Sloppy Joe Casserole

The formula

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

	this recipe	typical
fat	4%	1%
aromatics	31%	22%
sweetener	24%	23%
salt	2%	0%
vegetables and beans	122%	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, divided
454 g	1 pound ground chuck
10 g	2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
170 g	1 small (about 6 oz.) yellow onion, diced (1 1/2 cups)
284 g	1 medium-size (about 10 oz.) green bell pepper, diced (1 cup)
6 g	2 small garlic cloves, grated (about 1 tsp.)
411 g	1 cup crushed tomatoes (from 1 [14.5-oz.] can)
136 g	1/2 cup ketchup
26 g	2 tablespoons yellow mustard
6 g	1 tablespoon dill pickle relish
11 g	2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
3 g	1 teaspoon chili powder
113 g	4 ounces pre-shredded Cheddar cheese (about 1 cup)
340 g	1 (12-oz.) pkg. Hawaiian sweet dinner rolls (such as King's Hawaiian), each roll split in half
14 g	1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted

Method: 6 steps, published by www.southernliving.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“This was a good weeknight meal! I used one small can of tomato paste instead of ketchup, used whole grain brown mustard instead of regular mustard, used a can of fire roasted diced tomatoes/undrained. Also, I cannot eat onions/garlic so I browned the meat in g” — a cook, 4★

“This was the second time I made your recipe which I doubled this time. I stuck to the amounts of everything. but did change just a tiny bit of things.. I seasoned my hamburger with garlic salt instead of kosher. I didn't have a green pepper, so I used yellow a” — a cook, 5★