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Sloppy Joes
Recipe video above. Everybody loves Sloppy Joes - and they're easy to make from scratch! I like making it with crushed tomato and less ketchup, and skipping the flavoured canned tomato sauces. Ideal freezer food, and to scale up to make for gatherings. SWEETNESS: Sloppy Joes are typically quite sweet, this is less sweet than most. But if you want it with just a bit of sweetness, skip the brown sugar and add it in gradually towards the end, adjusting to taste.
Prep
10 min
Cook
40 min
Total
50 min
Serves
5
Instructions
- 01
Melt butter in a large pot over high heat.
- 02
Ad garlic and onion, cook for 2 minutes until onion is almost translucent.
- 03
Add capsicum and cook for 2 minutes until softened.
- 04
Add beef and cook, breaking it up as you go, until it changes from red to brown.
- 05
Add remaining ingredients. Mix well, then turn heat down to medium low (or low for strong stoves).
- 06
Cover and cook for 30 minutes, stirring once or twice to make sure it doesn't catch on the base. (If in rush, cook 15 minutes without lid)
- 07
Remove lid and give it a good stir for a minute. Mixture should be thick, not runny and saucy (see video). Adjust salt to taste.
- 08
Toast rolls. Butter if desired (I don't).
- 09
Pile on lots of filling, immediately top with cheese (heat should semi melt, otherwise pop under broiler/grill). Top with lid and serve immediately!
Nutrition
per serving · 1 serving
- Calories
- 407
- Protein
- 26g
- Carbs
- 42g
- Fat
- 14g
- Fiber
- 3g
- Sugar
- 17g
- Sat. fat
- 5g
- Sodium
- 891mg
- Cholesterol
- 71mg
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