sloppy-joes

Lunch Food

Sloppy Joes

These crowd-pleasing Sloppy Joe sandwiches will take you back to your childhood! This is my mom's recipe and it always gets compliments!

Ingredients

  • 1 pound lean ground beef

  • ¼ cup chopped onion

  • ¼ cup chopped green bell pepper

  • ¾ cup ketchup, or to taste

  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar, or to taste

  • 1 teaspoon yellow mustard, or to taste

  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder

  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

  • 6 hamburger buns, split

Directions

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir lean ground beef in the hot skillet until some of the fat starts to render, 3 to 4 minutes. Add onion and bell pepper; continue to cook until vegetables have softened and beef is cooked through, 3 to 5 more minutes.

  2. Stir in ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, and garlic powder; season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.

  3. Divide meat mixture evenly among hamburger buns.