So, how likely are you to make those Sloppy Joe's?
I just opened the Serious Eats site, and saw the recipe for Sloppy Joe's. That recipe sounds good, but I immediately dug out MY recipe for sloppy joe's to compare the two, and decide how I'll make SJ's this week.
Now, I haven't made SJ's in years, maybe 10 or more, so clearly this article made an impact.
So my questions are:
How many of you decided to make that recipe soon, like this week?
Who will make sloppy joe's today? Who will make sloppy joe's, but using their own recipe or creativity?
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21 Comments:
I'm going to try it, probably not this week, but I've never done homemade SJ's, so it was a welcome recipe.
jonfoxx at 10:48AM on 03/30/08
I haven't made (or eaten) sloppy joes in so long that I can't remember the last time. The recipe looks really good and I will definitely try it. But will have to wait until my parents leave (they are visiting for a week), as my mom does not eat ground beef or tomato products!
papillon at 11:07AM on 03/30/08
I will make them next weekend. 'Hamburger Goo' : ) We called them 'Slush Burgers' I'll use my recipe handed down from my Mom.
Circa 1950
NanaJoie at 11:18AM on 03/30/08
I make them frequently..a great superbowl party food. Mini buns & bowl of sloppy joe. I like to use ground turkey also.
stigcr at 11:35AM on 03/30/08
Sloppy Joes are ingrained into my psyche as a "Fall food" - when you want a burger but don't want to stand over a grill outside. I'll make this sometime in October.
Ditto on the ground turkey sub. Cooking Light has run some decent recipes for them, too.
pookywookyster at 12:19PM on 03/30/08
We love sloppy joes at our house - we probably have at least once a month. Sometimes I use ground turkey, sometimes ground beef. My "secret sauce" is Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce and I add some grated sharp cheddar cheese. Serve with oven roasted french fries. A quick and easy dinner for a weeknight.
eatmyfood at 12:22PM on 03/30/08
I will probably be the only one to say: "YUCK" Even growing up I did not like SJ's. I think it is because the roll gets wet and mushy and I can't get past that. Just being honest, so hopefully I won't get flogged. ;-o
crazyspice at 12:52PM on 03/30/08
I agree about the bun - you could toast it or, just eat the mix sans bun... Or maybe just keep on saying "yuck!"
My recipe includes a couple of tablespoons of "chili sauce" which I have always interpreted as Pace hot sauce - and adds a nice little spice.
I like the BBQ sauce idea.
cmckenna at 12:59PM on 03/30/08
It's been months since we've had sloppy joes, but they are always good.
Hubby's face lights up like a kid when I say, "Sloppy Joes?" We have it with Fritos, you know, to keep it low cal and healthy.
wookie at 1:31PM on 03/30/08
To keep the bread from getting mushy use peta pockets, I love Sloppy Joes I make'em anytime I get a chance.....
Markbb at 2:27PM on 03/30/08
I was never a big fan of SJ's but, for the last couple of years, I've been making a slightly "less messy" version called a "Tavern". Here's the recipe I've been using:
2 C water
3/4 C ketchup
1 T chili powder
1 onion, finely diced
2 lb. ground beef
2 T prepared mustard
salt and pepper to taste
Combine the water, ketchup, chili powder and onion and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the ground beef and mustard, salt and pepper and cook until beef is crumbly and cooked. (I keep mine at a simmer until it's not too runny).
This is served on a really SOFT hamburger bun with dill pickle chips out of the jar and slices of American cheese on the "Tavern". It's a cross between a "loosemeat" which has no sauce and a "sloppy Joe" which is loaded with sauce.
salt and pepper to taste
grampart at 2:53PM on 03/30/08
I'm kinda getting interested. Not sold yet.
crazyspice at 3:06PM on 03/30/08
I agree that longer simmer helps a lot - it also develops the flavor. My memory was that my recipe had ketchup but it doesn't.
Here is my basic recipe though as I recall I adjusted the amounts of mustard, chili sauce, etc. quite a bit to suite my preference for tangy and spicy foods.
brown together:
1 lb ground chuck
1 onion chopped
Then add:
2T chili sauce (I use pace but I imagine any bottled hot sauce would be good)
1T prepared mustard
2T sweet pickle relish
1 8oz can tomato sauce
salt & pepper
cook slowly until flavors are blended and meat is tender. Serve on a hot, buttered bun.
My SO doesn't care for the soggy bun, so I am interested in alternatives.
Some cheddar would be a delicious addition.
cmckenna at 4:54PM on 03/30/08
I haven't made them in a while, but when I do, I add diced onions and green peppers to the meat, and I simmer it in a mix of ketchup and Open Pit barbecue sauce.
dbcurrie at 11:34PM on 03/30/08
crazyspice, I had the same reaction to them my entire childhood. A couple of years ago (I'm in my 30s now...took a long time to get over apparently) I was using up stuff from the freezer and pantry and cooked up some onion, added ground turkey, some tomato paste, a lot of cayenne, a splash of white wine, some garlic and salt and pepper. I let it cook until it was almost dry and then put it on toasted buns. Nothing got soggy, it was such a great texture and a newfound love of Sloppy Joes was born. I make them every so often now, and I have taken to adding just a bit of Heinz with Tabasco (my wife likes the ketchup taste hit).
ccbweb at 1:14AM on 03/31/08
I haven't made homemade sloppy joes in ages. I remember using a recipe with Heinz chili sauce, the kind that tastes a bit like seafood sauce. Most stores around here don't carry Heinz chili sauce anymore, so Pace picante sauce sounds like a good substitute.
MelsDiner at 9:35AM on 03/31/08
Not likely. I'm sure it's a very good recipe, but I think we tend towards the SJ's we're used to. Mind are like a super, super thick, spicy, meat sauce (tomato sauce, tomato paste, hamburger (sometimes with hot Italian sausage added also) , onion, pepper, garlic, cayenne, basil, oregano, cooked down until the sauce is dead thick, there's nothing runny) than classic sloppy joe's, which always tastes weird to me because it doesn't taste like my best friend in high school's mom's, which is now mine.
chisai at 11:05AM on 03/31/08
I've never made Sloppy Joes... but every time I see the Manwich TV commercials, my mouth waters. I am vegetarian, so I would definitely make a soy protein version, but there's something about the saucy sloppiness that truly appeals to me...
Maybe it's something I should put on my TO COOK list...
MadelynRodriguez at 6:42PM on 03/31/08
OK - the SJ's were delightful! I used the above recipe but changed ingredients to:
4 T mustard
4 T sweet relish
4 T Pace
pinch of red pepper flakes
paprika
1 T Monterrey seasoning
salt
pepper
I forgot to buy buns at the store so we just ate the mix out of a bowl - it was great.
BTW - I think a soy protein version would be good. I'll probably make a venison version in the next few weeks.
cmckenna at 10:01PM on 03/31/08
My husband created a variation on this which he calls "Minced Mess" (mince being Britspeak for hamburger). Essentially you cook hamburger and onions in a saute pan until done then throw on some cheese and melt it under the broiler. Then serve it on toast. You would think this would taste like just a badly constructed hamburger but it's a completely different thing. It doesn't do a lot for me for me but my kids absolutely love it!
smallblondemom at 11:43PM on 03/31/08
I always get that wrong, it is Montreal seasoning, not Monterey. Probably 2 t not one T.
cmckenna at 9:11AM on 04/01/08