Sloppy Joaquins Recipes

THE BEST SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and peppers and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and starting to caramelize in some spots, 6 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the beef and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon or spatula, until it is browned, no longer pink in the middle and cooked through, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, red wine vinegar, paprika, cayenne pepper, 1 teaspoon salt and a generous amount of black pepper and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened and heated through, 5 to 6 minutes. Spoon the meat onto the toasted buns.

CLASSIC SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large frying pan set over medium-high heat. Saute onions and green pepper for 5 minutes.
• Add beef to the pan. Cook, stirring until browned, about 5 to 10 minutes. Drain off fat.
• Stir in ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, salt and pepper. Simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until slightly thickened. Serve on sandwich buns.

SLOPPY JOAQUINS

Steps:

• In a deep skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat.
• Add the garlic and onion and cook until softened, about 4 minutes.
• Add the mushrooms and cook until browned,about 5 minutes.
• Add the beef and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until browned.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Stir in the sherry and cook, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan,until slightly reduced, about a minute.
• Stir in the tomato and Worcestershire sauces and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Spread the butter on the rolls and toast.
• Sprinkle the parsley on the roll bottoms and pile on the beef mixture.
• Using a vegetable peeler, shave the cheese over the meat.
• Set the roll tops into place and enjoy.

SLOPPY JACQUES

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook and crumble the ground beef until no longer pink; drain.
• Add flour and stir to mix.
• Add in soup and stir to mix.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture is bubbly.
• Continue to cook and stir for 2 minutes or so until mixture thickens.
• Spoon meat mixture into buns and serve.