Your sloppy joe isn’t so sloppy anymore. Instead of piling the saucy meat onto hamburger buns, stuff a classic sloppy joe mix into rounds of prepared biscuit dough. The resulting bombs are a perfect packed lunch or on-the-go snack for kids (and adults, too!).
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 2 hr 10 min |
| Active: | 40 min |
| Yield: | 24 bombs |
Ingredients
- 8 ounces ground beef
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 small green bell pepper, finely chopped
- 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika, plus more for sprinkling
- Nonstick cooking spray, for coating the mini muffin tin
- Two 16.3-ounce tubes refrigerated buttermilk biscuit dough
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
Instructions
- Put the ground beef in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the beef, stirring to break it up into the smallest pieces possible, until browned and dry, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic, pepper and onion and cook, stirring, until slightly softened, about 4 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, chili powder, dry mustard, paprika and 1/2 cup water and cook, stirring, until the sauce is reduced slightly, about 3 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
- Coat a 24-cup mini muffin tin with nonstick spray. Spoon 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons of the sloppy joe filling into each of the muffin cups. Freeze until the filling is firm, at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Working with one tube of biscuits at a time (so they stay cold), open and separate out the biscuit rounds. (You will need only 12 of the biscuit rounds for this recipe; reserve any remaining rounds for another use.) Using your fingers, gently split a round apart horizontally so you have 2 thinner rounds of dough. Lightly press each thin round into a 3 1/2-inch-wide circle, concentrating on the edge so that it is thinner than the middle. Place a frozen puck of sloppy joe meat filling in the center of each thin round and then fold the edges of the dough over the filling, pinching the dough together to cover completely. (If the meat begins to thaw too much, freeze it along with the dough for 15 minutes and then continue wrapping.) Repeat with the remaining frozen meat filling and 11 more biscuit dough pieces.
- Transfer the stuffed rounds seam-side down to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush each with the beaten egg and sprinkle with a pinch of paprika. Bake until golden brown on the outside and the meat inside is warmed through, about 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 24 servings |
| Calories | 156 |
| Total Fat | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 24 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 4 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 14 mg |
| Sodium | 365 mg |
Reviews
My husband loves these for lunches.
Loved this recipe. Made it as is and had great reviews from all teens. I froze the filling several days ahead and it was still fabulous. They are good reheated the next day too!
Great as is! Fun for a football party. I added a little salt and pepper to the mix.
I made these as part of a dinner for people who are either unhoused or have food insecurity. I got so many compliments and someone begged me to make them again and to think about making them with different fillings too. Thanks for a great recipe that made people happy.
I hate sloppy Joe’s because they have no flavor usually but tomato and has chunks or green slimy peppers in it. I love these however with a few minor tweaks. I removed the pepper, it’s a texture issue for me, and instead of Worcestershire sauce I used balsamic vinegar, and no brown sugar. They are always a hit for a quick appetizer.
Adding brown sugar was the perfect sweetness for these sloppy joys. Made all the difference!!!! Excellent.
Flavor was good, but a little too sweet. Next time I will forego the brown sugar completely. Biscuits as wraps works well, Freezing filling before wrapping was a great idea. I will make them again for sure.
I made this with huge modifications. Used a can of Manwich, so didn’t have to add all the ingredients. I also noticed too late you had to freeze the hamburger mix. I didn’t do that. I put the biscuits after separating into a muffin tin and put the meat inside, with a little cheddar on top and baked. Made little Sloppy Joe biscuit cups. Tasted great! Also used one can of biscuits. 12 of these were enough.
These are so delicious! My boys, 3 teenagers, loved them!
It was my fault that I didn’t read the recipe before I attempted it. I figured it would be a quick weeknight recipe. The “freezing” of the meat sauce was a waste of time. I may have rushed the process a little but the meat thawed as I was assembling the bombs. I would have rather just let it cool completely and then stuffed them. If I make these again I will not be following the recipe.