QUICK AND EASY SLOPPY JOES
Ready in 20 minutes, this is a family pleaser of a meal.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds ground beef 85/15
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1 12 to 16 ounce bag frozen 3 pepper and onion blend or fresh equivalent
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 15 ounce can pork and beans
- ½ cup ketchup
- 4 to 6 sandwich rolls
Instructions
- Preheat a large skillet over med-high heat.
- Defrost the pepper and onion blend in the microwave and drain excess liquid.
- Cook the ground beef in the skillet adding salt and pepper to taste until beef is browned, then drain excess fat. To speed cooking time pop the lid on the skillet for a few minutes.
- Add the defrosted onion and pepper blend and chili powder, stirring as it heats through.
- Next, add the pork & beans and ketchup, stir to combine.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. If you want to toast your buns, now's the time.
- Cut rolls in half horizontally and divide the Sloppy Joe mixture between the rolls.
- Serving suggestions; add a big green salad, or carrot & celery sticks, corn on the cob, coleslaw, some potato chips, and/or some pickles.
Notes
This isn’t a super sweet Sloppy Joe recipe, if you like your Joes on the sweeter side, simply add the sweetener of your choice to taste – brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, stevia.
Switch some or all of the ketchup for BBQ sauce to up the smoke and sweetness factor.
Wanna boot the bun? This recipe is great served over baked potatoes or baked sweet potatoes. Or serve in lettuce leaves or bake in green or red bell peppers.
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