Grammy's Kitchen · Sloppy Joes · Homemade 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. 771 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 |
| 120 g | 1 green pepper, diced |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic, minced |
| 473 g | 2 cups water, divided |
| 204 g | 0.75 cup ketchup |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons brown sugar |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard |
| 9 g | 1.5 teaspoons salt, or to taste |
| 1 g | 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper |
| 1 dash Worcestershire sauce | |
| 15 g | 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“The sauce was much too sweet for us. Easily fixed w vinegar & hot sauce. The sauce was at the correct consistency before adding the water. I already omitted the cup of water w the veggies because it served no purpose. I wish I had not added the other cup o” — a cook, 3★
“This recipe was simple and easy to make. Although I normally sauté my vegetables with the meat (I substituted ground turkey for chuck/round/sirloin), and seasoned it with a bit of Lawry's salt and black pepper. I followed directions pretty well until I got to ” — a cook, 5★