Do you ever get that craving for one of your childhood favorites or comfort food? I haven’t had a sloppy Joe in a while and the other night I had a craving for it. When I was a kid, the regular Manwich with ground beef use to be the jam for me. Now, fortunately, my taste buds have elevated. I love ground turkey spaghetti and I usually make my sauce homemade. Having that knowledge in my back pocket made this recipe simple, I made this recipe off of flavors I know go well together and it turned out great. I promise you can make this on a weeknight and it won’t take too long. This is an easy and quick homemade sloppy Joe recipe.
Ingredients to make homemade Sloppy Joe Recipe
Like I said before, I prefer ground turkey but you can definitely make this with ground beef or chicken. If you prefer a veggie sloppy joe recipe, ground impossible meat is a good substitute as well. For seasonings the meat, I use salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder, Grill Mates Brown Sugar Bourbon and a little Italian seasoning. I sauteed garlic and a surprise ingredient, relish, in olive oil. It adds a tremendous amount of flavor to the meat. For the sauce, which is really the key to the flavor. You’ll need a can of tomato sauce, a can of diced tomatoes, Sweet Baby Rays barbecue sauce, Louisiana hot sauce and brown sugar.
How to cook Sloppy Joes
The best thing about this recipe is it only takes about 30 minutes to make. If you use already minced garlic then the only prep that you have to do is get out the ingredients. First you’ll make your sauce so it can simmer while you’re browning and seasoning the meat. In a separate pan you’ll start preparing the meat. Start with cooking the garlic and relish in the olive oil for 2-3 minutes. After that add in the ground meat and season to your delight. Drain the meat and add in the sauce and let simmer together for 5-10 minutes. If you are starving you can cut down the simmer to 2-5 minutes, enough time to let the flavors mingle. Once that is done, toast and butter your buns, add cheese if you like and enjoy.
Complete Steps for Sloppy Joe Recipe
Sloppy Joes
Equipment
- 1 Sauce pan
- 1 nonstick pan
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs Ground turkey
- 1 tbsp Minced garlic
- 1½ tsp Relish
- 1 can Tomato sauce (8 oz)
- 1 can Petite diced tomatos (14.1 oz)
- 1-2 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 cup Sweet Baby Rays barbecue sauce
- 1 tsp Louisiana Hot sauce
- ½ cup Brown sugar
- ½ tbsp Salt or to your liking
- ½ tbsp Pepper or to your liking
- ½ tbsp Italian seasoning
- ½ tbsp Chili powder
- 2 tsp Garlic powder
- 2 tsp Grill Mates Brown Sugar Bourbon seasoning Not required but delicious
Instructions
- In a sauce pan pour together the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, barbecue sauce and hot sauce, add in the brown sugar and bring to a boil
- Once its boiling reduce heat to simmer
- In a separate pan saute the garlic and relish in olive oil for 2-3 minutes
- Add in your ground turkey and all seasonings; salt, pepper, Italian seasonings, Brown sugar bourbon, chili powder, and garlic powder
- Once meat is browned drain the fat
- Add the sauce to the meat and simmer together for 5-10 minutes
- Toast and butter your buns, assemble sandwich and enjoy!
