Homemade Sloppy Joes
Homemade Sloppy Joes bring together ground beef cooked with sweet onion, bell pepper, and garlic in a tangy, slightly sweet tomato-based sauce. The sauce includes ketchup, mustard, vinegar, and seasonings, resulting in a rich, saucy filling that’s spooned onto sandwich rolls for a hearty meal with familiar comfort food appeal.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- ½ sweet onion minced
- 1/2 bell pepper minced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ¾ cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- 1 tablespoon white distilled vinegar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar more or less to taste
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 4 sandwich roll
Instructions
- Brown the ground beef over medium heat, breaking it up as it cooks.
- When beef is partially cooked through, add the onion, pepper, and garlic to the pan and continue cooking and stirring until meat is fully cooked and vegetables have softened. Drain grease and return to the pan.
- Add the ketchup, mustard, vinegar, brown sugar, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, salt, and pepper to a small bowl and whisk well to combine.
- Pour the sauce over the ground beef and stir to coat.
- Simmer the meat mixture for 5-10 minutes to thicken up as much as you'd like before spooning onto sandwich rolls.
Notes
- Bell pepper color can be varied or omitted according to preference or dietary needs.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 sandwiches
Amount Per Serving
Calories 557
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1sandwich | |
| Calories | 557kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 53g | 18% |
| Protein | 26g | 52% |
| Fat | 25g | 38% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 80mg | 27% |
| Sodium | 1439mg | 60% |
| Potassium | 633mg | 13% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 20g | 40% |
| Vitamin A | 1160IU | 23% |
| Vitamin C | 42.3mg | 47% |
| Calcium | 98mg | 10% |
| Iron | 4.6mg | 26% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.