Sloppy joe recipe anyone?

[mrs.puff]

Does anyone have a good recipe for making your own sloppy joe sauce? I've always got lots of tomatoes canned and all. I'd like to avoid mannwiches.

 

[miss_thenorth]

Honestly??? I just squeeze in some ketchup, worcestershire sauce and garlic powder until it tastes right. I also put in a can of pork and beans with the ground meat. Serve on toast or buns.

 

[mrs.puff]

Really? That's it?

 

[miss_thenorth]

That's it. One day while at the grocery store, I looked at the ingredients on a can of manwich, and it was just glorified ketchup. So that is all I do, and it tastes great!

 

[mrs.puff]

Well shoot. I'll just save my tasty canned tomatoes and use the ketchup. We never end up using ketchup much, so the bottle just sits around full all year.

 

[Henrietta23]

My favorite is one in Emeril's There's a Chef in My Family It calls for canned tomato sauce. It's sweet and tangy. I'm surprised the guys haven't been bugging me for it since I haven't been buying meat! I can post it later if you like.
Nevermind: here's a link!
http://www.emerils.com/recipe/6636/Totally-Sloppy-Joes

 

[patandchickens]

Here's what I was raised on and still make fairly frequently. The recipe is for a small amount but it makes sense to double or treble it.

Sloppy Joes

1/2 lb hamburger
small onion, chopped
1/2 celery rib, chopped
some chopped mushrooms, either sauteed already or canned
2 small, or 1 large, can of tomato sauce
4 Tbsp cider (or any) vinegar
2 Tbsp brown sugar
chili powder to taste

Brown beef; add onions and celery and mushrooms and fry a little while; add all other ingredients, bring to boil, and simmer UNcovered for 30 min or so until cooked down a bit.

Sorry, can't give exact sizes on the tomato sauce cans b/c am now in Canada where things are marked in mL not oz. -- but a pint of homemade tomato sauce will make a trebling of this recipe, or so, depending how saucy you like yer sloppy joe.

Pat

 

[enjoy the ride]

Patandchickens -I copied that one. I looked at the emeril one but decided that Baby Bam was too much for me-lol

 

[pioneergirl]

I use some bbq sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, worsch...that sauce, even a dash of tobasco, and whatever seasoning, chop some onions, peppers if you like and mix it all in.....I think Manwich is way over rated, lol. And why couldn't you use your tomatoes for texture?

 

[Cassandra]

We do pretty much the same as you all do, but add a squirt of prepared mustard. It seems to give it just the right tang.

Cassandra