Sloppy Joe Meatball Bake

Name: Sloppy Joe Meatball Bake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 celery stick, finely chopped; 1 green pepper, diced; 1 tbsp rapeseed oil; 12 ready-made beef meatballs; 1 × 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes; 2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar; 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce; 1 × 400 g tin of kidney beans in chilli sauce; 1-3 tsp hot chilli sauce, to taste; 1 × 120 g ball of buffalo mozzarella; 25 g jarred jalapeño pepper slices, drained, plus extra to serve; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; crusty bread or rolls; crusty bread or rolls; shredded crisp lettuce; thinly sliced red onion

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Neven Maguire's Midweek Meals

By Neven Maguire

Published 2020

About

This takes ready-made meatballs up a notch in this cheesy bake topped with melting mozzarella. It would also be so easy to double up the quantity if you found yourself with a crowd of hungry kids to feed.

Ingredients

1 onion, finely chopped
1 celery stick, finely chopped
1 green pepper, diced

Main course

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/gas mark 4).

Put the onion, celery and green pepper in a shallow casserole (or a regular roasting tin will also work) and drizzle over the oil, then toss until evenly coated and spread out in an even layer. Arrange the meatballs on top and seaso