BUBBA'S SLOPPY JOES

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Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 22

3 tablespoons butter
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 large sweet onion (such as Vidalia®), chopped
1 large green bell pepper, chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 pounds ground beef
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard (such as Colman's®)
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon onion powder
3/4 teaspoon Greek seasoning (such as Cavender's®), or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon hamburger seasoning (such as McCormick® Grill Mates®), or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon smokehouse maple seasoning (such as McCormick® Grill Mates®), or more to taste
1/4 teaspoon hickory smoked salt (such as McCormick®), or more to taste
2 pinches ground nutmeg, or more to taste
2 cups barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray's®)
1 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
12 hamburger buns

Steps:

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot butter until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir onion, green pepper, and cilantro into garlic; cook and stir until the onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
Cook and stir ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until browned, 5 to 10 minutes; drain fat. Increase heat to medium-high. Stir brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, onion powder, Greek seasoning, hamburger seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper, smokehouse maple seasoning, smoked salt, and nutmeg into ground beef mixture; cook until boiling, 4 to 6 minutes.
Stir onion mixture into beef mixture; reduce heat to simmer.
Pour barbeque sauce, ketchup, and apple cider vinegar into beef mixture; stir, cover, and simmer until sauce is thickened, 30 minutes. Scoop beef into hamburger buns and serve.