Hello everyone! It’s a holiday weekend and I’m going to be preparing food for the festivities. That being said, I wanted to spend most of my time getting food ready the party versus cooking a large meal.
So I decided to make some spicy sloppy joes.
I was inspired to make this after having great success creating more traditional sloppy joes. Wanting to live life more on the edge I spiced things up and it floored some people. Can you take the heat?
Sloppy Joes
Ingredients
- 2½ to 3-pounds ground sirloin
- ½-green bell pepper, diced
- ½-red bell pepper, diced
- 1-small yellow onion, diced
- 3-cloves garlic, minced
- 1-cup ketchup
- ¼-cup sirrachi
- 1¼-cups water
- 2-tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1-teaspoon dry mustard
- ¼-teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 2-teaspoons chili powder
- ¼-teaspoon kosher salt
- ⅛-teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1-tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 4-tablespoons tomato paste
Instructions
- ) Brown ground sirloin in a large saucepan over medium-high heat
- ) Drain excess fat and add green and red bell peppers, onion and garlic, stirring to combine
- ) Stir in ketchup, sirrachi, and water
- ) Mix brown sugar, dry mustard, pepper flakes, chili powder, salt, and pepper together
- ) Sprinkle evenly over meat mixture
- ) Add Worcestershire sauce and tomato paste, stirring to combine thoroughly
- ) Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes
Notes
COOK’S NOTE: These are very spicy with complex flavors. If a less spicy version is desired, decrease sirrachi to ⅛-cup, red pepper flakes to ⅛-teaspoon and chili powder to 1 teaspoon.