The World’s Easiest Sloppy Joes
This Ketchup Sloppy Joes recipe is awesome! Super fast. Delicious. Everybody likes it…..and SO EASY!!! To top it off, it takes, like, 10 minutes to make. Oh, wait. I already mentioned super fast. For another simple and easy dinner, next try this sloppy joe version of a classic Philly Cheesesteak.
This Ketchup Sloppy Joes recipe comes from my friends, Scott and Michelle. Scott says he made it up when he was in College. You know it’s quick to make if the recipe came from college days. 🙂
Anywho, all you do is brown a little ground beef or ground turkey, add some ketchup, a little mustard, and some brown sugar….Voila. Dinner is served. Also, if you have any leftover sloppy joe meat, it tastes great if it is thrown in spaghetti sauce the next day for another quick and easy dinner.
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- Korean Beef Bowls
- Best Ever Tator Tot Casserole
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- Skillet Taco and Rice Dinner
- Slow Cooker Hobo Dinner
How to make ketchup sloppy joes
- In a medium-sized frying pan, brown meat until completely cooked. Salt and pepper the meat while browning it.
- (Optional) Add a few grated carrots and a diced onion. Cook until vegetables are tender.
- Add ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard. Mix thoroughly and continue cooking until heated through.
- Taste and add a little more ketchup, if needed.
- Serve on hamburger buns.
Best Tip for Making Sloppy Joes
- Add grated carrots and chopped onions to the ground meat for more nutrition and servings.
Chef’s Tools for Sloppy Joes:
Serve Sloppy Joes with...
- 1½ lbs ground beef or turkey
- Salt
- Pepper
- 2-3 grated carrots, optional
- 1 onion, diced small, optional
- ¾ - 1 cup Ketchup
- 2-3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp Mustard
- 6-8 hamburger buns
- In a medium-sized frying pan, brown meat until completely cooked. Salt and pepper the meat while browning it.
- (Optional) Add grated carrots and diced onion. Mix and cook until tender.
- Next, add ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard. Mix thoroughly and continue cooking until heated through. Taste and add a little more ketchup, if needed.
- Serve on hamburger buns.
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Maria, 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 🙂
Jileen, 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!
Id like your deviled egg recipe. My email is womananentangled@yahoo.com. Thank you.
https://reallifedinner.com/classic-deviled-egg-recipe/ 🙂
Hi from France, I hope that next spring my grandsons may be able to visit us here in Normandy and this recipe would go down very well I think.
We’ve not seen them for several years due to family problems, so I want to give them something they would like.
In the meantime I’m going to try them out for us!!
Thank you, Merci.
Kim
Yay! I love hearing this Kim! I live in Stuttgart Germany right now and my family is hoping to go to Normandy this spring or summer if restrictions lift. I hope you get to see your grandsons and have a wonderful visit.
This is how my family has always made sloppy Joe’s but we also cut up a small green pepper and onion and brown with the meat then add ketchup brown sugar celery seed mustard and a dash of vinegar let cook on low heat until thick and sauce is reduced yummy
Yum! That sounds amazing Tammy!
My mom did a can of tomato soup and can of chicken gumbo. I add Tabasco. I’ll try yours.
This 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!!
You’re welcome! 🙂
I 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.
Love 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 🙂
Me too. And I hope you love the veggies as much as I do.
I 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!
Yum! 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.
I think adding Chicken Gumbo Soup is an OLD Girl Scout thing. I remember it from my girlhood and I’m 71 years old!
Wow, I had no idea!
Yes that’s how my Mother made our Sloppy Joes and now my grown Daughters make it for their children. We love them
Can’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…..
Glad you found my site. You will LOVE both of these recipes.
I 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
Awesome! Hope you loved the meatloaf! 🙂
This 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!!
Great! Hope you both like it!
Omg this is THE best recipe!!!! I’m pretty sure I used too much brown sugar. But its soooooooo YUMMY!!!
Thank you Krystal! I am so glad you like it!
I 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.
Thank you Carol! I bet the onion soup gives it a delicious flavor!
I put a little sweet pickle relish in mine. the family loves it!
Great idea for adding the sweetness, I’ve never heard of that. I’ll have to give it a try.
Allyour recipes have been so good. keep them coming.
Your recipes have been so good love the sloppy Joes and the meat loaf both are great.
Thank you so much Barb! I really appreciate that compliment.
Add 1 can of chicken gumbo soup (no water) and you have Minnesota sloppy joes! 🙂
Yum! 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!
I 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!
Thank 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!
Sounds like mine but I add chopped green pepper—makes it perfect!
Yum! I’ll have to try that sometime!
Except 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.
Awesome! You will love it!
My Mom did too tho she used to add a little cinnamon which was pretty good! Have your meatloaf in the oven right now!
How 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.
I usually grate one medium to large carrot or about 10-12 baby carrots. Chili powder is a great idea. Thanks Linda!
I made this tonight for dinner including the hidden vegetables and it was delicious simple and easy. Definitely simple and easy going in the rotation.
Yay! This makes me so happy! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Miss you friend!
Some 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….
I 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!!! 🙂
I 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?
I don’t, sorry Judy.
When 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
Can’t wait to here how he likes it!
I use this recipe as it’s what I grew up on, except we add a little apple cider vinegar to it.
Hello!
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.
Thank you Debbie, you just made my day!
My tween absolutely loves these sloppy joes. He asks for them all of the time. So easy to make and very yummy! #julygiveaway
Your recipes look so yummy. Making the meatloaf tonight.
As for this recipe, it’s the same recipe I have used for years. Except.. I add a couple of teaspoons of Celery seed. It REALLY makes the dish. It’s not a heavy flavor of celery and you can adjust to your liking.
Oh, I am going to have to try that! Thank you!
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I love putting diced red peppers and a splash of white vinegar . I love the tang from it
This is one of my favorite week night meals to make when I don’t have a ton of time. I always have these ingredients on had. One of my favorite tricks with ground beef is adding veggies in and my kids never know. I add riced cauliflower, peppers, carrots and zucchini and my kids have no idea. I also makes the meat stretch farther. I love healthy meals I can whip up in no time.
You are so smart! Sometimes it scares me how much satisfaction I get from hiding veggies in my kids food.