Grammy's Kitchen · Sloppy Joes · Easy Homemade Sloppy Joe
One of 151 sloppy joes recipes we measured
from www.sipandfeast.com
66 cooks on www.sipandfeast.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 | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 17% | 0% |
| fat | 4% | 1% |
| aromatics | 24% | 22% |
| acid | 2% | 0% |
| sweetener | 44% | 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.
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 150 g | 1 medium yellow onion (diced) |
| 120 g | 1 large green bell pepper (diced) |
| 680 g | 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef (85 or 90% works well) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon crushed hot red pepper flakes |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste) |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon chili powder |
| 15 g | 5 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon cider vinegar |
| 272 g | 1 cup ketchup |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons brown sugar |
| 118 g | 1/2 cup water (plus more if needed) |
| 208 g | 4 hamburger buns |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.sipandfeast.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“WOW another home run recipe from Jim! Most people thinking of sloppy joes go the “quick and dirty ” some regular ground beef and a can of Manwich—this is NEXT LEVEL and its obvious due to that carefully calibrated addition of things like brown sugar, apple cid” — a cook, 5★
“I’m a cook at an assisted living facility. A couple of days ago, I came in and was told we were having sloppy joes, but there wasn’t a recipe, and I would have to find one. I googled “easy sloppy joe recipes” and this was the first result. It wasn’t too diffic” — a cook