Sloppy JOES
Ground beef cooked down with onion, sweet pepper, and lots of spices for flavor. This gourmet sloppy joe is piled on a buttered toasty ciabatta bun. YUM!
Ingredients
- 1 pound grass-fed ground beef
- 1/2 cup onion, minced
- 1/2 cup yellow bell pepper, minced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 tbsp butter, divided I love Tillamook sea salted
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp tomato paste PRO TIP: You can buy squeeze tube tomato paste and keep it in the fridge. It comes in handy when you just need a small amount.
- 2/3 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 tsp yellow mustard
- 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 tsp mustard powder
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 3/4 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- ciabatta buns
Instructions
- Add 1 tbsp of olive oil and 2 tbsp of butter to a medium Dutch oven or in a skillet with a lid. Turn heat to med high.
- Once the butter is melted, add the onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Saute for 2-4 minutes. Then add the ground beef. Cook until the meat has browned and no longer pink. (Don't overcook)
- Drain the meat and vegetables in a strainer. Then move back to the Dutch/skillet.
- Add the paste and mix. Next goes the hot sauce, ketchup, water, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and spices. Mix well. Let it come to a simmer, put on a lid, and turn the heat to low.
- Simmer the mix on low for 15-20 minutes. Keep an eye on it and mix a couple times in between.
- The mix will be cooked down but still saucy.
- Put the lid back on and turn the heat off.
- Slather the buns with the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and pop them on a griddle or in a cast iron pan. When the buns are all golden and toasty it's time to fill them.
- Fill each bun with the sloppy mixture. I like to serve it with tater tots or ruffles chips. It's a bite of childhood.
- ENJOY!