Simple sloppy Joe

Description

Use a simple meat and tomato sauce, just season with your favorite herbs and spices.

Summary

Yield
Servings
SourceAmerican cuisine
Prep time
20 minutes
Cooking time
Total time
20 minutes

Ingredients

1 lb
ground beef (lean)
2 T
oil (any cookking oil, we like olive oil)
1 c
tomato sauce (plain)
1⁄2 t
salt (or to taste)
1⁄2 t
sugar
1 pn
pepper

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large skillet over a medium-high heat. Brown the beef.
  2. Add tomato sauce, salt and pepper. cover and simmer for at least 10 minutes, ideally about 20 minutes.
  3. Halve four bread rolls, place each one, opened, on a plate. Pour some meat sauce over each roll and serve.

Notes

If you don't have cooked tomato sauce, substitute the tomato sauce with 2 cups passata - sieved tomatoes with no seeds or skin, comes in jars - or 3 cups canned chopped tomatoes and increase the simmering time to 30 minutes.

You could flavor your sloppy Joe with a dash of Tabasco or Worcestershire sauce. Try herbs 1 Tbs fresh chopped herbs or 1-2 tsp dried herbs -basil, oregano, marjoram, parsley are good options. Spices? coriander or cumin go well with tomato -add 1 tsp ground cumin or 1 tsp ground coriander. Mustard or crushed garlic are also a popular addition.

Substitute palin tomato sauce with other varieties, such as tomato sauce with onions, with herbs and cheese, with mushrooms, with onions, green peppers and celery, or tomato chili sauce, just to give some ideas. Other option is condensed tomato soup.

Substitute plain tomato sauce with barbecue sauce and a little ketchup, or just with ketchup and brown sugar with no compunction. These are popular variations for sloppy Joes.

Ingredients, metric  
450 g   lean ground beef  
30 ml     olive oil  
250 ml     plain tomato sauce  
1/2 tsp    salt  
1/2 tsp    sugar  
1 pinch    pepper  

Nutrition facts

Serving size: 1/5 original recipe

Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet. Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.Bread not included.

Amount Per Serving      
Calories   304.95  
Calories From Fat (70%)   222.19  
    % Daily Value
Total Fat 24.39g   37%  
Saturated Fat 8.28g   41%  
Cholesterol 68.04mg   23%  
Sodium 552.14 mg   23%  
Potassium 401.09mg   11%  
Carbohydrates 4.13g   1%  
Dietary Fiber 0.78g   3%  
Sugar 2.50g      
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g      
Net Carbohydrates 3.36g      
Protein 16.71g   33%