Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

This is a simple dinner idea! Sloppy Joes Recipe has only 3 ingredients and there are no excuses to not try this family friendly dinner idea that everyone will love!

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

3 Ingredient Sloppy Joes recipe:

This 3 ingredient Sloppy Joe recipe taste so much better than the can sloppy joe mix! The best part it is so easy to make and delicious too! You probably already have most of the ingredients to make this easy recipe. Plus you know what you are feeding your family as you are skipping the can stuff!

My family loves this meal! We will often plan on eating this for lunch on the weekend. It is so easy to put together and we have a homecooked meal for lunch in between our basketball games!

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

Homemade Sloppy Joes Ingredients:

Besides ground beef, you only need three ingredients to make this delicious Sloppy Joes recipe.

  • Mustard
  • Ketchup or tomato sauce
  • Brown Sugar

Yep! That is all you need to make a fast sloppy joes for your family. What makes it even better is one of my kids does not like the traditional sloppy joes, but loves this recipe!

Once you make this, you won’t ever buy that store bought stuff again. This has so much more flavor than the canned sloppy joes.

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

How to make Sloppy Joes:

  • Brown the ground beef in a large skillet on medium high heat until no longer pink. You can use ground turkey too!
  • Once browned, drain.
  • Add in brown sugar, mustard, and ketchup. Stir to combine.

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

Allow the meat mixture to simmer on low for about 5 minutes to combine the flavors.

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

Serve on buns and with your favorite sides.

Anyone can make this easy meal. With just a few simple ingredients and only a few minutes needed, this dinner comes together very fast.

What can I make with sloppy joes?

It’s really good served with Grilled Corn on the Cob.and Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries. These are both so easy and really delicious side dishes. Just keep it simple. This meal can easily be ready with hardly any work at all.

Try adding green bell pepper or onion to the ground beef while cooking. Onion and green pepper really give it an amazing flavor. Another time saving tip is to use a small food chopper or food processor to quickly and easily chop the onions and bell pepper.

If you do not have one of these, I highly recommend them. They are such a time saver and you can get the veggies really fine. The picky eaters won’t even know they are mixed in.

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

Sloppy Joes Freeze great too!

Make a double or triple batch and freeze the left overs. It does not take anymore work to make extra. We love to cook once and eat twice or more. This is such a huge help during busy weeks.

It really isn’t any extra work to double the recipe and you have a super easy dinner for another night. I try to do this as much as possible and keep a few quick meals in the freezer.

How to freeze sloppy joes:

You can freeze them in a freezer bag. Then reheat in a crockpot or in a pan for an even faster dinner idea! Try sloppy joe recipe slow cooker version and come home to dinner ready to enjoy! This is great for reheating what you put in the freezer and makes dinner so simple.

We also like to freeze them in silicone cupcake pans, Then pop them out and place in a freezer bag. Now you can have a lunch or dinner for 1 in no time! This is such an easy dinner idea, but when you freeze them it makes it an even faster dinner idea.

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

Best Sloppy Joes Recipe:

In under 30 minutes, you can have this quick easy dinner idea that your family will love.

You can probably cook this in 20 minutes! Homemade sloppy joes are so delicious and our family loves this recipe. They are really easy to modify for what you have on hand and so versatile.

We have even added a tiny bit of worcestershire sauce and garlic powder to the ground beef mixture. You can try using chili powder, red pepper flakes, bbq sauce, olive oil or whatever you prefer.

It really is such a great recipe and we all love sloppy joe meat! It never gets old and we enjoy this recipe so much. Try toasted buns next time! It is really good!

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

What to serve with Sloppy Joes

Here are a few of my favorite side dishes for sloppy joes.

  • Easy Homemade French Fries Recipe
  • Deep Fried Pickles
  • Baked Mac and Cheese Recipe
  • Check out our full post on What to Serve with Sloppy Joes.

Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

Sloppy Joes Recipe – only 3 ingredients!

This Sloppy Joes is so easy to make and taste way better than sloppy joes in a can. How to make sloppy joes with ketchup and just two more ingredients.

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Servings 6

Cuisine American

Course Main Course

Calories 354

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1/8 cup brown sugar
  • 1/8 cup mustard
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • hamburger buns

  • Brown the ground beef in a skillet.

  • Once browned, drain.

  • Add in brown sugar, mustard, and ketchup. Stir to combine.

  • Allow it to simmer on low for about 5 minutes to combine the flavors.

  • Serve on buns and with your favorite sides.

3 ingredients, that is all you need to make a fast sloppy joes for your family. You are going to love this recipe!

Calories 354kcal, Carbohydrates 31g, Protein 17g, Fat 16g, Saturated Fat 6g, Cholesterol 53mg, Sodium 507mg, Potassium 334mg, Fiber 1g, Sugar 11g, Vitamin A 105IU, Vitamin C 1.4mg, Calcium 98mg, Iron 3.1mg

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Sloppy joe recipe with ketchup and worcestershire

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What is the sloppy joe sauce made of?

Add ketchup, water, brown sugar, mustard, chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, salt, red pepper flakes (if using), and black pepper. Stir well to combine. Cook over MED heat for 10-15 minutes, until mixture has thickened to your liking. Remove from heat and serve over toasted buns.

How do you get sloppy joes to stick together?

Generally for each cup of liquid you want to thicken, start with 1 tablespoon of cornstarch. Use an equal amount of water and combine it in a separate bowl with a spoon or whisk until it creates a smooth paste. Whisk the slurry into the simmering liquid you are thickening.

What was the original sloppy joe?

At its most basic, the Joe is a sandwich made with ground beef and a tomato sauce. The Sloppy Joe's history, however, is a bit more complex. Some attribute the original Sloppy Joe to a cafe in Sioux City, Iowa, where, many years ago, in 1930 a cook named Joe added tomato sauce to his “loose meat” sandwiches.

What is the difference between a Manwich and a sloppy joe?

What's the Difference Between Manwich and Sloppy Joes? Manwich is the marketed version of sloppy joe sauce that you can find in the grocery store. It's meant to make Sloppy Joes easy to make, but the truth is that they are easy to make even without a can of sauce!