Best Sweet Savory Sloppy Joes Recipes

THE BEST SLOPPY JOES RECIPE

Steps:

• Add oil and butter to sauté pan set to medium high heat. Once the pan is heated add onion. Saute onion for 3 minutes.
• Add ground beef. Crumble beef with wooden spoon. Cook until the pink from the beef is gone, about 7-8 minutes.
• Add garlic and stir until garlic is fragrant, about one minute.
• Add tomato sauce through pepper. Stir to combine. Let simmer on medium heat for five minutes.
• Serve on sweet potato buns or over savory mashed sweet potatoes!

THE BEST SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and peppers and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and starting to caramelize in some spots, 6 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the beef and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon or spatula, until it is browned, no longer pink in the middle and cooked through, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, red wine vinegar, paprika, cayenne pepper, 1 teaspoon salt and a generous amount of black pepper and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened and heated through, 5 to 6 minutes. Spoon the meat onto the toasted buns.

SWEET AND SPICY SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook turkey in batches until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles, 8-10 minutes per batch. Transfer meat to a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker. In the same skillet, cook the onion and green pepper until tender, 2-3 minutes. Add garlic, Worcestershire and red pepper flakes; cook 1 minute longer. Transfer to slow cooker. , In a bowl, combine ketchup, water, brown sugar, mustard, salt and pepper; pour over meat. Cover and cook on low 4-5 hours or until flavors are blended. Serve on buns with toppings as desired.

SWEET & SAVORY SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Brown ground beef or turkey in a medium stock pot.
• Add green pepper & garlic. Saute.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Simmer for 20 minutes, or until desired thickness is reached.
• Serve on hamburger buns.

BEST DAMN SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• In a bowl, add the ketchup, steak sauce, honey, Worcestershire, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, tomato paste and water. Mix well with a whisk and set aside.
• In a large skillet, add the beef, onions and peppers. Add onion and garlic powder, and any salt and pepper to taste (about 1/2 tsp each). Sauté over a medium flame until beef is browned. Drain fat.
• Add sauce and bring to a simmer over low-medium heat. Once it starts to simmer, reduce heat to low and cover for 15-20 minutes, stirring every couple of minutes.
• After the 15-20 minutes minutes, remove lid and continue to heat, uncovered, for another 5 minutes or until sauce reaches desired thickness.

SWEET SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and onion. Drain grease from beef and onion mixture.
• Return skillet with hamburger and onion to stove and add vinegar. Allow to evaporate.
• Add pepper and ground mustard and stir well.
• Add brown sugar and cook until hamburger looks 'tan'.
• Add ketchup and relish and simmer until mixture has thickened.
• Serve on hamburger buns.