Beef And Cabbage Joes
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 8
 
A great portable dinner in a jar.
Ingredients
  • 1 pound ground beef or turkey
  • ½ cup chopped onion (1 medium)
  • ½ cup thinly sliced celery
  • ⅓ cup chopped green pepper
  • ½ cup okra, blended
  • 2 cups shredded cabbage
  • ¾ cup ketchup, I use the recipe from the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook page 482
  • ¼ cup water
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
Instructions
  1. Cook and stir the meat, onion and celery in a large skillet until the meat is brown. Drain off the excess fat.
  2. Stir in the cabbage, green pepper, okra, ketchup, water, salt, and mustard and heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat and cover. Simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
  3. Spoon the mixture onto the bottom halves of the buns and top with the remaining halves.
To Make in Mason Jars:
  1. Fill a wide mouth pint jar with 1 to 1½ cups cabbage joe mixture. Place lids on jar and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
To include bread baked on top -- (As pictured.)
  1. Fill each pint jar with 1 cup of cabbage joe mixture, place ¼ cup simple soda bread dough on top of cabbage mixture and bake for 20 minutes. Allow Jars to cool and place lids on jars.
  2. Jars can be stored for up to 1 week in refrigerator after baking.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 sandwich/jar
Recipe by Wonderfully Made and Dearly Loved at https://wonderfullymadeanddearlyloved.com/cabbage-joes/