Nanas Sloppy Joes Recipes

BEST SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Mix ketchup, chili sauce, onion, green bell pepper, brown sugar, and mustard powder into ground beef; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until flavors have blended, about 15 minutes; serve on hamburger buns.

SLOW COOKER SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium-high heat, brown ground beef and onion together until beef is cooked, breaking up beef with a spatula. (Or just use this awesome multi-cooker, where I simply brown the meat right in the cooker!) Drain off fat and transfer to slow cooker. Break up any remaining larger pieces of meat.
• Add all remaining ingredients and stir well. Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours. A longer cook time will give a deeper flavor.
• Serve sloppy joes on buns. I like to offer regular size buns and smaller dinner roll size buns. Pickles are a must (I recommend these easy refrigerator pickles), as well as thick ripple potato chips. I personally like to eat sloppy joes without buns, using sturdy potato chips as my "scoops". Pickled red onions are also great with this meal!

NANA'S SLOPPY JOE'S

Steps:

• Brown meat and vegetables in a skillet with the shortening.
• Drain off liquid.
• In a small bowl combine mustard, sugar, vinegar, salt, pepper and ketchup.
• Combine until well blended.
• Pour sauce over meat mixture and combine until all coated.
• Let simmer for 1 hour.
• Serve on onion rolls.

HOMEMADE SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown the ground beef, onion and garlic until the meat is no longer pink. Drain.
• Whisk together the remaining ingredients to make the sauce. Add to the skillet with the beef, onion and garlic.
• Simmer uncovered over low heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring regularly, until the mixture reaches desired consistency. You can keep the skillet covered if you like the sauce "sloppier." If the sauce is too thick, gradually stir in a small amount of warm water or beef broth. If the sauce is too thin, gradually sift in a small amount of flour while stirring vigorously to thicken.

NAN'S SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

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

GRANDMA'S SLOPPY JOES FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef- about 5 minutes & breaking it up as it cooks.
• Stir in the onions, and season the mixture with salt & pepper- to taste.
• Continue cooking the mixture, stirring occasionally, until the onions have softened and begun to caramelize- about another 5-7 minutes.
• Add the remaining ingredients to the skillet, stirring them in until evenly combined.
• Bring the sauce to a simmer, the reduce the heat to maintain a slow simmer. Cook the mixture like that for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• When the sloppy joe mix has thickened, remove the skillet from heat
• Scoop the filling onto fluffy buns, or on slices of toast and serve as sandwiches.

NANA'S SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and drain excess grease if any.
• Add soup and heat well.
• Serve on selected bread type. Top with cheese.