Grammy's Kitchen · Sloppy Joes · Best Homemade Sloppy Joes
One of 151 sloppy joes recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 151 for gravy quality among the sloppy joes recipes we compared. 73 cooks on thestayathomechef.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 151.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 73% | 22% |
| sweetener | 3% | 23% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 94% | 34% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 pound ground beef |
| 150 g | 1 medium white onion (diced) |
| 120 g | 1 medium green bell pepper (diced) |
| 80 g | 2 medium celery ribs (diced) |
| 227 g | 1 (8 ounce can) tomato sauce |
| 170 g | 1 (6 ounce can) tomato paste |
| 32 g | 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce |
| 11 g | 4 teaspoons minced garlic (about 4 cloves) |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon brown sugar |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon ground mustard |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes |
| 416 g | 8 hamburger buns |
Method: 6 steps, published by thestayathomechef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“As a kid (65 years ago) we were sorta poor. Mom used Hamburg (?72%) cooked more to drain grease. Chopped sweet onion.Celery. Canned Tomato Soup (cheaper than paste and sauce) maybe a tsp. of Dad’s private Worcestershire (but don’t tell), garlic salt, pepper an” — a cook
“If it wasn’t for the chunks of veggies in the finished meal, my family said it tasted just like I opened a can of sloppy joe. Family all agreed this was a better sloppy joe, I loved it, and we will make this often because we love sloppy joes! Thanks for a wond” — a cook, 5★