Grammy's Kitchen · Sloppy Joes · Homemade Sloppy Joes
One of 35 sloppy joes recipes we measured
from tastesbetterfromscratch.com
278 cooks on tastesbetterfromscratch.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 35.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| aromatics | 19% | 21% |
| sweetener | 36% | 17% |
| vegetables and beans | 50% | 50% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 pound ground beef |
| salt and freshly ground black pepper | |
| 80 g | 1/2 cup yellow onion (, chopped) |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic (, minced) |
| 227 g | 8 ounces tomato sauce |
| 91 g | 1/3 cup ketchup (, or more, to taste) |
| 71 g | 1/4 cup barbecue sauce |
| 16 g | 1 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder |
| 260 g | 5 hamburger buns |
Method: 4 steps, published by tastesbetterfromscratch.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I usually make up my own sloppy joe recipe according to ingredients I have on hand and the number of people I'm feeding. I decided to try this recipe because I had several pounds of ground chicken and beef that needed to be cooked before it spoiled, and neede” — a cook, 5.0★
“It was just okay, but quick to make and would serve as a backup if I didn’t have ingredients for another recipe I use. I think the biggest issue I had was the particular BBQ sauce I used, but this is a real problem with the recipe as is. BBQ sauces come in so ” — a cook, 3.0★