Blue Ribbon Sloppy Joes Recipes

THE BEST SLOPPY JOE RECIPE

Steps:

• Finely chop the onion. Seed and finely dice the green pepper.
• In a bowl, combine the Worcestershire sauce, mustard, water, brown sugar, and tomato sauce.
• Place a large skillet or dutch oven over medium/high heat. Add olive oil and ground beef. Saute the beef for about 5 minutes until cooked through and longer pink, breaking it up with a spatula. Season with salt and pepper and add in the diced peppers and onion. Cook another 5 minutes until the veggies are tender and beef is browned.
• Add the minced garlic and saute 30 seconds until fragrant, stirring constantly. Add in the sauce and bring to a light boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve on toasted buns for Sloppy Joe Sandwiches.

BLUE RIBBON SLOPPY JOE'S

Steps:

• Brown ground chuck and onion; drain; return to skillet. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 15 minutes. Serve on toasted buns.

THE BEST SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and peppers and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and starting to caramelize in some spots, 6 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the beef and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon or spatula, until it is browned, no longer pink in the middle and cooked through, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, red wine vinegar, paprika, cayenne pepper, 1 teaspoon salt and a generous amount of black pepper and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened and heated through, 5 to 6 minutes. Spoon the meat onto the toasted buns.

YUMMY SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• 1. In a Dutch oven over medium heat brown your ground beef, onion, celery and green pepper until the meat is no longer pink and the veggies are tender; drain.
• 2. Add the next 9 ingredients; mix well.
• 3. Simmer uncovered for 35 to 40 minutes stirring occasionally.
• 4. Spoon 1/2 cup of the meat mixture into each bun. Enjoy!

SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• 1. Brown ground beef and drain in a large skillet.
• 2. Add chopped onion, bell pepper, and sweet relish.
• 3. Add all sauce ingredients and stir well. Turn heat to low. Cover and simmer for at least 2 hours.
• 4. Make sure to stir often ad don't allow the mixture to dry out.
• 5. Serve with your favorite rolls. Enjoy!

HOMEMADE SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Place ground beef and onion in a large skillet. Turn heat to medium and cook and stir the mixture constantly until the beef is browned and forms small crumbles, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in garlic and green bell pepper; cook and stir until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1 cup water and stir, scraping the pan to dissolve any brown flavor bits from the bottom of the skillet.
• Mix in ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, Dijon mustard, salt, and black pepper. Add 1 more cup water and return mixture to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has evaporated and the mixture is thick, about 40 minutes.
• Season with salt , black pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste.

STROMBOLI JOES

Steps:

• 1. In a Dutch oven, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
• 2. Stir in the catsup, tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese, 1/2 tsp. garlic powder, oregano, fennel seed and Italian seasoning.
• 3. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
• 4. In a small bowl, combine butter and remaining garlic powder.
• 5. Spread over top halves of bread.
• 6. Sprinkle 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese over each bottom bread half.
• 7. Spoon meat mixture over top.
• 8. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese.
• 9. Replace bread tops.
• 10. Wrap each sandwich loaf in foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• 11. Slice into eight pieces from each loaf. Yield: 2 sandwich loaves (8 servings each).

BBQ SLOPPY JOE SLIDERS

Steps:

• Brown ground round; drain off any excess fat. (Ground round is so lean there usually isn't any excess fat).
• Stir in ketchup, BBQ sauce, mustard, and onions. Simmer covered on low heat for 10 minutes. Stir frequently to prevent sticking. If your mixture seems too thick, add a little extra BBQ sauce or a Tablespoon or two of water.
• Using heaping Tablespoons put the meat on the buns. Optional: If you prefer, you can mayonnaise the buns first; or simply put the mayonnaise out for everyone to add according to their preference).

BAKED SLOPPY JOE WITH BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat a cast-iron Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• 2. Chop the onion.
• 3. Place the ground meat and the onion in the Dutch oven.
• 4. Brown the mixture until the meat is completely cooked and the onion is soft and translucent. Drain any fat off the meat before continuing.
• 5. After the meat mixture has been browned and drained, add the flour, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, salt, pepper, and water. If you have a favorite Sloppy Joe recipe, you can certainly use it as the meat mixture for this meal in place of the recipe described to this point. Whatever meat mixture you are using, stir well and bring the mixture to a boil. Be sure the mixture is very moist (but not watery) as it will be baked along with the biscuits.
• 6. Take the meat mixture off the heat and arrange the refrigerator biscuits evenly over the top of the meat mixture.
• 7. Bake, uncovered, according to the directions on the biscuit package until the biscuits are golden brown. If you are cooking outdoors with hot briquets and a 12" camp-style Dutch oven (one that has three legs and a lid that is concave and has a lip to hold the briquets in place), place 8 briquets under the cast-iron Dutch oven and 24 on the lid. Bake, covered, until the biscuits are golden brown. If you have never used your cast iron Dutch oven outdoors with briquets, this is a great recipe for starters. It is very easy to get wonderful results! This can also be made in a 12-inch cast iron skillet or an enamel coated Dutch oven.