Description
This is the recipe my mother used for sloppy joes and it always gets compliments!
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup chopped green bell pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
- ¾ cup ketchup
- 3 teaspoons brown sugar
- salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir lean ground beef in the hot skillet until some of the fat starts to render
- 3 to 4 minutes. Add onion and bell pepper; continue to cook until vegetables have softened and beef is cooked through
- 3 to 5 more minutes.
- Stir in ketchup
- brown sugar
- mustard
- and garlic powder; season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Divide meat mixture evenly among hamburger buns.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 6