Spenser's Sloppy Joes

Patrick and Gina Neely

Recipe courtesy The Neelys

Show: Down Home With the NeelysEpisode: Girls' Favorites: Cooking for the Girls

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Total Time:
35 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
25 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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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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  • on February 07, 2012

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    I make this w/out the peppers, but instead I use chopped onion. Also, I think using the tomato sauce makes it too tomatoey, so I leave it out. We li8ke Stubb's barbeque sauce.

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  • on February 02, 2012

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    I think the last time I had sloppy joe’s was as a kid and I don’t remember liking it very much. found the Neely’s recipe and was intrigued by the bbq sauce. Everyone seemed to like this recipe and I HAVE TO AGREE!!! it’s sooo tasty! will definitely make again!

    I added chopped red onion that i browned. the cup of bbq sauce (i used the honey bbq sauce from Kraft. a must have! was alittle bit much, so I added brown sugar as someone recommended, which cut down the taste of the bbq sauce. added alittle more tabasco and cayenne pepper as well.

    made sure i juiced out some of that oil/fat after cooking down the meat before adding the rest of the ingredients.


    next time, I will make the Neely’s BBQ sauce, as everyone seems to rave about :

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  • on January 24, 2012

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    REALLY good, ZERO complaints (and I have two PICKY kids age 4 and 6. only used 1/2 red and 1/2 green pepper (next time will use all of both. only used 1/2 cup of bbq sauce and I'm glad b/c otherwise I think it would have been too saucy and bbqy. REALLY good

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