Asian Sloppy Joes Recipe - Ready in 45 Mins, Healthy-ISH (2024)

An Asian twist on a classic, these Asian Sloppy Joes are seriously SO delicious. Full of ground pork, hoisin sauce, ginger, chili garlic sauce, and more! You’ll never guess this flavor packed recipe is SO easy!

For the love of all things yummy and delicious, these Asian sloppy joes are literally blowing my mind right now.

I am so so so so SOOOOOO excited to share this recipe with you today, because

It’s from my friend, Lauren’s, new cookbook: Modern Comfort Cooking.

It’s literally the most delicious thing I’ve eaten in a while <— not an exaggeration

Like, you guys, I wish I was the one that came up with today’s recipe, because it’s just that good, but I didn’t, and that’s ok, because Lauren is officially a culinary genius and I can’t wait to eat my way through her entire cookbook!

But for today, we’re sticking with Asian sloppy joes and I’m not mad about that one bit. 🙂

You’ve probably guessed by now that I loooooooove Asian food. I’m just obsessed with the unique combination of flavors and spices.

So when I saw “Asian sloppy joes” in Lauren’s book, I was immediately sold.

Asian flavors meets American week night dinner classic?

Genius.

You’ll start by melting butter in a large skillet.

To that, you’ll add in onion, chili garlic sauce, fresh ginger, garlic, salt, and pepper <— yeah, this is just the beginning, so you KNOW it’s gonna be good.

Once the onions have softened, you’ll add in pork. Cook that until it’s no longer pink.

Then you’ll stir in hoisin sauce (aka heaven sauce), soy sauce, tomatoes, and lime juice.

Let that simmer away until your house smells ah-mazing and the sauce has thickened.

You’ll load up some buns (Lauren suggests toasted brioche buns <— yum) with the pork mixture, top it with broccoli slaw, and you’ve just made yourself Asian sloppy joes!

Now. This makes 4 sloppy joes and since it’s just Trevor and I, we had leftovers the next day, as you can imagine I was SUPER happy about that.

Trevor made himself another sloppy joe, but I put my portion into a bowl and topped it with a fried egg and OMG you guys I died and went to heaven.

If you’re a fan of fried, runny eggs like I am, I HIGHLY suggest doing that with your leftovers. 🙂

On a bun, or in a bowl with a fried egg, I know you guys are going to go crazy for these Asian sloppy joes. I made them exactly as written and they were absolutely perfect. PACKED with flavor, a little sweet, sooooo savory, perfectly seasoned with just a touch of spice.

I legit can’t wait to make these again!

Lauren. You’re a rockstar.

– Jennifer

PSST – Stop what you’re doing and go buy Modern Comfort Cooking now! 🙂