BBQ Pork Sloppy Joes

Ingredients

• 2sweet potatoes, cut into ½-inch wedges
• 1red onion, a quarter thinly sliced for the quick pickle, the rest finely chopped for the sauce
• 2 clovesgarlic, finely chopped
• 1lime, juice only, for the quick pickle
• 2burger buns
• 1 lbground pork
• 1/4 cupbarbecue sauce
• hot sauce, to serve, to taste
• 3 tbsptomato ketchup
• 3/4 tspsugar, ¼ tsp for the pickled onion and ½ tsp for the sauce
• 1 tbspbutter, melted, for brushing the buns
• 2 tbspvegetable oil, 1 tbsp for the wedges, 1 tbsp for the pan
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste
• 1/4 cupwater, for the sauce

Method

1. 1

   Heat the oven to 450°F. Toss the sweet potato wedges on a baking sheet with 1 tbsp of the oil and a pinch of salt and pepper, then roast for 20 to 25 minutes, until browned at the edges and tender in the middle.

2. 2

   While the wedges roast, thinly slice a quarter of the red onion and stir it in a small bowl with the lime juice, ¼ tsp of the sugar and a pinch of salt. Leave it to pickle.

3. 3

   Stir the barbecue sauce, ketchup, the remaining ½ tsp of sugar and ¼ cup of water together in a small bowl. Melt the butter and brush it over the cut sides of the buns. The pork goes straight from browning into the sauce, so both need to be ready first.

4. 4

   Finely chop the rest of the red onion. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook the onion with a pinch of salt for 4 to 5 minutes, until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds, until it smells fragrant.

5. 5

   Add the ground pork, season with salt and pepper and cook for 4 to 6 minutes, breaking it up with a spoon, until browned with no pink left.

6. 6

   Pour in the sauce and the pickling liquid from the onion and cook, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes until thick and glossy. Slide the buns into the oven, cut side up, at the same time; they toast in 3 to 5 minutes.

7. 7

   Fill the toasted buns with the pork, top with the pickled onion and a shake of hot sauce, and serve with the wedges.

Nutrition per serving