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Bubba's Sloppy Joes

Bubba's Sloppy Joes

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  • 50 Min
  • 12 Servings
  • $15

INGREDIENTS

  • Base Ingredients

    • 🧈 3 tablespoons butter
    • 🧄 6 cloves garlic, minced
    • 🧅 1 large sweet onion (such as Vidalia®), chopped
    • 1 large green bell pepper, chopped
    • ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
    • 🥩 2 pounds ground beef
    • 🍬 ¼ cup brown sugar
    • 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard (such as Colman's®)
    • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
    • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
    • 1 teaspoon onion powder
    • ¾ teaspoon Greek seasoning (such as Cavender's®), or more to taste
    • ½ teaspoon hamburger seasoning (such as McCormick® Grill Mates®), or more to taste
    • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
    • 🧂 ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
    • ½ teaspoon smokehouse maple seasoning (such as McCormick® Grill Mates®), or more to taste
    • 🧂 ¼ teaspoon hickory smoked salt (such as McCormick®), or more to taste
    • 2 pinches ground nutmeg, or more to taste
    • 2 cups barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray's®)
    • 1 cup ketchup
    • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
    • 🍔 12 hamburger buns

STEPS

1

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot butter until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir onion, green pepper, and cilantro into garlic; cook and stir until the onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes.

2

Cook and stir ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until browned, 5 to 10 minutes; drain fat. Increase heat to medium-high. Stir brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, onion powder, Greek seasoning, hamburger seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper, smokehouse maple seasoning, smoked salt, and nutmeg into ground beef mixture; cook until boiling, 4 to 6 minutes.

3

Stir onion mixture into beef mixture; reduce heat to simmer.

4

Pour barbeque sauce, ketchup, and apple cider vinegar into beef mixture; stir, cover, and simmer until sauce is thickened, 30 minutes. Scoop beef into hamburger buns and serve.

NUTRIENTS

Per 1 serving

🔥

401

Calories

  • 17
    Protein
  • 50
    Carbs
  • 15
    Fats

💡 You can add jalapeños or hot sauce for an extra kick of heat.For a healthier option, use ground turkey instead of beef.Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 3 days and reheat in a skillet for best results.