Not Your Mama's Sloppy Joe's
The one dinner you absolutely ate as a kid- this one is just made a little healthier using ingredients you probably already have on hand. Your kids will LOVE this recipe!
Ingredients
- 12 slider buns or 5-6 hamburger buns
- 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
- 1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
- 1/2 cup diced yellow onion
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp mustard
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp mustard
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos or soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- salt to taste
- 6 slice of sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup pickled onion
- 1/2 cup sliced pickles
Let's Make It
- In a large pan over medium high heat, add in the olive oil, bell peppers + onions, cook for about 2 minutes before adding in the ground beef. Break up the ground beef as it is cooking.
- Once the ground beef is cooked and no longer pink, add in the garlic, salt, pepper, paprika, chili powder, ketchup, tomato paste, mustard, vinegar + coconut aminos. Mix everything together until well incorporated and then turn the heat down to low.
- Let that simmer for just a bit while you toast your slider buns. I like to butter the open faced buns and throw them in the oven at 425℉ until browned around the edges.
- Once the buns are toasted you can layer up the meat mixture + cheese and pop the sliders in the oven for about 5 minutes to melt the cheese,
- Once the cheese is melted I love to add pickled onions + pickles to my sliders, but that is totally optional! Just add the top buns to the sliders and enjoy with fries or coleslaw!