Recipe: Perfect Sloppy Joes

Sloppy Joes.

You can have Sloppy Joes using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sloppy Joes

1. You need 2 T. of Vegetable Oil.
2. You need 1 of medium onion, chopped fine.
3. Prepare 1/2 tsp. of chili powder.
4. You need of salt.
5. You need 2 of garlic cloves, minced.
6. It's 1 pound of 90% lean ground beef.
7. Prepare 1 cup of tomato puree.
8. You need 1/2 cup of ketchup.
9. You need 1/4 cup of water.
10. It's 1 tsp. of brown sugar.
11. It's of hot sauce.
12. You need of hamburger buns, or pretzel buns.
13. It's of Bread and butter pickles.

Sloppy Joes step by step

1. Heat oil in a 12 inch skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onion, chili powder and 1/2 tsp. salt and cook until onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds..
2. Add the beef and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until almost cooked through but still slightly pink, about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree, ketchup, water, brown sugar and 1/2 tsp. hot sauce. Simmer until the sauce is slightly thicker than the ketchup, about 8-10 minutes..
3. Season with salt and hot sauce to taste. Spoon mixture over hamburger buns and serve. Good if served with a pickle..