Hi guys I'm Laura Vitale, and today I'm finally
bringing you sloppy Joes! Which this has been the most requested recipe lately, here on
YouTube, on my YouTube channel, and all over my social media. So, you were telling me to
make sloppy Joes, I am bringing you sloppy Joes. They are easy and they are absolutely
delicious. So I am excited to share the recipe with you so lets go over the ingredients so
we can get started. You'll need some ground beef, I've got some chopped up onions, garlic,
and bell peppers. Now what I have here is some dried mustard powder, granulated garlic
and onion, brown sugar, some paprika, little bit of ketchup, some Worcestershire sauce,
some salt and pepper, a little bit of olive oil and some tomato sauce that I have also-
I took a 15 oz can of just tomato sauce - emptied it into my jug here and then I took about
a half of cup of water and swirled it around the can and put in there as well just because
I wanted it to be a bit more loose. Now, what I have here is a large skillet that has been
getting nice and hot now over about medium-high heat with a little bit of olive oil and I'm
going to add in my ground beef. I'm going to break this up as much as I can with my
wooden spoon and it's really important that you use a pan big enough, because you want
to create some color, you want to get nice color on the ground beef, you don't want to
steam it and for this amount, get a nice big skillet with high sides, because it's definitely
going to make the job a lot easier. So, I'm just going to break this up as much as possible.
This is looking good, now as you can see I did scoop out some of the fat because there
was a little too much and I don't want all of that in my final dish, but I did leave
some behind, because now I am going to add all of my veggies, my bell pepper, onion,
and garlic and I'm going to season this with some salt and pepper, I didn't season the
meat so I'm going to season pretty liberally because I want this to be well seasoned all
around and add a touch of pepper, and stir these in and let it cook for about 5-6 minutes,
or until the veggies have cooked down a bit and developed some color. That's looking good
- you can see that is caramelizing really really well. That is what I'm looking for.
I am just going to take my brown sugar, paprika, garlic, and mustard and all that and just
give it a stir and then add this to my ground beef mixture. I'm going to stir that in to
make sure that everything is coated in those spices and you can immediately smell, everything
that you just put in there! Ah, smells fantastic. Really really happy with that. This is looking
good! Okay, now what I'm going to do - that's good enough - now is when you can pretty much
add everything else - going to add in my ketchup, if you don't want to add ketchup, you can
add a little tomato paste and some apple cider vinegar, just like a tablespoon or so of apple
cider vinegar- that tanginess really makes the dish for me, and I have never really been
able to find a substitute for that tiny little bit of ketchup I think it makes the biggest
difference so I am okay with using it if you are okay with using it, if not use a little
tomato paste with just a splash of apple cider vinegar. Okay, that is looking good and saucy,
going to knock the heat back down to about low. Cover this and let it cook for about
twenty minutes. In the meantime, take some Kaiser rolls, split them open, brush them
with some butter, get those toasted in the oven, which is what I am going to do now,
and then that way we are ready to top and serve. That looks incredible! You can see
it's gotten really nice and thick which is what you want. You can taste and adjust the
seasoning, for me, it's perfect. I'm not going to add any additional salt, only because that
Worcestershire sauce is pretty salty and I did season my meat with my veggies, so I don't
need to add any extra salt. That is perfect, now what I have here are some Kaiser rolls
and what I've done is I've brushed both sides with some melted butter and put them cut side
down on a cookie sheet in a 400 degree oven for about 10 minutes and that is what they
look like and that is perfect. So I am going to just serve up one, what you can do - I
am not going to say it's a bad idea, that just means it's a really good idea. You take
some of the meat mixture, you put it on one of the cut sides, place it on your baking
sheet and top it with some cheese, pop it under the broiler till it's nice and melted
and it just takes it on to the next level. But this is the traditional way of eating
it, and you can mound this up as much or as little as you want. It is supposed to be really
sort of messy sandwich so I'm going to do it that way. You're just going to have to
give me a minute because this is going to be hot and very messy and I don't even know
where to start. I'll start on this side. It is messy. But, it is ridiculously good. I
mean look at that! it's almost like a meatball parm, you know when it gets all saucy. Aww
yeah. I'm going to go back in for more. Go to LauraintheKitchen.com to get this recipe.
I hope that you have enjoyed this and I hope that you make this and if you do, make sure
you tag me on Facebook, twitter, instagram, and all over because you know I love seeing
your pictures. I hope you have enjoyed spending time with me now go make yourself a sloppy
one! I'll see you next time. Bye bye!
gross, looks like food smashers would eat