Recipe: Perfect Cheesy Bacon Sloppy Joes

Cheesy Bacon Sloppy Joes.

You can cook Cheesy Bacon Sloppy Joes using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cheesy Bacon Sloppy Joes

1. Prepare 1 lb of ground beef (i use a 80/20 mix).
2. You need 6 slice of smoked bacon.
3. You need 1/2 cup of diced onion.
4. You need 1/2 cup of diced bell pepper (any color).
5. It's 1 of jalapeño seeded and diced.
6. You need 2 clove of minced garlic.
7. You need 1/2 cup of tomato ketchup (your choice).
8. You need 1/4 cup of your favorite bbq sauce.
9. You need 1/4 cup of water.
10. You need 2 tsp of prepared yellow mustard (your choice).
11. Prepare 2 tsp of worcestershire sauce.
12. Prepare 2 tbsp of brown sugar.
13. It's 1 of salt and pepper to taste.
14. Prepare 1 packages of shredded cheese (your choice).
15. You need 4 of toasted hamburger buns.

Cheesy Bacon Sloppy Joes step by step

1. Over medium heat, brown ground beef and put in colander to drain..
2. While ground beef is draining, cook bacon until crisp. Leaving bacon drippings in the pan, remove bacon and set aside to drain on paper towels..
3. Using same pan with bacon drippings, sauté onions jalapeño pepper, bell pepper, salt and pepper until soft. 5-7 minute's. Adding garlic during last minute or so..
4. Return ground beef back to pan adding : ketchup, BBQ sauce, water, prepared yellow mustard, worcestershire sauce and brown sugar. Combine well..
5. Crumble up reserved bacon slices and add to mixture..
6. Simmer covered over low heat 25-30 minutes stirring occasionally. If thicker sauce is desired, uncover during last 10 minutes of simmering..
7. Serve on buns of your choice topping with shredded cheese. Topping ideas: pickle slices, extra bacon slices, etc .You can substitute a chipotle pepper for the jalapeño..
8. Recipe doubles very easy for a larger family and freezes very well. Enjoy.