Sloppy Joe’s – Traditional
A sweet and tangy tomato-based sauce, there are as many recipes for Sloppy Joe’s as there are cooks. How much sweet and tangy is up for debate. What isn’t debated are the basic ingredients, ground beef, tomato-based sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire Sauce and brown sugar.
Sloppy Joe’s – Traditional
Always served with buns, and the rest is up to you: fries, green salad, coleslaw, pickles, melted cheese, potato chips, veggie tray…………………………
Ingredients
- 1 TBSP olive oil
- 1 lb. (454 gr) hamburger
- ¼ cup (30 gr) red onion, finely diced
- ¼ cup (43 gr) jalapeno, finely diced
- ¼ cup (30 gr) red/yellow pepper, diced
- 1.5 cup (348 gr) Gigi Passata
- 1 TBSP Tomato paste
- 1 TBSP (16 gr) prepared yellow mustard
- 2 TBSP (35 gr) Ketchup (5 CHO/TBSP)
- ½ TBSP (6 gr) Splenda Brown Sugar Mix
- ½ TBSP GF Worcestershire Sauce
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- ½ tsp. celery salt
- 1 tsp. cider vinegar
- ½ TBSP chili powder
- *hot sauce to garnish
- *Hamburger buns
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a skillet and add hamburger, along with salt and pepper.
- Scramble fry the hamburger and drain once cooked through.
- Return hamburger to skillet. Add onion, jalapeno, red pepper, chili powder and celery salt. Cook over medium heat for 3 – 4 minutes.
- Next add tomato paste, Passata, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire Sauce, Splenda Brown Sugar Blend and cider vinegar. Stir to incorporate.
- Cook covered over medium/low heat for about 25 minutes stirring occasionally. Sloppy Joe’s will be thick and ready for the bun!
- Serve with any sides of your choice and additional hot sauce if desired.
Notes
Our favourite pairing was a beer to cut though the sweet and tangy!
- Modelo Especial Mexican Beer
- Gluten Free New Grist Beer
- Quail’s Gate Chardonnay 2019 ($26.00)
- Belleruche Rose Cotes-du-Rhone ($13.00)