Sloppy Vegetable Sandwiches (Crock Pot)

Submitted by Mercy

"Vegetarian sloppy joes!"

 

• Ready In: 10hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 2⁄3 cup dry lentils, rinsed & drained
• 2⁄3 cup uncooked brown rice
• 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
• 3 1⁄2 cups vegetable broth
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 8 hamburger buns or 8 French rolls

directions

1. In a 3 1/2, 4, or 5-quart crock pot, combine carrot, celery, dry lentils, uncooked brown rice, onion, garlic, brown sugar, and mustard.
2. Stir in vegetable broth.
3. Cover and cook on low heat for 8 to 10 hours or on high heat for 4 to 5 hours.
4. Stir in tomato sauce and vinegar, cover and cook for 30 more minutes.
5. To serve, spoon mixture onto buns or rolls.

Reviews

[jportilla]

This was ok. A little sweet for my liking. I will try it again, adding some tartness and heat.

 

[ilovecookingsomuch]

I thought these turned out great!

 

[Serah B.]

I added some tomato paste with the sauce at the end to make it more sloppy joe-like, but I actually like it best with no tomato sauce or paste at all...then the flavors don't get overrun by tomato and wind up as nothing distinct.

 

[VegSocialWorker]

Although I am really happy with the final product, I did have to make some changes to the recipe. The water/broth was completly gone from the crockpot only 3 hours into cooking on low. Good thing I was home because it would have been a problem had I left it all day like that. I ended up adding at least four more cups of water. Second, I felt that it needed much more tomato sauce as it just didn't resemble sloppy joes until I doubled the amount. But, as I said, I loved it in the end. Will be making this again! Thank you.