Sloppy Joes Recipe
- cook TIME 40 mins
 - prep TIME 5 mins
 - total TIME 45 mins
 
Ingredients (18)
- 14 oz 97% lean ground beef
 - 4 hamburger buns split
 - 3 oz onion
 - 1 cup homemade tomato sauce
 - 2 oz carrot
 - 1 oz green bell pepper
 - 1 oz yellow bell pepper
 - 1 oz cheddar cheese
 - 1 tbsp olive oil
 - 2 tbsp unsalted butter
 - 2 tbsp Heinz ketchup
 - 1 tbsp garlic powder divided
 - 1/3 cup unsalted chicken broth
 - 1/8 tsp salt
 - 1 tsp ground black pepper
 - 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce divided
 - 2 tsp brown gravy mix
 - 1/2 tsp mustard
 
INSTRUCTIONS
Make the sauce:
On a cast-iron pan, turn on medium heat, add the following ingredients successively: 3 oz onion, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1/2 tbsp of garlic powder, 1 tsp ground black pepper, 2 tsp brown gravy mix, 1/8 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp mustard, 1/2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce, 2 tbsp ketchup, 1 cup tomato sauce, and 1/3 cup chicken broth.

Remove the sauce from the pan, set aside.
Cook the vegetables & beef:
On the same pan, turn on medium heat, add successively: 1 oz green bell pepper, 1 oz yellow bell pepper, 2 oz carrot, 2 tbsp butter. Stir them around for 3 minutes until tender.

Continue to add 14 oz ground beef, 1/2 tbsp of garlic powder, and 1/2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce.

Pour the sauce back to the pan, let simmer for 10 minutes.

Sprinkle 1 oz cheddar cheese on top, stir for a minute one last time. Remove the pan from heat.

Serve:
Slice 4 hamburger buns in half, toast them in the oven at 350°F for 5 minutes.

Spread the sloppy beef on the toasted buns and serve immediately.
