Best Sloppy Joe Recipe (Easy Homemade Sloppy Joes)
These easy homemade sloppy joes are made from scratch with ground beef, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce for the perfect sweet and tangy flavor. This 20 minute sloppy joe dinner is perfect for busy weeknights and tastes better than canned sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 lbs ground beef
Sauce Ingredients
- 1 shallot chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp yellow mustard
- 3 tbsp brown sugar dark or light
- 3-4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- sea salt to taste
- ground black pepper
- ½ cup cheddar cheese if desire, melt into your mixture before serving
- dill pick chips for topping, optional
Optional
- 1 small green bell pepper diced, add this when you saute the shallots and ground beef.
- 1 beef bullion add this when you saute the shallots and ground beef.
Optional For Saucier Mixture
- ½ cup tomato sauce Add 1 extra tbsp of brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce
Assmble
- 4 Hawaiian hamburger buns
Alternative Ingredient
- hot sauce add to your mixture before servings
- ½ cup BBQ sauce of choice add to your mixture before serving, optional. I do this rarely for my BBQ lovers
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium heat. Cook the chopped shallot and the ground beef. Cook until browned, breaking it apart with a spoon.
- Add garlic, cook until fragrant. About 45 seconds to 1 minute.
- Stir in ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and tomato paste.
- Season with sea salt and black pepper.
- Simmer for 5–7 minutes until thickened.
- Spoon the sloppy joe mixture onto Hawaiian buns and serve.
Notes
Nutritional Information (Approximate)
Per serving: Calories: 420Protein: 23g
Carbohydrates: 34g
Fat: 20g
Sugar: 14g
Fiber: 2g