Homemade Sloppy Joes

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 35.

	this recipe	typical
fat	3%	0%
aromatics	22%	21%
acid	2%	0%
sweetener	10%	17%
salt	1%	0%
vegetables and beans	50%	50%

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

14 g	1 Tablespoon olive oil
454 g	1 lb. ground beef (85% lean)
75 g	1/2 yellow onion (diced)
9 g	3 cloves garlic (minced)
227 g	8 oz. can tomato sauce
34 g	2 tablespoons ketchup
13 g	1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
16 g	1 tablespoon tomato paste
16 g	1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
9 g	2 teaspoons yellow mustard
10 g	2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
10 g	2 teaspoons hot sauce (optional*)
3 g	1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 g	1/4 teaspoon pepper
208 g	4 Hamburger buns (toasted)

Method: 9 steps, published by thecozycook.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I am trying this recipe for the first time and it is delicious! I did make some adjustments to the recipe. I used honey mustard instead of yellow mustard, I used red, yellow, and orange sweet peppers, and I doubled the sauce part of the recipe. That way there ” — a cook, 5.0★

“I have made this recipe several times already. My husband absolutely loved this! We chose to use potato buns, Nature's own and/or Arnold are our preference. Real ingredients, homemade and full of flavor! The Real Manwich here, tenfold.” — a cook, 5.0★