Name: Super Sloppy Joes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 2 pounds ground beef; 1/2 cup chopped onion; 2 celery ribs with leaves, chopped; 1/4 cup chopped green pepper; 1 can (15 ounces) crushed tomatoes; 1/4 cup ketchup; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 tablespoon white vinegar; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 tablespoon steak sauce; 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground mustard; 1/4 teaspoon paprika; 10 hamburger or hoagie buns, split

Mother made these fresh-tasting sloppy joes many times when I was growing up. She passed the recipe on to me when I got married. My brother-in-law says they're the best sandwiches he's ever tasted. And he ought to know&mdash;his name is Joe! &mdash;Ellen Stringer, Bourbonnais, Illinois

Super Sloppy Joes

beef

onion

celery

green pepper

(15 ounces) crushed tomatoes

ketchup

brown sugar

white vinegar

Worcestershire sauce

steak sauce

garlic salt

mustard

paprika

hamburger buns,

In a Dutch oven over medium heat, cook the beef, onion, celery and green pepper until meat is no longer pink and the vegetables are tender; drain.

Stir in the next nine ingredients. Simmer, uncovered, for 35-40 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Spoon about 1/2 cup meat mixture onto each bun.

<p>This was a good recipe overall, but I found I needed to increase salt to 1 tsp. to suit my taste preferences. I loved the use of so many different ingredients, which combined well to give a great flavor.    </p>

Best sloppy Joe recipe.  I’ve made it for friends, family, and for church functions, and I always get asked for the recipe.

Very tasty. I did need to add a little bit of salt.

I tripled  everything from  the ketchup to the mustard.  We all loved it.  Much better  than canned.  It wouldn't have hurt to use more onion and peppers.  It looked like it made a huge batch but the four of us scarfed 3/4 of it in one sitting. Awesome recipe!

These are great! I substituted ground turkey for the beef, and upped the seasonings to my taste. I used finely diced tomatoes rather than the crushed. Don't tell Mr. Finicky, but I also added some finely-shredded carrots. Very good recipe, with a bit of tinkering.

I thought I had made a review yrs ago but I don’t see it. This is the only sloppy joe recipe I make. I first made it in 2006 and it was a huge hit. I make it exactly as written then add a extra pound of ground beef and a can of manwich. That combination is off the chain!

I've tried so many sloppy joe recipes that I didn't like that I was beginning to think I just didn't like sloppy joes as much as I remembered.  Admittedly, I did make a couple of changes but they were minor...eliminated green peppers and steak sauce.  Now this is what I remembered from my childhood! :)

Great recipe. I used only 1 lb of hamburger and kept everything else about the same. 1/2 green pepper and 1/2 red sweet pepper. Real garlic tho and not the salt. Everybody likes it and it is mild enough that sensitive stomachs don’t complain.

This is a keeper! Because it makes 10 servings I freeze the remaining portions in 1/2 cup servings. My husband knows they are there waiting in the freezer for when he needs a quick and yummy sandwich.

I was excited to try this recipe with all the rave reviews.  I was disappointed.  I thought it was bland, dry and needed some zip.  It was quite a bit of labor for the outcome.

Finally found a recipe that tastes like the sloppy joes served at high school. Love this recipe and will be making it from now on.

These are AMAZING!!! I've been making them for years, my family LOVES them!!

This was SOOO good! Everyone loved it and we will never eat Sloppy Joes any other way!

This was wonderful!  I followed all instructions.  I served with Texas Toast and cooked carrots.  Will make again!  Thank you!

I have made basically this same recipe. With a couple exceptions that I think are better. The ground beef has to be fried and mashed with a potato masher to get rid of the lumps of meat. The secret to a good taste is lots of celery and onion and bell pepper. Don't measure.  Cut as much as you want. no ketchup, no Worchester, no steak sauce, no paprika. Brown sugar is a must but more like up to 1/4 cup, to taste. Vinegar the same as the sugar. These two make the great taste. Taste & add, taste & add. I use tomatoe puree (the good kind, not store brand) big difference.  Simmer 45 - 60 minutes UNCOVERED. Let us know how you like it. OH!  It is better the next day.  So when I know I need this for an event, I always make it a day ahead and refrigerate it. Strange but true!

This was very good. It does make a lot so we did freeze half and thaw and eat about a month later. My only problem was that we found that our batch had a lot of spicy heat in it and we can't figure out where it came from as there is no pepper or hot pepper sauce or pepper flakes in the recipe. My wife is highly sensitive to capsaicin to the point where even the smallest amount will cause blistering in her mouth. She found this too uncomfortable to eat.

We have been enjoying these sloppy joes since the recipe came out in the 2000 Taste of Home yearly book.  They are the best we have ever had!!

This can be made vegetarian just by using 2 packages of Morningstar Burger Crumbles. It works very well, because all the ingredients melt together. Nobody would even know their isn't meat in it!

Absolutely the best sloppy joe recipe published anywhere.

These are really good.   My recipe is very similar we use tomato soup instead of the crushed tomatoes.  Not sure which I like best and I love mine - so that says how much I liked them.  Do need to use a bakery bun though for both as they are juicy.  To crysmitchell, if you want more zip try adding more of the ground mustard.  I add a bit more because I like it a bit more tangy.

No need to change anything in this recipe, it is the best I've ever had! I usually make a double batch to take to parties, and I always come home with an empty pot.

Super Sloppy Joes

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total: 50 minutes

Servings: 10

Author : Taste of Home

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