This delicious sloppy joe recipe is such a simple recipe and so inexpensive to make, a budget-friendly family dinner. The tender and juicy ground beef are sauteed with green peppers and onion then cooked in a hearty tomato sauce.

Sloppy Joe Ingredients

Ground Beef – use lean ground beef (85-90% lean). If using a higher fat content, you will need to skim off the extra fat once the beef is cooked.

Bell pepper – we used green, but you can substitute a different color in a pinch.

Onion & Garlic – these aromatics add great flavor and disappear into the sauce so picky eaters won’t complain.

Homemade Sauce – just a few simple pantry ingredients will make a sauce that’s better than any store-bought sauce. The combination of tomato sauce, brown sugar, yellow mustard, and Worcestershire hits all the right flavor notes; sweet, savory, and tangy.

How to Make Sloppy Joes

Chop veggies – Finely chop the onion and green bell pepper.
Make sauce – In a bowl, combine worcestershire sauce, yellow mustard, water, brown sugar, and tomato sauce.

Saute beef – In a deep skillet, heat oil over med/high heat. Add the ground beef and break up as it is being cooked. Season with salt and pepper and add in the finely chopped onion and green pepper. Cook until vegetables are tender.

Add sauce – Add in the garlic and cook until fragrant. Pour in the sauce and cook over medium high heat until the sauce comes to a soft boil.

Simmer – Reduce the heat to low and cook for 10 minutes, add more salt and pepper if needed.

Serve – spoon the saucy beef mixture on toasted buns and serve as sandwiches.

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