Grandma Iva’s Sloppy Joe Recipe

Served in our family since the 1920's. This recipe will serve 5-6, depending on how much you put on each bun!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine American

Servings 6 sandwiches

Ingredients

  

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• ½ lb ground beef 75-85% lean
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour – heaping tablespoons
• 1 cup water
• 12 ounces Brooks Rich & Tangy Ketchup
• 1 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 12 oz corned beef (not corned beef hash)

Instructions

 

• Brown the ground beef in a skillet or dutch oven together with the chopped onion. Drain the excess fat.
• Add the corned beef to the beef and onion mixture and continue to cook the mixture, breaking up the corned beef, for about 5 minutes.
• Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 1 hour. Serve hot.

Keyword barbeque, hot sandwich, sloppy joe

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My grandmother Iva (Edwards) Peters was born in 1893. This is her Sloppy Joe’s recipe, which my mom said was always served on Christmas Eve for as long as she could remember. It’s a tradition that my mom continued and which all us kids and grandkids continue to this day. But we don’t always wait for just Christmas Eve to make a batch – and you don’t have to either!

In fact, National Sloppy Joe’s day is every year at March 18, so that’s another great day to make this easy yet super-delicious Sloppy Joe recipe.

This recipe will make 6-8 sloppy joe’s sandwiches, but it’s easy to increase the quantities to serve a crowd.

Serve them up with hearty buns and toppers like dill pickles, jalapeno slices, chopped onion, even grated cheddar cheese. And don’t forget to have a fork handy, because yes, they’re sloppy!