Ellie Krieger's Sloppy Joes

Name: Ellie Krieger's Sloppy Joes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb lean ground beef or 1 lb extra lean ground beef; 1 medium onion, diced (about 1 1/2 cups); 4 garlic cloves, minced (about 4 teaspoons); 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced; 1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and diced (about 1 cup); 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can small red beans or 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed; 1 1/2 cups no-salt-added tomato sauce; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon unsulphured molasses; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 teaspoon dry mustard; 3/4 teaspoon salt; fresh ground black pepper; 8 whole-wheat hamburger buns

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"In 'The Food You Crave' by Ellie Krieger"

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 8

ingredients

1 lb lean ground beef or 1 lb extra lean ground beef
1 medium onion, diced (about 1 1/2 cups)
4 garlic cloves, minced (about 4 teaspoons)
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and diced (about 1 cup)
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can small red beans or (15 1/2 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1 ¹⁄₂ cups no-salt-added tomato sauce
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon unsulphured molasses
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon dry mustard
³⁄₄ teaspoon salt
fresh ground black pepper
8 whole-wheat hamburger buns

directions

Brown the meat and onion in a large nonstick skillet over med-high heat for 5 minutes, breaking up the meat into crumbles as it cooks.
Pour the drippings out of the pan and discard.
Add the garlic, jalapeno, and red pepper and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in the rest of the ingredients, except the buns; decrease heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.
Place a 1/2-cup scoop of the mixture onto each bun and serve.

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Reviews

Love this recipe! Super easy and tasty! I just have to laugh though. "Stir in the rest of the ingredients, EXCEPT THE BUNS! ?? Seriously? This is why people in this country still need directions on the shampoo bottles! Keep the recipes coming Ellie!

dickensgirl78
I followed this recipe exactly as written and it was super delicious. I make it from time to time now. I find them to be super flavorful. <br/>I love Ellie's cooking and certainly wish she and Brian Botano were on more. Those are two favorite cooks. The others are the Deen brothers.

regalreporting2000_
About a week ago, I happen to see Ellie Krieger prepare these sloppy joes on the cooking channel, and I had to make them, but was very disappointed how they turned out. The sloppy joes were VERY BLAND. I thought the jalapeno would of added some heat, but it did not, and the molasses didn't sweeten the sloppy joes, so I added some chili powder hoping it would spice them up, plus I added some dark brown sugar, hoping it would sweeten them up, but the end results, neither my husband and I didn't care for them. Hubby politely adviced me not to make them again.

Cindi Bauer