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Easy Sloppy Joes

August 22, 2016

Like everything else that my grandmother ever made, her easy sloppy joes were indeed delicious and they took less than twenty minutes to assemble.
Like everything else that my grandmother ever made, her easy sloppy joes were indeed delicious and they took less than twenty minutes to assemble. | recipe from Chattavore.com
Does anyone remember the Lunch Lady Land sketch from SNL featuring Adam Sandler and Chris Farley, circa 1994? That was back in my SNL discovery days. I was maybe just a little obsessed and I remember my BFF and I laughing for hours on end at all of the shenanigans. The Lunch Lady song was perhaps the most memorable sketch of all (though my preppy self got quite a few laughs from The Gap Girls too). After 1994, sloppy joes were forever associated with this sketch for me.
Like everything else that my grandmother ever made, her easy sloppy joes were indeed delicious and they took less than twenty minutes to assemble. | recipe from Chattavore.com
I was never much of a fan of sloppy joes back when I was a kid. The thing is that to me sloppy joe = Manwich and there was something about it that grossed me out (I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had Manwich, so it may be delicious, but as a child I was seriously grossed out by it.). My grandmother would have never even considered using Manwich, but somehow it didn’t matter to me. I flat-out refused to eat them until I was an adult. At my first teaching job, lunches were provided to us and sloppy joes were on the menu regularly….and that’s when I figured out that I actually do like sloppy joes.
Like everything else that my grandmother ever made, her easy sloppy joes were indeed delicious and they took less than twenty minutes to assemble. | recipe from Chattavore.com
When I discovered my great-grandmother’s recipe file in my basement (where it had been hidden away for 12 years) I found my grandmother’s easy sloppy joes recipe. Like everything else that my grandmother ever made, her sloppy joes were indeed delicious, but perhaps even better was the fact that they took less than twenty minutes to assemble, start to finish (I’ve also discovered that for burgers and messy sandwiches like this, homemade buns just aren’t usually soft enough for the job, so I’ve conceded that sometimes it’s okay to buy them. I love potato rolls, which are soft but not mushy.). For someone who thinks of a dinner that takes an hour to make as “quick”, that was quite a big deal.

I’ll be making these easy sloppy joes…a lot. And suggest you start too.

Like everything else that my grandmother ever made, her easy sloppy joes were indeed delicious and they took less than twenty minutes to assemble. | recipe from Chattavore.com

Mary

Yield: 6 servings

Sloppy Joes

5 minPrep Time:

15 minCook Time:

20 minTotal Time:

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, canola oil, or vegetable oil
  • ½ medium onion, chopped
  • 1 ½ pounds ground beef
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • ½ cup chili sauce (I used store-bought but you can also make your own)
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt and pepper
  • 6 small hamburger buns (I like potato rolls)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until it starts to soften.
  2. Add the ground beef. Cook and stir until the meat is completely browned. Drain the fat.
  3. Stir the remaining ingredients into the meat. Cook and stir until the sauce reduces and thickens slightly.
  4. Divide the meat among the buns and serve immediately.
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Like everything else that my grandmother ever made, her easy sloppy joes were indeed delicious and they took less than twenty minutes to assemble. | recipe from Chattavore.com

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Comments

  1. Amanda says

    March 14, 2016 at 9:01 am

    I made these for Joshs grandparents this weekend and they were a HUGE hit!!
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      March 14, 2016 at 10:00 am

      Woohoo!
      Reply

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  1. Praline Rolls - Chattavore says:
    October 7, 2014 at 9:19 pm
    […] twice (like in this post for baked acorn squash, this one for pasta with mushrooms, or this one for sloppy Joes). It’s just that I got a little excited when I found it (as in jumping up and down saying […]
    Reply
  2. Macaroni And Beer Cheese - pathofbrews says:
    February 23, 2015 at 9:09 am
    […] into recipes of mine that already existed, like adding some porter to my grandmother’s sloppy joes. […]
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