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February 2, 2015 57 Comments

Ketchup Sloppy Joes {15 minute meal}

 

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. Also, if you have any of the sloppy joe meat left over, it tastes great thrown in spaghetti sauce the next day for another quick and easy dinner.

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. 

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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.

This Ketchup Sloppy Joes recipe come 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. 🙂

Best Tip for making Ketchup Sloppy Joes
  • Add grated carrots and chopped onions to the ground meat for more nutrition and servings.

Serve with

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4.8 from 14 reviews
Ketchup Sloppy Joes
 
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Cook time
10 mins
Total time
10 mins
 
The tastiest, fastest and easiest sloppy joe recipe you will ever come across.
Author: My Friends, Michelle and Scott
Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. In a medium-sized frying pan, brown meat until completely cooked. Salt and pepper the meat while browning it.
  2. (Optional) Add grated carrots and diced onion. Mix and cook until tender.
  3. Next, add ketchup, brown sugar and mustard. Mix thoroughly and continue cooking until heated through. Taste and add a little more ketchup, if needed.
  4. Serve on hamburger buns.
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57 Comments

  1. Jileen

    March 18, 2015 at 11:34 am

    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 🙂

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    • Maria

      March 18, 2015 at 9:37 pm

      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!

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      • T.c.

        June 16, 2020 at 11:40 pm

        Id like your deviled egg recipe. My email is womananentangled@yahoo.com. Thank you.

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        • Maria

          June 24, 2020 at 6:46 am

          https://reallifedinner.com/classic-deviled-egg-recipe/ 🙂

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          • Kim Trask

            November 18, 2020 at 2:42 pm

            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

          • Maria

            November 23, 2020 at 3:03 pm

            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.

      • Tammy

        August 12, 2020 at 5:59 pm

        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

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        • Maria

          August 13, 2020 at 3:15 pm

          Yum! That sounds amazing Tammy!

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  2. mary nichols

    March 17, 2016 at 5:04 am

    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!!

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    • Maria

      March 18, 2016 at 1:25 pm

      You’re welcome! 🙂

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  3. Renee McCorvey Sims

    April 8, 2016 at 12:19 am

    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.

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  4. Kathy

    May 5, 2016 at 1:19 am

    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 🙂

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    • Maria

      May 10, 2016 at 9:14 pm

      Me too. And I hope you love the veggies as much as I do.

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    • Nan

      October 12, 2016 at 12:55 pm

      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!

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      • Maria

        October 12, 2016 at 9:43 pm

        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.

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        • BETH

          April 16, 2019 at 6:09 pm

          I think adding Chicken Gumbo Soup is an OLD Girl Scout thing. I remember it from my girlhood and I’m 71 years old!

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          • Maria

            April 20, 2019 at 8:59 pm

            Wow, I had no idea!

      • Darlene

        April 30, 2018 at 4:11 am

        Yes that’s how my Mother made our Sloppy Joes and now my grown Daughters make it for their children. We love them

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  5. Kentuckylady717

    September 21, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    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…..

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    • Maria

      September 21, 2016 at 2:34 pm

      Glad you found my site. You will LOVE both of these recipes.

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  6. Gudrun

    October 2, 2016 at 6:01 pm

    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

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    • Maria

      October 2, 2016 at 9:08 pm

      Awesome! Hope you loved the meatloaf! 🙂

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  7. Shanel

    November 8, 2016 at 1:35 pm

    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!!

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    • Maria

      November 8, 2016 at 10:54 pm

      Great! Hope you both like it!

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      • Krystal

        April 13, 2020 at 5:29 pm

        Omg this is THE best recipe!!!! I’m pretty sure I used too much brown sugar. But its soooooooo YUMMY!!!

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        • Maria

          April 21, 2020 at 3:26 pm

          Thank you Krystal! I am so glad you like it!

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  8. Carol DeLong

    December 2, 2016 at 6:13 pm

    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.

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    • Maria

      December 3, 2016 at 2:19 pm

      Thank you Carol! I bet the onion soup gives it a delicious flavor!

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  9. Gary

    December 19, 2016 at 12:15 pm

    I put a little sweet pickle relish in mine. the family loves it!

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    • Maria

      March 7, 2017 at 1:46 pm

      Great idea for adding the sweetness, I’ve never heard of that. I’ll have to give it a try.

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  10. Barb Andreas

    January 7, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    Allyour recipes have been so good. keep them coming.

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  11. Barb Andreas

    January 7, 2017 at 1:36 pm

    Your recipes have been so good love the sloppy Joes and the meat loaf both are great.

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    • Maria

      January 9, 2017 at 3:14 pm

      Thank you so much Barb! I really appreciate that compliment.

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  12. Jackie Hill

    January 18, 2017 at 7:05 pm

    Add 1 can of chicken gumbo soup (no water) and you have Minnesota sloppy joes! 🙂

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    • Maria

      January 23, 2017 at 3:09 pm

      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!

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  13. Rayna

    January 18, 2017 at 9:48 pm

    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!

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    • Maria

      January 23, 2017 at 3:08 pm

      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!

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  14. Carol

    January 20, 2017 at 10:21 am

    Sounds like mine but I add chopped green pepper—makes it perfect!

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    • Maria

      January 23, 2017 at 3:07 pm

      Yum! I’ll have to try that sometime!

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  15. Lori E.

    January 29, 2017 at 5:00 pm

    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.

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    • Maria

      February 6, 2017 at 9:42 pm

      Awesome! You will love it!

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    • Tom

      March 15, 2017 at 4:50 pm

      My Mom did too tho she used to add a little cinnamon which was pretty good! Have your meatloaf in the oven right now!

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  16. Linda

    February 17, 2017 at 2:02 am

    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.

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    • Maria

      February 18, 2017 at 10:09 pm

      I usually grate one medium to large carrot or about 10-12 baby carrots. Chili powder is a great idea. Thanks Linda!

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  17. Becky

    February 27, 2017 at 7:33 pm

    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.

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    • Maria

      March 7, 2017 at 1:33 pm

      Yay! This makes me so happy! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Miss you friend!

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  18. ShanaLee

    July 4, 2017 at 3:07 pm

    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….

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    • Maria

      August 10, 2017 at 11:18 pm

      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!!! 🙂

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  19. Judy

    September 26, 2018 at 11:49 pm

    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?

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    • Maria

      October 17, 2018 at 3:03 pm

      I don’t, sorry Judy.

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  20. Becky

    January 27, 2019 at 2:04 pm

    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

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    • Maria

      February 26, 2019 at 9:50 pm

      Can’t wait to here how he likes it!

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  21. Brant

    February 5, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    I use this recipe as it’s what I grew up on, except we add a little apple cider vinegar to it.

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  22. Debbie Cummings

    February 17, 2019 at 5:53 pm

    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.

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    • Maria

      February 26, 2019 at 9:36 pm

      Thank you Debbie, you just made my day!

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  23. Stephenie Weissinger

    August 20, 2019 at 3:40 pm

    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.

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    • Maria

      October 22, 2019 at 8:19 am

      Oh, I am going to have to try that! Thank you!

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