Homemade Sloppy Joes

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* Note: It seems to me this was on the sweet side. Next time I'd cut down the brown sugar a wee bit. 
I made this in late winter, and can't find the photo. You can imagine that sloppy joes look sloppy. It's a nice variation. It calls for just one pound of ground beef, which isn't much. Don't put more in, though, because it will get too thick. 

A few tips from the site: 

         Before you get started, toast the buns. 

         Watch the sauce so that it doesn’t reduce too much. When too much of the sauce reduces, it gives you a dry sloppy joe mixture. Everyone likes theirs a little differently, but for me, I cook it down so that I can see the bits of meat, and when I drag my spoon through the sauce, it leaves a trail where the sauce is parted.  If the sauce immediately flows back into that trail, it’s too liquid-y. I want a few seconds before the sauce covers the trail, which gives me a saucy consistency that’s not too liquid.

Homemade Sloppy Joes

6 SERVINGS prep time 5 MINS cook time 20 MINS total time 25 MINS (or, for me, an hour)

Ingredients

         1 Tbsp butter
         1 tsp olive oil
         1 lb. ground beef
         1/3 green bell pepper, minced
         1/2 large yellow onion, minced
         3 cloves garlic, minced
         1 Tbsp tomato paste
         2/3 cup ketchup
         1/3 cup water
         1 Tbsp brown sugar
         1 tsp yellow mustard
         3/4 tsp chili powder
         1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
         1/2 tsp kosher salt
         1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (“not” optional)
      1/4 tsp black pepper
         dash of hot sauce (“not” optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

         Heat butter and oil in large skillet over MED/MED-HIGH heat. Add beef and brown, breaking apart into crumbles as it cooks, about 5 minutes. Drain.
 If you have really lean ground beef, you don’t need to brown it in oil/butter. Except maybe a bit is needed for the peppers and onions.

         Add onion and bell pepper to same skillet and cook 2-3 minutes, until soft. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds or so, until fragrant. Add beef back to the skillet and add tomato paste. Stir well.


         Add ketchup, water, brown sugar, mustard, chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, salt, red pepper flakes (if using), and black pepper. Stir well to combine.



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It was great!
                  Cook over MED heat for 10-15 minutes, until mixture has thickened to your liking. Remove from heat and serve over toasted buns

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