Grammy's Kitchen · Sloppy Joes · Chef John's Sloppy Joes
One of 151 sloppy joes recipes we measured
from www.allrecipes.com
It ranks #1 of 151 for gravy quality among the sloppy joes recipes we compared. 742 cooks on www.allrecipes.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 151.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 70% | 0% |
| fat | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 12% | 22% |
| sweetener | 34% | 23% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 18% | 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.
| 680 g | 1.5 pounds extra lean ground beef |
| 75 g | 0.5 onion, diced |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic, minced |
| 120 g | 1 green bell pepper, diced |
| 237 g | 1 cup water |
| 204 g | 0.75 cup ketchup |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons brown sugar |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard |
| 1 dash Worcestershire sauce | |
| 9 g | 1.5 teaspoons salt, or to taste |
| 1 g | 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper |
| 237 g | 1 cup water |
| 15 g | 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste |
Method: 1 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Solid recipe. Well worth the extra time to do the method in this recipe of the extra water and evaporation of it. The recipe is perfect as written and I have made these sloppy joes as written many times. But, yes there’s a but …I have family members that just ” — a cook, 5★
“Another great Chef John recipe! I had to make changes based on what I had on hand, but the basic recipe is what made my dinner delicious. I used 1 lb ground beef and 8 oz chopped button mushrooms (cut the added water by at least 1/3 cup). I only had about 1/2 ” — a cook, 5★