So I'm making sloppy joes tonight. I admit to you here and now that I have not eaten a sloppy joe since grade school, about 25yrs ago. I'm remembering a bright red messy sandwich, slightly sweet, slightly tangy. If anyone has a good recipe please share, I want this to be good.
Also, what does one serve with a sloppy joe? Tater tots?
my trick is to sub chopped bread and butter pickles instead of green pepper. I grind a 50/50 brisket sirloin mix. I also use BBQ sauce in addition to ketchup. I like it spicy too, so I lean heavy on hot sauce. Tots are popular side right now but I stick to fries or hand cut chips
2.5lb ground beef mix
1 large sweet onion
1/3 cup chopped bread and butter pickle
2 celery stalks fine chop
1 can diced tomato
12oz beer. (I use IPA)
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tblspn BBQ sauce
1 tblspn tabasco
1 tblspn yellow mustard
1 tspn wocestershire
1 tspn chili powder
S & P to taste
I sweat veg, brown meat, add beer, add sauce and spice, simmer all day until meat paste forms. Serve on fresh brioche buns. With dill pickle and chips
I love green pepper too and it is a staple and great in sloppy Joe's . I just switched to the b&b pickle for sweet crunch, but you can also cook with green pepper and top with b&b pickle chips on finished product. Both ways are great
I do have to question Mike9's video. I don't agree with cold pan start. But to each their own I guess
I've seen some versions using the commercial chile sauces you see by the ketchup and cocktail sauce. Used in place of the ketchup. That sounded like an interesting variation to me.
koukouvagia If your childhood memory is bright red sloppy joe (as is mine) it might not be one of the long simmered recipes. I grew up with Manwich made in the minimum amount of time. It's fairly red. But if simmered longer as I now do it isn't as vibrant in color.
Sometimes I forgo the bun and put the Joe on a pile of fries. There are so many interesting ways to eat sloppy joe!
I totally get that and see the benefit. I am still able to achieve that texture by cooking it literally all day. I make it somewhat like I make my chili. I like the flavor from the super hot sear, but if were doing it in a shorter time period I would do a cold pan start.
What a treat. It was a little too sweet eventhough I lessened the sugar from 2tbs to 2 tsp. And I added a little vinegar but I think it needed more. I should've used leaner meat, I ended up having to strain it at the end and strained it too much. Now I know!
That looks great I like how it's piled up on the bun and not loosey goosey like Manwich used to be. I think I omitted the sugar in mine reasoning that ketchup has enough in it already.
I was going to say.. sirloin 90% lean 10% fat usually gives me that great crumble. With a 10% fat if you start it and render what little fat out you can then sweat some onions/peppers in that. If you are OK with beef tallow as opposed to say olive oil, there's no reason to strain such lean beef in my opinion. In higher concentrations I find tallow to be greasy.. as opposed to oily.. I know many of you will know what I mean.
2 pounds ground beef
1 medium chopped onion
1 can condensed tomato soup(Campbell's!)
sugar to taste
Black pepper to taste, I use a LOT
Brown the beef with the onion and pepper(salt is optional but the soup adds a LOT of it)
When the onion is tender add the tomato soup and stir it in, let it simmer 20 minutes, add sugar to taste, simmer a bit more
Serve on a cheap fluffy white bun with hamburger dill slices.
I was going to say.. sirloin 90% lean 10% fat usually gives me that great crumble. With a 10% fat if you start it and render what little fat out you can then sweat some onions/peppers in that. If you are OK with beef tallow as opposed to say olive oil, there's no reason to strain such lean beef in my opinion. In higher concentrations I find tallow to be greasy.. as opposed to oily.. I know many of you will know what I mean.
I know what you mean. I used ground chuck which I think is 20% fat. It's my default ground meat so I got it without thinking. I think a leaner meat would've made a difference.
Thanks! I make this still, just a lot more black pepper than my childhood. It freezes well so it goes into individual serving containers that I can microwave for a quick meal.
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