Every time we make burgers at home, I get excited like a kid going to Disneyland! Burgers are my favorite fast food meal and as such, it is definitely not something we include in our menu regularly. But when we do it’s always with some extremely delicious burger that disappears off the plate in a matter of minutes. I’m sharing with you my recipe for a Sloppy Joe burger that will literally make you drool 😉 Juicy and delicious!
After discovering my love for a well-made cheeseburger, I started looking for other similar recipes that I might like. Recently I discovered the Sloppy Joe burger, which at first glance looks very simple, but is full of flavor… AND it gives you the utter pleasure of eating with your hands and getting messy without giving a f*ck! 😉
It is not really clear who made this burger for the first time, but one of the most popular versions that I tend to believe is that it comes from the so-called “loose meat” sandwich, popular in Iowa, USA. It is a sandwich made with fried minced meat and onions. In the 1930s, a chef named Joe decided to experiment and added tomato sauce to the minced meat. He called this burger a Sloppy Joe.
This might not be the burger you’d order on a first date… since the Sloppy Joe is a dish that is eaten with both hands and obliges you to remain completely calm when things get messy 😉
Sloppy Joe Burger
Ingredients
- 400 g Minced meat (Beef or vegetarian e.g. Beyond Meat)
- 2 Onions
- 1 Pepper
- 1 tbsp Tomato paste
- 4 tbsp Tomato sauce
- 80 ml Cola
- 2-3 tbsp Ketchup
- 1 tbsp Barbecue Sauce
- 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- Pinch of Brown Sugar
- Salt, Black pepper To garnish:
- Pickles
- Fried or marinated onions
Directions
- Wash, clean and finely dice the onions and the pepper.
- Sauté the vegetables in a frying pan for about 5-10 minutes until they are very soft.
- Add the minced meat or the vegetarian substitute and fry for another 10 minutes.
- Оnce the mince is well done, you can gradually add the rest of the ingredients. Start with the tomato paste and after about a minute add the tomato sauce.
- Add the cola, ketchup, barbecue sauce, Worcestershire sauce and a pinch of brown sugar.
- Season with salt and pepper and simmer until the sauce thickens. If the sauce does not get thick enough, you can add a little bit of flour.
- Toast the burger buns on a grill or in a pan for about 2 minutes.
- Serve the sauce on the buns and garnish with pickles, fried onions or lettuce.
Needed products for the Sloppy Joe burger. 
Step 2. Sauté the onions. 
Step 1. Add the diced pepper. 
Step 3. Add the minced meat or the vegetarian substitute and fry until well done. 
Step 4. Add the tomate paste and fry for 1 minute. 
Step 4. Add the tomato sauce. 
Step 5-6. Add the rest of the ingredients and let simmer until the sauce thickens. 
Step 7. Toast the burger buns in a pan. 
Step 8. Serve the sauce on the burger buns and garnish with pickles and onion. 
Step 9. Enjoy your Sloppy Joe burger!
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