Sloppy Joes are a tasty and filling option for a quick meal before dropping the kids off at practice or a rehearsal. These delicious sandwiches will appeal to the child in all of us since they are moist, filling, and meaty.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- ⅓ cup chopped green pepper
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 ½ cups Heinz Tomato Ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Heinz Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 8 sandwich buns
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large frying pan set over medium-high heat. Saute onions and green pepper for 5 minutes.
- Add beef to the pan. Cook, stirring until browned, about 5 to 10 minutes. Drain off fat.
- Stir in ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, salt and pepper. Simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until slightly thickened. Serve on sandwich buns.
- Twist 1: For burger-appeal, jazz-up Sloppy Joes with additional toppings such as shredded lettuce, chopped tomato, grated cheese, sour cream or ranch dressing.
- Twist 2: For a meat variation, use lean ground chicken or pork instead of beef.
- Twist 3: For a Veggie boosted Joe, stir in 1 cup each shredded carrot and chopped mushrooms.
- Twist 4: For a high fibre alternative, try whole-wheat pitas or rolls instead of sandwich buns.
- Twist 5: For a chunkier Joe, use Heinz Chili Sauce, Chunky with Sweet Peppers instead of ketchup.
- Twist 6: For a smokey-flavoured Joe, use one of the Heinz BBQ Sauces instead of ketchup.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 336 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 46 g |
| Cholesterol | 40 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 16 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 1088 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This recipe has TOO much ketchup! Now I see why. It had been submitted from Heinz. We were looking for a better sandwich. This recipe ended up morphing into a chili.
too sweet
Great recipe and very simple. I substitute sweet pickle relish for the brown sugar. Just the way I like it!
A little to much ketchup, but was still decent.
a bit sweet,however, they ate it all
My favorite recipe for Sloppy Joes,.
Made it just like the directions say and very happy with the results!!!! MMMM good!!
Nothing “classic” about this recipe! WAY too ketchup-y! I thought with the other ingredients it wouldn’t taste so much like ketchup, but, alas, such was not the case. Won’t be making this again!
This was a lot better than most SJ recipes, which usually include some form of mustard to impart a weird tang. I did not have to reduce the sugar like I usually do with any other sloppy joe recipe. I added a couple drops of liquid smoke. My family disappeared the batch pretty quickly.
Very simple to follow being my first time making sloppy joes
Only added a tad of mustard. I omitted green peppers only because I didn’t have any–sounds like they would be good in this recipe.
I used a medium/large white onion, a whole green and red pepper, no Worcestershire sauce and I added ketchup and mustard as I saw fit (maybe 2 Tbsp mustard and a little bit more ketchup than the recipe calls, I like my sloppy joes extra sloppy) then I added 1/2 cup water so that I could let it simmer longer. Also, I didn’t have brown sugar on hand so I added a bit of lime juice instead for sweetness. A large variation I know, but it turned out amazing!
Didn’t change anything. Husband loves it.
Pretty delish my son loved it
Really good. Tastes better than the seasoning mixes. Added a little bit of crushed red pepper to spice it up as well.
Made this recipe. Similar to what I made but without the green pepper. We love it. I will try to post a picture before we eat it all.
Not only did I love it but my husband did as well.
I used ground turkey and chili sauce. It was really good and quick!
I added chopped garlic and a tablespoon of mustard for tanginess. It was really good. I don’t make Sloppy Joes often as my husband doesn’t like them. When I have enough ground beef, I make him a hamburger and the rest of the family enjoys this.
Very sweet, not what I was hoping for. I guess I was looking for my mom’s sloppy joe’s
My husband and I both enjoyed these, simple to make and delicious. We topped them off with shredded cheddar for an easy week night meal.