Grammy's Kitchen · Sloppy Joes · The Best Homemade Sloppy Joes
One of 151 sloppy joes recipes we measured
1,743 cooks on www.thechunkychef.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 151.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 17% | 0% |
| fat | 4% | 1% |
| aromatics | 22% | 22% |
| sweetener | 43% | 23% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 9% | 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 Tbsp butter |
| 4 g | 1 tsp olive oil |
| 454 g | 1 lb. ground beef |
| 40 g | 1/3 green bell pepper, minced |
| 75 g | 1/2 large yellow onion, minced |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic, minced |
| 16 g | 1 Tbsp tomato paste |
| 181 g | 2/3 cup ketchup |
| 79 g | 1/3 cup water |
| 13 g | 1 Tbsp brown sugar ((or less, if you prefer)) |
| 4 g | 1 tsp yellow mustard |
| 2 g | 3/4 tsp chili powder |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce |
| 2 g | 1/2 tsp kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes ((optional)) |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp black pepper |
| dash of hot sauce ((optional)) |
Method: 4 steps, published by www.thechunkychef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Oh.My.Heavens. This is absolutely hands-down THE BEST sloppy joe recipe EVAAA! I couldn’t find my usual hum-drum recipe so I stumbled across this one and oh am I glad I did. I made as instructed, only added 1/2 Serrano for some heat, swapped Cayenne pepper for” — a cook
“Excellent recipe. We had a prior Manwhich-like recipe, but we made it again in the crockpot and it was nasty. Don’t know why we like it. However, we decided to find a new recipe that you make on stove and not in crockpot, because I don’t think it works the bes” — a cook