Sloppy Joe

Name: Sloppy Joe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Makes 6 sandwiches
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons light brown sugar; 1 teaspoon salt & 1 pinch black pepper; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) water; 1 teaspoon mustard; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) lean minced (ground) meat such as sirloin; 350 ml (12 fl oz) tomato passata (puréed tomatoes); 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; 3 drops Tabasco® sauce; 6 hot dog buns; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) ketchup; 1 onion, finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 green capsicum (pepper), seeded and diced

Preparation info

Makes
6
sandwiches

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 25

Appears in

New York Cult Recipes

By Marc Grossman

Published 2013

About

A kids’ favourite, the sloppy Joe can, as its name suggests, be a messy experience. All the better!

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) lean minced (ground) meat such as sirloin

Method

The Meat

Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Add the minced meat and onion to the pan and cook for 10 minutes, breaking up the lumps with a spatula. The meat should be well browned and crumbly. Add the garlic and capsicum and cook for a further 3 minutes. Add the tomato passata, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, sugar and mustard. Then add the water, salt, pep