Sloppy Josephs



Ingredients:

  • 8 oz tomato sauce
  • 1/2 cup ketchup or bbq sauce
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 onion
  • 1 lb ground meat
  • 8 hamburger buns
Instructions:
  1. In a bowl, mix together 8 oz tomato sauce, 1/2 cup ketchup/bbq sauce, 1 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tbsp vinegar, and 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  2. Add some cooking oil to a frying pan and set to med-high heat
  3. Dice 1 onion and add to heated pan
  4. Simmer until onion is semitranslucent, then add 1 lb ground meat
  5. Break meat apart with spatula and cook, stirring occasionally until it has fully browned
  6. Pour sauce over meat, stirring until combined
  7. Turn heat to low
  8. Cover and let simmer for 20 min
  9. Divide meat mixture over 8 hamburger buns
Yield: 8 Sloppy Josephs

Source: Accessible Chef

Tips:

Original recipe calls for ketchup. I used bbq sauce, although Lee-Anne has been encouraging me to try using ketchup as a base when called for, even if I dislike the condiment. Just couldn't bring myself to do it.

Description:

I got this recipe while researching for the WALES recipe book, although the person who made this wound up choosing something else as his entry since I was only taking one per person. The original version is called Sloppy Joes, which is the standard name. Normally people just use a canned, premade sauce for this dish, while this one takes the time to make one out of ingredients. So I called them Sloppy Josephs, as it's a slightly longer name for something that takes slightly longer to make.

I find that this is a pretty common meal in childhood, but seldom done as an adult. I think the last time I made a variant of these was in college, and when I did it then I reflected on how long it had been at the time since I'd had them.

This is my 100th recipe on this blog. Rattatouille was the 100th post, but because I had that caring for cast iron post, that make this the 100th recipe.

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