SIDES FOR SLOPPY JOES RECIPES

Steps:

• Add butter to a large skillet or dutch oven over medium high heat. Add ground beef and cook until brown. Drain most of the fat and discard. Add onions, green pepper, and garlic. Cook for a few minutes, or until vegetables begin to get soft.  Add ketchup, brown sugar, chili pepper, dry mustard, and water. Stir to combine and simmer for 15 minutes, adding salt and pepper to taste. Also add tomato paste, Worcestershire, and Tabasco if desired. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.  Spread rolls with butter and brown on a griddle or skillet. Spoon meat mixture over the rolls, topping with a slice of cheese if it makes your skirt fly up. Serve hot with kettle cooked chips!

Steps:

• Chop all the vegetables really fine, using a chopper or food processor.
• Heat a large skillet over medium high heat.
• Add the meat to the pan and break it up as it cooks.
• Season with steak seasoning and cook the meat until it browns.
• Add onion, garlic, carrots, mushrooms and red peppers to the skillet.
• Reduce heat to medium and add red wine vinegar and Worcestershire sauce, cook 5 more minutes.
• Add tomato sauce and paste to pan, stir to combine.
• Cover and reduce heat to simmer and cook an additional 5 minutes.
• Using a measuring cup, pile 1/2 cup of sloppy meat onto toasted buns.