oz
- 4 oz 85/15 ground beef
- ¼ cup frozen pepper and onion blend
- ¼ cup tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tsp yellow mustard
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
From your pantry
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 pinch garlic powder
- 1 pinch salt
Each serving has about 490 calories, 27 g protein, 57 g carbs and 18 g fat, and costs about $2.82 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No russet potatoes? Yukon Gold potatoes work.
- No 85/15 ground beef? 90/10 ground beef works.
- No tomato sauce? Crushed tomatoes work.
- No yellow mustard? Dijon mustard works.
Steps
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Scrub the potato, dry it, poke it 6 to 8 times with a fork, and microwave it on a plate for 5 minutes.
Timer: 5 min
Dolly’s tip: The holes let steam escape. Skip them and a potato can burst.Turn the potato over with a folded paper towel and microwave 3 to 5 minutes more, until a fork slides into the middle easily. Wrap it in a towel to stay hot.
Timer: 4 min
the beef into a microwave-safe bowl with the frozen peppers and onions, cover with a paper towel, and microwave 2 minutes.
Crumble. Crumbling means breaking food into small, rough bits with your fingers or a spoon, like feta or ground meat in the pan. Small bits spread through the dish, so there’s some in every bite.
How you’ll know: The pieces are small and uneven, about pea-size, with no big clumps left.
Timer: 2 min
Food safety: Wash your hands, the board and the knife with hot soapy water after touching raw meat, and don’t rinse raw chicken in the sink.
Break the meat up with the fork and microwave 1 to 2 minutes more, until no pink is left anywhere.
Timer: 1 min 30 sec
Dolly’s tip: Stir from the edges in. The middle cooks last in a microwave.Food safety: Ground beef, pork and lamb are done at 160°F. When it’s cooked through there’s no pink left anywhere in the pan.
Tip the bowl over a wad of paper towel to pour off the fat, holding the meat back with the fork.
in the tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire, garlic powder and salt.
Stir. Stirring means moving food around with a spoon or spatula so it cooks evenly and doesn’t stick. Unless the recipe says constantly, every so often is plenty, and it gives food time to brown.
How you’ll know: When you drag the spoon across the bottom, nothing is sticking or scorching.
Microwave 1½ minutes, until the sauce bubbles and clings to the meat.
Timer: 1 min 30 sec
Split the potato open with the fork, fluff the inside, and pile the sloppy joe on top.
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