Sloppy Joes (vegan!)

I think I might already have a sloppy joe recipe on here, but this was my first time serving everybody a vegan version. I nailed the sauce, and the meat substitute came out pretty well! The texture was definitely different than beef sloppy joes, and it just had a lighter, less meaty feel to it as well.

Next time, I should absolutely finely dice some dried shiitakes and add it in. You wouldn't even notice them, and they'd add a nice texture after they absorbed the sauce. Maybe some powdered kombu, too? It would definitely add umami, but I'm kind of scared of it, tbh.

Sauce:

1 cup Diana's regular barbecue sauce
1/3 cup Costco smoke barbecue sauce (alternately, use whatever you have on hand and toss in a squirt of liquid smoke if it's not smoky enough)
5 sundried tomatoes
2 tbsp diced fire roasted red peppers
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
1/3 cup ketchup

Filling:

~2 tbsp oil from a jar of sundried tomatoes
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 package Lightlife's ground lean vegan sausage, diced
1 can lentils, rinsed

Add all sauce ingredients to a blender. Blitz until smooth.

Add oil to a large pan or pot. Saute onion until translucent, then add garlic for 30 seconds. Add sausage substitute, and spend the next few minutes breaking it up into the smallest pieces you can. Add can of lentils, followed by sauce.

Simmer just until hot, then serve on buns with coleslaw if desired.

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