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Turkey Sloppy Joes

Sweet-tangy ground turkey in tomato sauce piled onto toasted buns.

Turkey Sloppy Joes, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
28 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$10.15

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 lb ground turkey (93% lean)
  • 4 hamburger buns
  • 15 oz canned tomato sauce
  • 3 tbsp ketchup
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp yellow mustard
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt

Method

  1. Cook the finely diced onion and bell pepper in the olive oil over medium-high for 5 minutes.

  2. Add the ground turkey and brown it, breaking it up, about 7 minutes.

  3. Stir in the tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire, mustard, and salt.

  4. Simmer 8 to 10 minutes until thick enough to hold on a spoon.

  5. Toast the buns cut side down in a dry pan.

  6. Spoon the filling onto the buns and serve right away.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 11 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£36.06£9.0211 of 11 ingredients
Australia$63.07$15.7711 of 11 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬٧٠٩٫٠٣ ج.م.‏‏٤٢٧٫٢٦ ج.م.‏11 of 11 ingredients
Canada$105.65$26.4111 of 11 ingredients
Mexico$873.80$218.4511 of 11 ingredients
United States$40.59$10.1510 of 11 ingredients
Greece33,68 €8,42 €10 of 11 ingredients
Austria€ 40,02€ 10,0110 of 11 ingredients
New Zealand$66.21$16.559 of 11 ingredients
Spain17,52 €4,38 €9 of 11 ingredients
Germany26,41 €6,60 €9 of 11 ingredients

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