Homemade Sloppy Joe

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 151.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	9%	0%
fat	1%	1%
aromatics	0%	22%
acid	0%	0%
sweetener	54%	23%
salt	0%	0%
vegetables and beans	0%	34%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.6	0.6

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

9 g	2 teaspoons olive oil (or avocado oil)
680 g	1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef (I do 96/4 but use what you like)
340 g	1 1/4 cup ketchup
59 g	1/4 cup water
2 g	1/2 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
13 g	1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard
25 g	2 tablespoons granulated white sugar
2 g	1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 g	1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 g	1/4 teaspoon paprika
312 g	6 toasted brioche buns (for serving (see notes))
	cheese (American or another good melty cheese)
	dill pickle slices
	pickled red onions
	raw or pickled jalapeños

Method: 3 steps, published by www.simplyscratch.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“you read my mind with this recipe, something made me think of sloppy joes recently but I don't want to use a packaged mix from the store, so much better homemade, thank you!” — a cook, 5★

“you read my mind with this recipe, something made me think of sloppy joes recently but I don’t want to use a packaged mix from the store, so much better homemade, thank you!” — a cook