Grammy's Kitchen · Sloppy Joes · Sloppy Joe Tacos
One of 151 sloppy joes recipes we measured
1 cooks on www.gimmesomeoven.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 | 34% | 22% |
| sweetener | 6% | 23% |
| vegetables and beans | 134% | 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)
Weights computed by us.
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil |
| 454 g | 1 pound lean ground beef |
| 150 g | 1 small yellow onion (peeled and diced) |
| 120 g | 1 small red bell pepper (cored and diced) |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 490 g | 2 cups tomato sauce |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon chili powder |
| pinch of salt and pepper (to taste) | |
| Old El Paso Stand ‘n’ Stuff Taco Shells (Traditional Corn or Nacho Cheese) | |
| optional toppings: shredded Mexican cheese (chopped fresh cilantro, sour cream, diced avocado, etc.) |
Method: 4 steps, published by www.gimmesomeoven.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Yummy! I thought these were awesome! My girls both thought they were just a little sweet. I will not put as much brown sugar next time. Thank you!” — a cook
“I really hope you’re eating mangoes and lime juice and salt as I type this. <3 And if it's pureed with tequila that's fine too. ENJOY!!!!!” — a cook