Super Delicious Real Food Sloppy Joe Recipe (2024)

Who doesn’t love a messy sloppy joe sandwich from time to time? I know I do. We haven’t had sloppy joes in years. I knew they could be converted into a real food recipe but I just wasn’t sure how. I had two pounds of grass fed beef thawed and wasn’t really sure what to make for supper. Farmer Derek suggested sloppy joes.

It sounded like a great idea but howwould I make them? I looked up about ten different recipes and as always, used them as a guideline. I’m really bad about not sticking to recipes, I always change them. I settled on an experimental recipe thatI concocted in my head and then I got started preparing it.First I whipped up a batch of buns and gathered my ingredients.

We aren’t big on onions and garlic here but that seemed to be a staple ingredient in sloppy joes so I sautéed a small (ok, very small) amount in butter.

Then Iadded thegrass fed ground beef to the garlic and onions and fried it until it was almost done.

Now I tossed in a small chopped bell pepper and finished frying the beef until it wasdone.

Next I added my other ingredients. Ideally I would like to use homemade ketchup and mustard but I did nothave any so I used organic store bought instead.

I tasted it and it was good but missing something. A tomato! I diced up a small tomato and tossed it in.

That was it, it was perfect! I just stuck the lid on and simmered so all of the flavors couldinfuse and the peppers and tomatoes could cook down and soften a bit.

That was it! So simple and so delicious.

Everyone approved, even Lydia (and her hair).

The bestpart is that I actually wrotedown my recipe in exact amounts. I never do that even thoughI always tell myself that I am going to but then Istart cooking and forget. So glad I did this time. This is a meal that will become aregular on our menu. I think it would work well as a freezer meal too. Hope you give it a try and let me know how your family likes it.

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