Sloppys are a savory, sweet & tangy meat & vegetable mixture, served up on buttered & toasted hamburgers buns, just like your Sloppy Joe's. Best of all, it yields 15 Sloppy burgers/sandwiches on average, depending on your serving size. Making this a really cheap meal, with follow-up meals with the leftovers. Which you'll want to do, the stuff is so good.It's an incredible meat mixture that can be served on hamburger buns with a side of chips or fries, to scoop up some of the filling. It can also be used to make Sloppy Dogs, Sloppy Baked Potato or Fries with cheese, Sloppy Pasta Melt or Bake, even a Sloppys Chip Dip with melted cheese on top. Whether you make it a fresh Sloppy meal or Lunch, or use leftovers for the followup meals, It's just sloppishly good stuff!
Servings: 4 Sloppys
Equipment
- 1 Skillet
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 4 Hamburger Buns
- As Needed Butter
- 1 lb Ground Beef
- 3 Cloves Garlic - minced
- 1 Large Onion - diced
- 1 Small Bell Pepper - Optional - diced
- 1 Small Carrot - Optional - shredded and chopped
- 1 Stalk Celery - Optional - small diced
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
Sloppy Sauce
- 1 C Beef Tomato Soup - prepared in advance or leftover
- 1/2 C Ketchup
- 1 Tbl Yellow Mustard
- 1 tsp Chili Powder - optional
- 1/4 tsp Black Pepper - can exchange or include additional heat source
Instructions
- Prepare the Beef Tomato Soup and use 1 C combined with remaining Sloppy Sauce ingredients. Set this aside until needed. Prepare the Vegetables and set these aside.
- Butter the buns and toast them over medium heat, set aside to await the Sloppy filling.
- Heat a pan up over medium high heat and brown the meat with 1 tsp salt.
- Add the Vegetables to cook for a minute or so, until softened. Then add the Sloppy Sauce and continue to cook until it's thickened over medium or medium low heat. About 10 minutes. Add more water if needed to keep it Saucy.
- Top the Hamburger buns with about 1/4 C of the Sloppys filling, optionally top with cheese. Serve with Fries or Chips. Maybe a dill pickle on the side.
Notes
This makes just over 1000g of Sloppy filling. Use the following amounts depending on serving size as a guideline;
- Small Sloppy: 45-50 g | yields 20-22 Sloppys
- Medium Sloppy: 65-75g | yields 13-15 Sloppys, approx 1/4 C
- Large Sloppy: 80-90g+ | yields 11-12 Sloppys