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Sloppy Joe Restaurant Recipe

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This is one of my most treasured recipes, it came from a friend who worked as a manager at a community restaurant years ago. The meat mixture is made from ground beef, onion, and ketchup, a bit of vinegar and sugar, and the secret ingredient being chili powder. Choose any type of bun you wish, then slap on some of this great tasting meat. This recipe serves 5 people with about 3/4 cup meat mixture per person. The recipe can easily be doubled.

by Lindas Kitch·published 2010-02-11

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Meat

Servings

5 serving(s)

Total time

15 min

Calories / serving

335 kcal

Ingredients (9)

serves

3/4 cup ketchupketchup
1/2-1 teaspoon salt (start with 1/2 tsp., then add more salt near end of cooking time, if desired)
1 tablespoon white vinegarvinegar
1 tablespoon sugarsugar
2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard (Recipe called for Plochman's brand mild yellow mustard)
1 teaspoon chili powderchili-powder
1 lb lean ground beef (recipe called for ground round beef)
1 medium white onion, diced 1/4-inch by 1/4-inch squareonion
5 hamburger buns (Use quality buns. Hoagie buns are delicious, just cut in half to equal 1 bun)

Instructions (6 steps)

01In a small mixing bowl, thoroughly combine the ketchup, salt, vinegar, sugar, mustard, and chili powder; mix well and set aside.
02In a large frying pan or skillet, brown the ground beef and onions over medium-high heat until the beef no longer shows any visible signs of raw meat, breaking it up into small pieces with a wooden spoon as it is being cooked. Reduce the heat to low.

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