Sloppy Pizza Joes

We've made a few tweaks to the original Sloppy Joe recipe for our easy slow-cooker version. We've replaced ground beef with ground turkey, added lots of vegetables and pizza sauce, and topped each sandwich with a thick slice of yummy mozzarella cheese. These pizza-flavored sandwiches will appeal to pizza lovers everywhere with a taste is out of this world! Prep in 25m, ready in 3h25m.

Ingredients

3 pounds uncooked ground turkey breast
2 (14 ounce) jars pizza sauce
2 cups frozen stir-fry vegetables (yellow, red, and green peppers and onions), thawed and drained
½ of a (6 ounce) can no-salt-added tomato paste ( ⅓ cup)
16 whole-wheat hamburger buns, split and toasted
8 (1 ounce) slices part-skim mozzarella cheese, halved

Preparation

Coat a very large skillet with cooking spray. Heat the skillet over medium-high heat.
Cook half of the turkey at a time in the hot skillet until the turkey is no longer pink, stirring to break apart the turkey as it cooks.
In a 4- to 5-quart slow cooker stir together the turkey, pizza sauce, vegetables, and tomato paste.
Cover and cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours or on High for 3 to 4 hours.
Spoon about ½ cup of the turkey mixture onto each bun bottom.
Top each with a half-slice cheese and a bun top.

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