Rachael Ray's Super Scrumptious Sloppy Joes

newspapergal's Note:

This recipe is from Food Network's Rachael Ray. I like it b/c it uses tomato sauce instead of ketchup, and you can spice it up as you like. I add more onions as well as some garlic. * I like to use a little less brown sugar, as we like ours spicier rather than sweet.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil , 1 turn of the pan
• 1 ¼ lbs ground sirloin
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 2 -3 teaspoons steak seasoning , such as mccormick brand montreal seasoning
• 1 medium onion , chopped
• 1 small red bell pepper , chopped
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 cups tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 4 crusty rolls , split, toasted, and lightly buttered

Garnish

• sliced ripe tomato
• pickle

Directions:

1. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat.
2. Add oil and meat to the pan.
3. Spread the meat around the pan and begin to break it up.
4. Combine brown sugar and steak seasoning.
5. Add sugar and spice mixture to the skillet and combine.
6. When the meat has browned, add onion and red peppers to the skillet.
7. Reduce heat to medium and cook onions, peppers, red wine vinegar and Worcestershire sauce with meat for 5 minutes.
8. Add tomato sauce and paste to pan.
9. Stir to combine.
10. Reduce heat to simmer and cook Sloppy Joe mixture 5 minutes longer.
11. Using a large spoon or ice cream scoop, pile sloppy meat onto toasted, buttered bun bottoms and cover with bun tops.
12. Serve with your favorite sides or sliced tomatoes seasoned with salt and pepper, dill pickles and Potato Salad.
13. We like to put a thick slice of cheddar on top of the meat in the sandwich and broil it for a few minutes to melt. YUM.

Reviews

[Boomette]

This is one of the best sloppy joes I made. DH really liked this one. :) We had it with monterey jack cheese, mustard, relish, hot peppers in a jar. Really good. Thanks newspapergal :) Made for I Recommend tag game

[Chef #174941]

Well this is my now go to Sloppy Joe recipe. SO much better then from a package. The last few "from scratch" sloppy Joe Recipes I tried were way too sweet. This was just perfect. I made no adjustments beyond using green instead of red peppers.

[mommyoffour]

This is a good sloppy joe recipe. My kids love sloppy joes and I've made alot of different recipes and this one rates right up there with the best. I made this in the camper on vacation and they were very easy to put together, which is a plus in my books. Thank you for posting.