Weeknight · All year
Sloppy Joes
Beef, onion, tomato, and a little honey, simmered until it sits on a bun instead of running off.
35 minutes · Serves 6 · About 4 cups of filling
“Everyone ate and was satisfied.”
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lb ground beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 cup crushed tomatoes
- ½ cup beef broth
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp fine salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 6 buns, for serving
Method
- 1
Brown the beef in a skillet over medium-high, breaking it up, until no pink remains. Spoon off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat. Add the onion and cook 5 minutes. Add the garlic for 30 seconds.
- 2
Stir in the tomato paste and cook 1 minute. Add the crushed tomatoes, broth, honey, vinegar, salt, pepper, and chili powder.
- 3
Simmer uncovered 12 to 15 minutes, until the filling is thick enough to mound on a spoon. The beef is already past 160°F from the browning. The simmer is for the sauce.
- 4
Spoon it onto the buns. The sourdough hamburger buns are the ones this was written for.
From the kitchen
- If it is still soupy at 15 minutes, keep simmering. A wet bun is the usual complaint, and it is fixed in the pan, not at the table.
- Honey and vinegar are the sweet and the sharp. You do not need a bottle of ketchup to get there.
My note
Kept on this device, beside the recipe, for the next time you cook it.
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