Gluten Free So-Joes aka Southern California Not so Sloppy Joes
 
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Southwest, Gluten Free
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • For the Gluten Free Cornbread:
  • 1 box Krusteaz Honey Cornbread
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup gluten free sour cream
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 can fire roasted Hatch Green Chiles (4 oz. either whole or diced, if whole, dice for recipe)
  • Zest from one lime
  • ½ cup shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
  • For the So-Joe's Mix:
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1½ pounds ground turkey
  • 2 medium carrots diced
  • 2 celery stalks, diced
  • 8 green onions, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, diced
  • 1 teaspoon hot paprika
  • 1 teaspoon smoky paprika
  • ½ teaspoon coriander seeds
  • 1 tablespoon Aleppo pepper
  • 1 can fire roasted Hatch Green Chiles (4 oz. can either diced or whole, if whole, dice chiles)
  • 16 oz can of no-salt tomato sauce (can use salted tomato sauce if not on low sodium diet)
  • juice from zested lime
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • sour cream (garnish)
  • cilantro (garnish)
Instructions
  1. To make Cornbread:
  2. Preheat the oven to 375. Lightly grease 8X8X2 baking pan.
  3. Stir together the milk, oil, egg, and sour cream until well moistened with cornbread mix. Add lime zest, Hatch Chiles and Monterey Jack Cheese until combined.
  4. Pour cornbread mixture into baking pan and bake for approximately 29 minutes.
  5. To Make So-Joe's Mix:
  6. Use a large skillet or wok, and heat up a tablespoon of vegetable oil. Add the carrots, green onions, garlic cloves and celery to skillet and cook for about 3 minutes to soften over medium high heat. Add ground turkey to skillet and break up the meat. Add paprika, coriander seeds, Aleppo Pepper to turkey mixture. Cook about 5 minutes until meat mixture is crumbly and partially cooked. Add Hatch Chiles and cook for about 3 minutes. Add tomato sauce, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed or desired.
  7. To assemble, place So Joe's mixture at bottom of a bowl, top with a slice of cornbread. Add a little So Joe's mixture to the top of the cornbread. Dollop with a spoonful of sour cream. Sprinkle cilantro over bowl and serve.
Recipe by Tout va bien! (tm) at https://christymajors.com/gluten-free-baking-with-krusteaz-giveaway/