Grammy's Kitchen · Sloppy Joes · Homemade Sloppy Joes
One of 151 sloppy joes recipes we measured
from thecozycook.com
61 cooks on thecozycook.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 151.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 3% | 1% |
| aromatics | 22% | 22% |
| acid | 2% | 0% |
| sweetener | 10% | 23% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 50% | 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.
| 14 g | 1 Tablespoon olive oil |
| 454 g | 1 lb. ground beef (85% lean) |
| 75 g | 1/2 yellow onion (diced) |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 227 g | 8 oz. can tomato sauce |
| 34 g | 2 tablespoons ketchup |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon tomato paste |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons yellow mustard |
| 10 g | 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar |
| 10 g | 2 teaspoons hot sauce (optional*) |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon pepper |
| 208 g | 4 Hamburger buns (toasted) |
Method: 9 steps, published by thecozycook.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Ems — January 31, 2021 @ 3:48 pm Reply Wow, what a recipe! Growing up, I never acquired a taste for Sloppy Joes (probably because it never tasted THIS delicious!); however it is one of my Husband’s favorite sandwiches so I decided to give this a whirl. I dove ” — a cook
“Theresa R — February 28, 2026 @ 5:03 am Reply I am trying this recipe for the first time and it is delicious! I did make some adjustments to the recipe. I used honey mustard instead of yellow mustard, I used red, yellow, and orange sweet peppers, and I doubled” — a cook