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Ketchup Sloppy Joes
Anywho, all you do is, brown a little ground beef or ground turkey, add some ketchup, a little mustard and some brown sugar….Viola. Dinner is served.
To make the ground beef or ground turkey go further, I usually add some grated carrot and chopped onion, but it’s not necessary.
Also, if you have any of the sloppy joe meat left over, it taste great thrown in spaghetti sauce the next day for another quick and easy dinner.
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Ketchup Sloppy Joes
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The tastiest, fast and easy sloppy joe recipe you will ever come across. You can use any ground meat that you like. I like to add grated carrot and chopped onion to mine, but it is not necessary.
Author: My Friends Michelle and Scott
Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs ground beef or turkey (salt and pepper the meat while you are cooking it)
- Ketchup (approx ¾-1 cup)
- Brown Sugar (2-3 Tbsp)
- Mustard (approx 2 tsp)
- 6-8 hamburger buns
Instructions
- In a medium sized frying pan brown meat until completely cooked (salt and Pepper while browning)
- Add ketchup, Brown Sugar and Mustard, mix thoroughly and continue cooking until heated through. Taste and add a little more ketchup if needed.
- *remember to make meat mixture go further you can add grated carrot and chopped onions.
- Serve on Hamburger Buns
Recipe Source:Â My friends Scott and Michelle…Scott says he made it up when he was in College.
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Jileen
March 18, 2015 at 11:34 amMaria, just had to tell you that your homemade sloppy joes and carrot/potato baked fries are life changing. Lawsen loves Manwich….I tried your recipe and it is SO Much BETTER!! And the fries….I never thought to put carrots in with potato fries. So good! Thanks for keeping such a great blog. Looking forward to trying your deviled eggs recipe….been on the hunt for a good one 🙂
Maria
March 18, 2015 at 9:37 pmJileen, that is soooo nice of you to say! Thank you so much for taking time to write me such a sweet comment. You just totally made my day!
mary nichols
March 17, 2016 at 5:04 amThis sounds so delicious…I am having company and this will be perfect to serve…will not take long and can serve it all …Thank you for the idea!!
Maria
March 18, 2016 at 1:25 pmYou’re welcome! 🙂
Renee McCorvey Sims
April 8, 2016 at 12:19 amI laughed when I saw the recipe made up for Sloppy Joes when someone was in college. Only because I had a half lb of premixed hamburger full of good things but wasn’t sure of what I wanted next. Originally I made 2 glorious burgers out of an egg, 6 crackers, 1/2 cup seasoned croutons, onions, french fried onions, seasonings. Now, all I need to do is brown the rest of the hamburger mix and follow the Sloppy Joe recipe. Thanks.
Kathy
May 5, 2016 at 1:19 amLove Sloppy Joes made this way-just like my mom used to do! Will be trying your vegies to go with. Looks so good and comforting 🙂
Maria
May 10, 2016 at 9:14 pmMe too. And I hope you love the veggies as much as I do.
Nan
October 12, 2016 at 12:55 pmI make this even better by adding a can of chicken gumbo soup to the mix. If needed, add a little flour before serving, let it thicken a bit….the best!
Maria
October 12, 2016 at 9:43 pmYum! I have a friend who uses chicken gumbo in her sloppy joes and they are AWESOME!!!! I hadn’t thought about adding it to this recipe. Great idea, thanks for sharing.
BETH
April 16, 2019 at 6:09 pmI think adding Chicken Gumbo Soup is an OLD Girl Scout thing. I remember it from my girlhood and I’m 71 years old!
Maria
April 20, 2019 at 8:59 pmWow, I had no idea!
Darlene
April 30, 2018 at 4:11 amYes that’s how my Mother made our Sloppy Joes and now my grown Daughters make it for their children. We love them
Kentuckylady717
September 21, 2016 at 1:22 pmCan’t wait to try the meatloaf and sloppy Joes……yum….wish I had some now….great recipes and thanks…..I love tested recipes…….and especially from someone who had made them and passes the recipe on…..passing this on to my sister in Ky. too…..
Maria
September 21, 2016 at 2:34 pmGlad you found my site. You will LOVE both of these recipes.
Gudrun
October 2, 2016 at 6:01 pmI have the meatloaf in the oven right now, it smells so good, love sloppy joes too, and fries, we seem to love the same kinds of food, mostly comfort foods as well, Thanks <3
Maria
October 2, 2016 at 9:08 pmAwesome! Hope you loved the meatloaf! 🙂
Shanel
November 8, 2016 at 1:35 pmThis is actually my first time making this for my husband! Henis dying to eat meatloaf so wish me luck!! I cant wait to see what it turns out to taste like!!
Maria
November 8, 2016 at 10:54 pmGreat! Hope you both like it!
Carol DeLong
December 2, 2016 at 6:13 pmI have used a similar recipe for a long time. I thlugh.thought you might be interested. It. was 1 lb. Ground beef, 1 package dried onion soup .if. and 1/ 2 cups ketchup. Can add aittle more ketchup if you want to.
Maria
December 3, 2016 at 2:19 pmThank you Carol! I bet the onion soup gives it a delicious flavor!
Gary
December 19, 2016 at 12:15 pmI put a little sweet pickle relish in mine. the family loves it!
Maria
March 7, 2017 at 1:46 pmGreat idea for adding the sweetness, I’ve never heard of that. I’ll have to give it a try.
Barb Andreas
January 7, 2017 at 1:31 pmAllyour recipes have been so good. keep them coming.
Barb Andreas
January 7, 2017 at 1:36 pmYour recipes have been so good love the sloppy Joes and the meat loaf both are great.
Maria
January 9, 2017 at 3:14 pmThank you so much Barb! I really appreciate that compliment.
Jackie Hill
January 18, 2017 at 7:05 pmAdd 1 can of chicken gumbo soup (no water) and you have Minnesota sloppy joes! 🙂
Maria
January 23, 2017 at 3:09 pmYum! I have a friend who uses that soup in hers and I love them. I didn’t think about just adding to what I already do. I will have to give that a try! Thanks!
Rayna
January 18, 2017 at 9:48 pmI just have to say I LOVE your meatloaf recipe and make it on a regular basis for my picky little eaters and they gobble it up! Thank you so much for sharing! We’re trying your sloppy joes tonight, and I’m super excited!
Maria
January 23, 2017 at 3:08 pmThank you Rayna! That makes me so happy! I love when moms come back and tell me that their picky eaters liked one of my recipes! It totally makes me day!
Carol
January 20, 2017 at 10:21 amSounds like mine but I add chopped green pepper—makes it perfect!
Maria
January 23, 2017 at 3:07 pmYum! I’ll have to try that sometime!
Lori E.
January 29, 2017 at 5:00 pmExcept for the brown sugar this is exactly how my mom used to make sloppy joes. I can’t wait to try with the brown sugar in the recipe.
Maria
February 6, 2017 at 9:42 pmAwesome! You will love it!
Tom
March 15, 2017 at 4:50 pmMy Mom did too tho she used to add a little cinnamon which was pretty good! Have your meatloaf in the oven right now!
Linda
February 17, 2017 at 2:02 amHow much grated carrots do you use? It sounds very delicious & I can’t wait to try it. My mother use to put a little bit of chili powder in hers to spice it up.
Maria
February 18, 2017 at 10:09 pmI usually grate one medium to large carrot or about 10-12 baby carrots. Chili powder is a great idea. Thanks Linda!
Becky
February 27, 2017 at 7:33 pmI made this tonight for dinner including the hidden vegetables and it was delicious simple and easy. Definitely simple and easy going in the rotation.
Maria
March 7, 2017 at 1:33 pmYay! This makes me so happy! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Miss you friend!
ShanaLee
July 4, 2017 at 3:07 pmSome days I wish you lived in the town as me again so I could come eat at your house!!! This sloppy joe recipe is like my Grandma Viola’s except she adds 2tablespoons apple cider vinegar and they are my picky kids favorite!!! Miss ya Maria….
Maria
August 10, 2017 at 11:18 pmI wish that too, I would gladly have you over every night for dinner! I’ll have to throw some apple cider vinegar in these next time I make them. It was SO GOOD to see you this summer! I just love you! You’re such a good egg!!! 🙂
Judy
September 26, 2018 at 11:49 pmI ha e a problem with ketchup. I was a auction and they had sloppy joes but it had more of a gravy base it was so good. Do you know of a recipe like that?
Maria
October 17, 2018 at 3:03 pmI don’t, sorry Judy.
Becky
January 27, 2019 at 2:04 pmWhen I’ve made meatloaf I always added half as much sausage as Gr beef.That’s the way my Mother always made it and I like it that way. My husband doesn’t like my meatloaf. I’m trying your recipe because I think it’s the sausage in it that he doesn’t like. Thanks
Maria
February 26, 2019 at 9:50 pmCan’t wait to here how he likes it!
Brant
February 5, 2019 at 8:05 pmI use this recipe as it’s what I grew up on, except we add a little apple cider vinegar to it.
Debbie Cummings
February 17, 2019 at 5:53 pmHello!
I want to comment on all the comments. First, I would like to say that all the comments are wonderful. I love to cook and I am going to make some of these wonderful recipes. They are easy and sound sooo good.
Maria
February 26, 2019 at 9:36 pmThank you Debbie, you just made my day!