Ultimate Sloppy Joe
Sloppy joes are sooooo delish and really easy to make! Your kids will love them and adults will too!
2 Tablespoons Butter
2-½ pounds Ground Beef
½ whole Large Onion, Diced
1 whole Large Green Bell Pepper, Diced
5 cloves Garlic, Minced
1-½ cup Ketchup
1 cup Water
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
2 teaspoons Chili Powder (more To Taste)
1 teaspoon Dry Mustard
½ teaspoons Red Pepper Flakes (more To Taste)
Worcestershire Sauce To Taste
2 Tablespoons Tomato Paste (optional)
Tabasco Sauce (optional; To Taste)
Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper, To Taste
Kaiser Rolls
Butter
Add butter to a large skillet or dutch oven over medium heat. Add ground beef and cook until brown. Drain most of the fat and discard.
Add onions, green pepper, and garlic. Cook for a few minutes, or until vegetables begin to get soft.
Add ketchup, brown sugar, chili pepper, dry mustard, and water. Stir to combine and simmer for 15 minutes, adding salt and pepper to taste. Also add tomato paste, Worcestershire, and Tabasco if desired. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
Spread rolls with butter and brown on a griddle or skillet. Spoon meat mixture over the rolls, topping with a slice of american cheese, if you’d like. Serve with cole slaw or chips!
Serves 4-6
Tagged with: Beef • Easy Dinner • Family Recipe • Main Dish
Filed under: Beef • Entree • Quick Recipes
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Wow! I just tried this for dinner tonight. It was delicious! Great job! This is likely to become a staple in my house!
Made your sloppy joe recipe for the fam tonight and it was a huge hit. My husband, who hasn’t eaten SJ’s since an unfortunate lunch room incident in his early childhood, called shotgun on the leftovers for his lunch tomorrow. And, it was equally popular with our two toddlers. I served the yummy filling on potato slider rolls (better serving size for the wee ones), which made it seem like appetizers for dinner, which I always love. Thanks for the great recipe!
Who does not love sloppy joes? Will have to try this and freeze part of it for a quick dinner. Thanks for the recipe it is making my mouth water as I am typing this comment.
I have just discovered your website and I love it! This is a fabulous recipe that both my husband and my 13 year old loved. I replaced the ketchup with half ketchup and half BBQ sauce, and did not add the brown sugar. We used the new flat multigrain buns. Yum!
I’m watching my carbs and so ditched the buns and served this over brown rice. Very delicious.
Okay, now you’ve done it. My boys love sloppy joes (okay son not so much as Dad) and making it from stratch will be so much healthier huh? Oh, made me laugh, as you gotta have the Lays to pick up the droppings. And we made s’mores by campfire last Friday and the one my son made inside just didn’t taste the same. I’ll add this to their next camping trip, thanks.
My wife is working late tonight, so my 3 boys and I followed the recipe and devoured some awesome sloppy joes.
just prepared this recipe for the first time this week and really enjoyed it – just the right amount of sauce to be suitably sloppy, and we really enjoyed the seasonings in the sauce.
We were in the mood for Sloppy Joe’s and I remembered this recipe. We had just finished a day of hiking at one of our local state parks and so we needed something easy. I whipped up this in no time and it was the best version of Sloppy Joe’s we have had. Thank you much for a great and simple recipe.
What a yummy recipe!
Once or twice a year, I get a hankering for sloppy Joes. My husband rolls his eyes, as my usual offering is something ‘witchy’, if you catch my drift.
I don’t know, my fondness for them has something to do with my childhood. I vaguely remember when the canned SJ sauce was introduced. Mom made them and I was hooked!
We’ve tried homemade recipes in the past and were always disappointed. This one’s a keeper. I doubled the veggie amounts and left out the sugar, though. The ketchup added just enough sweetness for our ‘mature’ tastebuds.
Thanks so much for posting the recipe. Looks like SJ will be showing up on our menu more often!
When we have Sloppy Joes I usually make a big batch and freeze a few small freezer bags full for the kids to thaw out and heat up on those nights when dinner together just isn’t happening.
Just made this dish last night with an Asian Slaw and roasted potatoes. The Sloppy Joes were definitely the centerpiece of the meal. I used diced tomatoes, didn’t want to dirty another dish an puree them, and it was still good. Just less sloppy…more chunky. Thanks…long time reader, first time poster.
Wow. What an amazing recipe. I made it for lunch today and it was delicious. I made it with ground turkey we already had in the fridge. I added some olive oil to brown the meat, as it is lower in fat than beef, and it turned out fabulous! I served it with potato chips and yes, we used them to scoop up all the extra sloppiness! It’s a keeper for sure.