The Best Easy Sloppy Joe Recipe
Do you need to pull together a quick meal for dinner? The Best Easy Sloppy Joe Recipe is exactly that. With just a few ingredients, one pan and about 30 minutes – you will have a wonderful made from scratch meal ready for your family to enjoy! Sandwich it between a Fresh Milled Sourdough Hamburger Bun and this will be an easy meal you’ll come back to time and time again.
The Best Easy Sloppy Joe Recipe
Made all in one pan this made from scratch Sloppy Joe recipe features a sweet, tangy sauce that's an easy and better than Manwich meal.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs. Ground Beef
- 1 Cup Diced Yellow Onion (approx. one medium onion)
- 2 tsp. Salt (I use Redmond's Real Salt or Pink Himalayan Salt)
- 1/4 tsp Ground Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp. Onion Powder
- 1- 7oz Tomato Paste
- 1.5 tbsp. Prepared Mustard
- 1/4 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1/2 Cup Coconut Sugar or Cane Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Water
Instructions
- In a 4 quart stainless stock pot, cook ground beef on medium heat until almost fully cooked. Then drain meat if desired. (We prefer to keep the fat for flavor.)
- Next, in the same pot add 1 cup diced onions and cook on medium low heat until tender.
- In the same pot add 2 teaspoons salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, and 1 teaspoon onion powder to the meat and mix well.
- Next, add one 7 ounce can of tomato paste, 1 1/2 Tablespoon of prepared mustard, 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and 1/4 cup water. Mix carefully on low heat to combine then allow mixture to simmer until fully heated.
- Once heated, serve on hamburger buns topped with pickles along with your favorite side dish.
The easiest ground beef meal ever!
We are always looking for ways to put a meal on the table that is easy and fast. Our busy lifestyles depend on having these recipes in our back pocket to whip up at a moments notice. Making a meal from scratch doesn’t have to be complicated – and it also doesn’t require premade ingredients! Anyone can learn to cook from scratch so don’t be afraid to give it a try. It’s fun to mix together ingredients you love and create wholesome, nutritious meals. The only real requirement for successful from scratch cooking is to keep a few simple recipe staples on hand. When you are in a hurry, you can mix together your favorite food items and before you know it, you have an amazing meal that is delicious and ready in minutes.
In this recipe we are using tomato paste, mustard, onion, coconut sugar, and just a few spices to create a delicious, tangy, and slightly sweet sloppy joe sauce. We love piling it on a Fresh Milled Sourdough Hamburger Bun and topping it with some Fermented Cucumber Dill Pickles – it’s seriously one of the easiest from scratch dinner recipes.
KEY FEATURES IN THIS Easy SLOPPY JOE RECIPE:
- Made completely from scratch – Creating nourishing meals for your family right in your own kitchen doesn’t have to be complicated. Why use something in a packet or from a can when you can make it yourself with just a few simple spices and ingredients!
- Easy one pan dinner recipe– We love recipes that can be cooked all in one pan. It saves so much time and clean up afterwards is quick. This is the perfect weeknight dinner recipe.
- Versatile- While our recipe is simple and easy, the beauty of making a recipe from scratch is it allows you to make small changes and the recipe will still be amazing. Feel free to make this sauce a little sweeter by adding more sugar or change it up by adding in a few colorful bell peppers for added vegetables.
Ingredients needed to make Homemade Sloppy Joes
- Ground Beef
- Diced yellow onion
- Salt- Redmond’s Real Salt or Pink Himalayan Salt
- Ground Black Pepper
- Garlic Powder
- Onion Powder
- Coconut Sugar or Pure Cane Sugar
- Prepared Mustard
- Tomato Paste
- Apple Cider Vinegar
Step-by-Step Instructions For How To Make The Best Easy Sloppy Joe Recipe
- In a 4 quart stainless stock pot, cook ground beef on medium heat until almost fully cooked, drain meat if desired. (We love keeping the fat for added flavor!) Then, add diced onions to the same pan and cook on medium low heat until tender.
- In the same pot add the seasonings; salt, ground black pepper, onion powder and garlic powder to the meat and mix well.
- Next, add the tomato paste, prepared mustard, apple cider vinegar, sugar and water. Mix carefully on low heat to combine then allow mixture to simmer until fully heated.
4.Serve on a hamburger bun like our Fresh Milled Hamburger Buns, along with your favorite toppings like more mustard, pickles, sliced raw onion or cheese.
