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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco)
- 4 hamburger buns, split
- Barbecue sauce, for topping
Directions
Heat oil in a large skillet with straight sides. Add the bell peppers and garlic. Saute until tender, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the ground beef to the vegetables. Stir and cook about 8 minutes, until the meat is no longer pink and fully cooked.
Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, barbecue sauce, Worcestershire, and hot sauce into the skillet. Stir. Simmer until thickened, about 10 minutes. Serve on hamburger bun with extra sauce.
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By Jeeby
Eastern Washington
on February 16, 2013
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My husband and I were hoping to both recreate and perhaps improve on the sloppy Joe's we were served as children. I followed this recipe exactly, using high-quality beef and KCM Original sauce. The resulting sandwiches were good, but not excellent. I think we were expecting a brighter, tangier tomato flavor. Instead, the meat dish had a rather flat, smoky barbecue flavor. It is likely that our choice of barbecue sauce had a huge influence on the outcome of the dish, so I recommend you choose yours wisely. If I were to make this dish again using this recipe, I'd saute a chopped yellow onion with the peppers.
By HudnallsHuddle
Reston, Virginia
on February 13, 2013
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I believe the grocery store needs to be rearranged, meat section first. I shop for whatever meat has the best deal and then I figure out what I'll do for the week. This week it was ground chicken and it needs something for flavor! :- My twist was ground chicken and ground pork (2 parts chicken, 1 part pork. I also added chopped sweet onion and 2 chopped jalepeno's (seeds, ribs and all....love the heat. I also used a basic BBQ Rub to season the meat and my own BBQ Sauce, both not unlike the Neely's, a Memphis style of rub and sauce.
I had Sloppy Joe's in mind, but not picking up canned or packaged mix. I went surfing thinking how hard can this be....I came across this as I was already thinking about BBQ Sauce. YUM!!! Thank you Spencer for a great idea! Also, I had forgotten the tomato sauce and paste, just tasted like BBQ. Adding the tomato sauce and paste is what turned it from BBQ to Sloppy Joe!! Great Recipe either with beef or chicken.
Keep it up!!
By PipelineGypsy
Heflin, AL
on February 06, 2013
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I'm not a huge fan of the Neely's, but I was specifically looking for a BBQ sloppy joe recipe and came across this one. Delicious!! I used a sweet & spicy mustard BBQ sauce. This one's a keeper!
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