My aunt cooked them last Passover using an Israeli recipe, and everyone devoured them and begged for the recipe.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 to 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ cup chopped green bell pepper
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 pound ground beef
- ½ pound Italian sausage
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle chili sauce
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, green bell pepper, celery and oregano. Saute for 5 minutes, or until onion is tender. Transfer this mixture to a plate and reserve for later.
- In the same skillet over medium high heat, combine the ground beef and sausage and saute for 10 minutes, or until well browned. Add reserved onion mixture, chili sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar and mix well. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 235 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 9 g |
| Cholesterol | 46 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 296 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Used ground turkey as substitute for meat and it was great!
I do not use the sausage. I use one whole red bell pepper and a whole onion. Severed with homemade coleslaw.
i love these sloppy joes very good never had them with italian sausage before my husband said they were excellent.
Was looking for something to do with sweet Italian turkey sausage links my husband bought with no particular plan. Used 1.22 lbs. sausage, no beef. Didn’t have celery in the house. Substituted one can seasoned diced tomatoes for chili sauce. Was a TASTY meal using what we had on hand.
Amazing and delicious. I made it just the way the recipe suggested. The whole family loved it! The sausage mixed with the beef is awesome – don’t leave that out!
I have been obsessed with finding the real “sloppy joe’s recipe” they serve at the restaurant in Key West. This one is the closest to the real deal I have found. Yummy- I added a little of cumin, dry mustard and small dash of cinnamon. I also left out the celery.
I wasn’t going to rate it because I had to substitute with what I had on hand, but the site won’t let me just leave a review. This was delicious. I used about a cup of ketchup instead of the chili sauce. It was mild, just the way I like it. I also used balsamic vinegar instead of red wine vinegar. I drained most of the fat after sauteeing the beef as well. Everything else was the same. My nephew said they were the best sloppy joes he’s ever had and wanted thirds. My kids usually get picky when they see little flecks of green, but I chopped all of the ingredients super fine with a Pampered Chef hand chopper and they had no idea they were eating green stuff. They ate it up. 5 star flavor for the way we made them.
The family agrees, 5 stars all the way!! I admit I was worried about not using the canned stuff but we are trying to eat more things made from scratch, and I hapened to have a bottle of chili sauce on hand! I warned everyone not to complain if they didn’t like it but before I knew it they were going for seconds! Served on homemade buns and with tater rounds. Yummmm!!!
This is a fantastic Sloppy Joe recipe. I’ve made it several times now for friends and family and it was a huge hit. I did not find the recipe to be at all spicy so I added some chipotle powder which gave it a nice kick. I also used a full pound of Italian sausage (mostly because I could only find it in 1 lb packages) which turned out very well without having to increase any other ingredients.
Made it for a moving party for my family. Everyone loved it and said it was a “keeper recipe”. Made it according to directions.
REALLY good – decreased the hot sauce a bit out of deference to small children’s palates.
I made exactly as stated. I didn’t think these were spicy at all. Tangy maybe. Yummy definitely.
I love the combination of Italian sausage and ground beef. I was hungry for Sloppy Joes and since I normally buy the canned stuff which I don’t have on hand, I decided to try this recipe. I had to make homemade chili sauce because it is something I’ve never purchased and it had brown sugar in it. I wish I’d left out the additional brown sugar in the recipe because overall the meat was too sweet. But that was my fault. I’m not sure this was a big hit because of the sweetness but maybe I’ll tweak it more next time. Thanks.
After my helpful (but somewhat unthinking) teenage son defrosted FOUR pounds of ground beef for me — What was he thinking?!!!! — I was scrambling for ways to use it up, and I came across this recipe. Since I absolutely love chili sauce (“Grama’s Sweet Chili Sauce” is my favorite), this was an easy choice. With the exception of using “orange” bell pepper and apple cider vinegar (what I had on hand), and only using half as much (hot) Italian sausage (again, what I had on hand), I followed the recipe (4x!). This was DELICIOUS the first night, and now, about two weeks later, after defrosting the first of two batches that I froze (remember– I had four pounds of ground beef to work with!), it is even better! So I can attest that this freezes beautifully and is definitely a keeper!
I love this recipe because it has celery, and it uses real vinegar, not white vinegar which is a cleaning agent & really is not safe for human consumption. A recipe is a guide… not an absolute…. I also don’t understand how Sloppy Joes can possibly be made without celery. I was appalled by the top ratings for some of these (thrown together processed foods) recipes. I am getting away from processed foods, that is why I was looking for “from scratch recipes”. And people saying the kids don’t like peppers so I leave them out… Are you kidding me????? I add all kinds of extra veggies: carrots, swiss chard, Brussels sprouts, spinach, string beans, and/or etc. Everything I don’t like I puree in the blender, to add as sauce base. Never know they are there, but I am adding all those essential nutrients Dr Oz says I should be eating every day. Also I don’t have time to chop everything… so pureeing everything is so much faster for everyday. If I am bringing to a pot luck I will chop the basics, and have a combination of chopped &/or puree. I use all kinds of ground (or just chopped) meats, also. Don’t like spicy heat either, so I leave it out. This, “Jeff’s Sloppy Joes” is the recipe I decided on as my base recipe. I never make anything the same twice, I am always amending by as to what I have on hand each time I make a recipe. I also make a big batch, and separate into containers to freeze for future meals. Great recipe Thanks Jeff.
Very tasty!
Followed the recipe exactly and thought it was wonderful! The sausage added a nice flavor. Next time I will probably try hot sausage to add a bit of more kick – Thanks Jeff!!
tasty and different, because of the chili sauce, i added mushroom soup, because I thought it was too runny
Very good, I doubled the recipe to accommodate my guest. I made them into little sliders and everyone loved them! I gave my picky husband a little to try and he came over in the kitchen and just starred at me with this smirk, I ask “what’s wrong”? He said” “can I slap you”? I started laughing. It surprised me cause he is the pickiest person I’ve ever known. I will be making this again! Thanks for the great recipe!
This is a really good recipe that I altered a bit for my personal taste. Now I don’t care for celery so I omitted it and slightly increased the green pepper & chopped onion. Quite delicious!!
chili sauce is usually found in the aisle with ketchup etc. (for Deborah) It looks like ketchup too.