Sloppy Joe Is Sooo Sloppy

He's so sloppy that you need two hands to eat all of the tasty and spicy "meat" between two Okara buns. He doesn't need anything else to sop up his delicious paprika and garlic spiced flavor, just those two fluffy wheat buns - and you. You can change him though, and make sure that Joe becomes a clean man on your plate! One little nibble and you'll want more, although you find that you're full after one burger, you will also find a system to try to eat as many as possible.

(Sloppy Joe "Meat" Ingredients)

• Texturized Vegetable Protein (that has been covered in boiled water for 10 minutes, then washed and drained)
• 2 cloves of Minced Garlic
• 1/2 of a Small Minced Onion
• 1/2 a tsp of Crushed Red Pepper
• 1/4 a tsp of Black Pepper
• 1/4 a tsp of Greek Oregano
• A dash of Paprika
• Salt and Garlic Powder to taste
• 1/2 a Cup of Chunky Spaghetti Sauce (your favorite)

(Okara Buns Ingredients)

• 1 cup of Raw Okara (cooked is fine as well)
• 1 packet of Rapid-Rise Yeast
• 1 Cup of Warm Water
• 1 tbl of Brown Sugar
• 3 tbl of Unflavored Oil (for coating the pan)
• 1 tsp of Iodized Salt
• 1 and 1/2 cups of All-Purpose Flour
• 1 and 1/2 cups of High Protein Wheat Flour

(Directions)

• For the "Meat": Normally I would have precooked and seasoned the garlic and onions, but instead I decided to keep them as is. With the TVP to give more texture and flavor.
• After the TVP has been washed and drained, add the vegetables and the pre-measured spices and mixed them together. Then coat a pan in olive oil and set it on medium-heat and add the meat.
• Once it begins to cook add the salt and pepper and the spaghetti sauce, only allowing a few chunks of tomato into the recipe as I went.
• Let the dish cook for about 5 minutes and then served it on top of Okara buns.


• For the Buns:Mix all of the dry ingredients except for the brown sugar together in a large bowl, then add the rest of the ingredients (except the oil) to a smaller dish, mix them together and allow the yeast to eat the sugar for about 3-5 minutes.
• After the yeast has grown, create a hole in the middle of the flour mixture as you would for biscuits and slowly mix in the yeast. After it is all thoroughly mixed together it should be quite wet, in that case move it to a warm area and preheat the oven to about 320 degrees.
• After 30-40 minutes are up, take the bread dough out of its warm area and punch it down, knead it with some flour until it is elastic, split into equal pieces and shape them into buns then let them sit on an oil covered pan for 15-20 minutes to allow them to proof once more.
• Once time has elapsed, cross the buns with a knife to make sure that everything is together and then place them into the oven for 15-30 minutes. To be sure that they're done, peek every few times and once they start to change color, move them around to see if they stick and look lighter, and if you're still not sure - place a knife into the center-most bun as you would do a cake.


• Serve them together and enjoy!