Recipe: Appetizing Homemade Sloppy Joes

Homemade Sloppy Joes.

You can have Homemade Sloppy Joes using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Homemade Sloppy Joes

1. You need 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 teaspoon olive oil.
2. You need 1 lb of ground beef.
3. Prepare 1 of green bell pepper, finely diced.
4. Prepare 1/2 of and onion, finely diced.
5. It's 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
6. Prepare 2 of heaping tablespoons tomato paste.
7. You need of Sauce ingredients.
8. Prepare 2/3 cup of ketchup.
9. You need 1/3 cup of water, with 1 tablespoon flour whisked in.
10. It's 1 teaspoon of yellow mustard.
11. You need 1 tablespoon of brown sugar (I usually add a little more).
12. You need 1 tablespoon of chili powder.
13. You need 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce.
14. It's 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt.
15. You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground black pepper.
16. You need 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper (or more for extra kick).
17. Prepare Dash of hot sauce.

Homemade Sloppy Joes step by step

1. Heat butter and oil in large skillet over MED/MED-HIGH heat.  Add beef and brown, breaking apart into crumbles as it cooks, about 5 minutes.  Drain..
2. Add onion and bell pepper to same skillet and cook 2-3 minutes, until soft.  Add garlic and cook 30 seconds or so, until fragrant.  Add beef back to the skillet and add tomato paste.  Stir well..
3. Stir together sauce ingredients and add to the skillet..
4. Cook over MED heat for 10-15 minutes, until mixture has thickened to your liking.  Remove from heat and serve over toasted buns. (Do not skip toasting the buns or you'll have a super sloppy joe that's impossible to eat).