Nan's Sloppy Joes

Submitted by PanNan

"This is our family's version. I'm posting it here for my kids, who like to make it now that they live away from home."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1⁄2 cup diced onion
• 1⁄2 cup diced green pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1⁄3 cups ketchup
• 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• salt
• pepper
• 6 hamburger buns

directions

1. Brown ground beef with onion, pepper and garlic.
2. Add remaining ingredients (except hamburger buns).
3. Simmer gently for 20 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, lightly toast bun halves in 350º oven, cut side up.
5. Serve a generous heap of meat on each bun.

Reviews

[CAREBEARCOOKING]

Been using this since you(Pannan) showed me how easy it was and that I didn't need a "canned" sauce. Right now I am creating a recipe album for Miss Alyssa and she loves this recipe! So, you will literally be a STAR in her book! Thanks for sharing again and again.

 

[Pippy]

I'm terribly sorry, but I found this recipe to be almost sickly sweet. Even though I doubled the vegetables, reduced the ketchup to 1 cup, added a 14 oz can of diced tomatoes along with about 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, and omitted the brown sugar, I still found it too sweet. On the positive side, I can see that kids would love it!

 

[sexygrneyes777]

BF said yummy baby!!!! I have always made a recipe that called for too many ingredients so thought I would try this 1. I used 1/2 tbsps balsamic vinegar (due to my taste preference) and also added 2 tsps of white sugar, for those of you that thought this may be a little too tart just add more sugar. This is awesome and will now be my new sloppy recipe. Congrats and thanks a bunch

 

[Amanda Beth]

Wonderful recipe! I will never buy canned sauce again. Did not have any worcestershire sauce, but it was so good without. I would definitely make this again. Not too sweet, not too tangy. Served on buns with fries. Thanks!!

 

[LainieBug]

This makes a rich and delicious sauce, which I served on toasted whole wheat buns. I had 1-1/4 lbs. of lean ground turkey and used that in this recipe. During the 20 minutes of simmering time, I covered the pan the last 10 minutes as I felt the sauce was cooking down too much and I like my sloppy joes to be sloppy. Thanks for a keeper!