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Super Delicious Real Food Sloppy Joe Recipe

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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. Homemade sloppy joes with real food ingredients

It sounded like a great idea but how would 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 that I concocted in my head and then I got started preparing it. First I whipped up a batch of buns and gathered my ingredients.

homemade buns

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.

SJ1

Then I added the grass fed ground beef to the garlic and onions and fried it until it was almost done.

SJ2

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

SJ3

Next I added my other ingredients. Ideally I would like to use homemade ketchup and mustard but I did not have any so I used organic store bought instead.

SJ4

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

SJ5

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

SJ6

That was it! So simple and so delicious.

Sloppy joes from scratch

Everyone approved, even Lydia (and her hair).

The best part is that I actually wrote down my recipe in exact amounts. I never do that even though I always tell myself that I am going to but then I start cooking and forget. So glad I did this time. This is a meal that will become a regular 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.

Homemade sloppy joes with real food ingredients
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Super Delicious Real Food Sloppy Joe Recipe

This is an easy to make from scratch sloppy Joe recipe.

Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword sloppy joes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 16 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 lb Ground beef
  • 1/2 Chopped onion
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 2 tbsp Butter
  • 1 1/2 cups Ketchup
  • 2 1/2 tbsp Yellow mustard
  • 1/2 tbsp Chili powder
  • 1 tsp Salt Sea salt or Pink Himalayan Salt
  • 1 Bell pepper chopped
  • 1 Tomato cut into chunks
  • Ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Sauté Onion and Garlic in butter. Add ground beef and fry until almost done. Add Bell Peppers and continue cooking until beef is done. Combine ketchup, mustard, chili powder, salt, and pepper in a small bowl, add to ground beef in pan. Stir in diced tomato. Cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for about 15 minutes to allow flavors to infuse. Serve hot on buns.

    Homemade sloppy joes with real food ingredients

 

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Filed Under: Cooking, Main Dishes Tagged With: grass fed, grass fed beef, ground beef, real food, recipe, sloppy joe

About Jenna

Hey, y’all! I’m Jenna, wife to my amazing husband, Derek, mom to 8 beautiful farm kids, homesteader, homemaker, homeschooler, and lover of Jesus. I enjoy all things farmy, family, crafting, old fashioned, and homemade.

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  1. Jen | www.theeasyhomestead.com says

    October 21, 2014 at 11:15 am

    Jenna,

    This looks so delicious! We have so much grass fed ground beef in the house I will be making these next week! I just added them to my menu! Thanks for this recipe.

    Jen

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    • Jenna says

      October 21, 2014 at 2:02 pm

      Thanks! I hope y’all like it. 🙂

  2. Wanda S says

    November 3, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    Your recipe looked yummy! My mom adds just a bit of brown sugar to her recipe. About 2 TBSP… And per her, when you put Sloppy Joes mixture over mashed potatoes, they are then called “Wimpies” (must be where she grew up). My Hubby likes Sloppy Joes and Wimpies. Thank you.
    w

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  3. za . rizik says

    May 26, 2018 at 12:37 pm

    5 stars
    Thanks a lot for sharing such a fantastic recipe. Looks perfect delicious. I really like to appreciate. I have never made it before, but I am going to go ahead and get some and try it out now!

    Reply

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