Sloppy Joes

Name: Sloppy Joes
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb Ground beef; ½ each Yellow onion; ½ cup Ketchup; ¼ cup BBQ sauce; 1 tbsp Worcestershire; 1 tbsp Brown sugar; 1 tsp Yellow mustard; 4 buns Hamburger buns

Twenty minutes, one skillet. Ground beef and onion simmer in a sweet-and-tangy sauce of ketchup, barbecue sauce, Worcestershire, brown sugar and mustard until it's thick enough to sit on a bun, mostly. The buns get a minute under the broiler so they hold up. A dinner that's supposed to be messy, so set out plenty of napkins.

20 minServes 4 as writtenStovetopAmericanContains Wheat, Fish

Sloppy Joes, as the finished dish — The photo is an illustration of the finished dish, not a photograph of this recipe as written.

Ingredients — serves 4

Ground beef1 lb
Yellow onion½ each
Ketchup½ cup
BBQ sauce¼ cup
Worcestershire1 tbsp
Brown sugar1 tbsp
Yellow mustard1 tsp
Hamburger buns4 buns

How much to make for 2, 4, 6 or 8

Ingredient	For 2	For 4	For 6	For 8
Ground beef	½ lb	1 lb	1½ lb	2 lb
Yellow onion	¼ each	½ each	¾ each	1 each
Ketchup	¼ cup	½ cup	¾ cup	1 cup
BBQ sauce	2 tbsp	¼ cup	½ cup	½ cup
Worcestershire	1½ tsp	1 tbsp	1½ tbsp	2 tbsp
Brown sugar	1½ tsp	1 tbsp	1½ tbsp	2 tbsp
Yellow mustard	½ tsp	1 tsp	1½ tsp	2 tsp
Hamburger buns	2 buns	4 buns	6 buns	8 buns

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Steps

Chop the onion. Put the ground beef and the onion in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook, breaking the meat up small, for 6 to 8 minutes. Check that no pink remains and it reads 160°F on a thermometer. Spoon off the fat.
Stir in the ketchup, the BBQ sauce, the Worcestershire, the brown sugar and the mustard. Turn the heat down to low and cook for 10 minutes, stirring every few minutes. Check that it has thickened enough to sit on a bun without running.
Heat the broiler with an oven rack about 6 inches below it. Set the buns cut-side up on a sheet pan and broil for 30 seconds to 1 minute, watching the whole time — buns go from golden to burnt in seconds. Check that they are golden — a toasted bun holds up to the sauce, a soft one does not. Take the pan out with oven mitts.
Pile the beef onto the buns and serve with plenty of napkins.

Good to know

Contains Wheat, Fish — from the ingredient names, so not a complete list. It cannot see inside a jar, a mix or a sauce, and formulas change. For an allergy or intolerance, read the package every time — never decide from this line.
🌡 Sloppy joe — cook to 160°F at the thickest part , the USDA minimum for ground meat. A thermometer is the test; color is not.