These crowd-pleasing Sloppy Joe sandwiches will take you back to your childhood! This is my mom's recipe and it always gets compliments!
⏱️ Recipe Details
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 sandwiches
📝 Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup chopped green bell pepper
- ¾ cup ketchup, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 6 hamburger buns, split
👩🍳 Directions
Step 1
Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir lean ground beef in the hot skillet until some of the fat starts to render, 3 to 4 minutes. Add onion and bell pepper; continue to cook until vegetables have softened and beef is cooked through, 3 to 5 more minutes.
Step 2
Stir in ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, and garlic powder; season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.
Step 3
Divide meat mixture evenly among hamburger buns.
👨🍳 Recipe Tip
If using ground beef with a higher fat content than lean, be sure to drain any fat before starting Step 2.
🥗 Nutrition Facts
Calories: 243
Total Carbohydrate: 11g
Dietary Fiber: 0g
Protein: 14g
Total Fat: 16g
Saturated Fat: 6g
Cholesterol: 57mg
Vitamin C: 10mg
Sodium: 397mg
Calcium: 16mg
Iron: 2mg
Potassium: 340mg
