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

 

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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

1. ) Brown ground sirloin in a large saucepan over medium-high heat
2. ) Drain excess fat and add green and red bell peppers, onion and garlic, stirring to combine
3. ) Stir in ketchup, sirrachi, and water
4. ) Mix brown sugar, dry mustard, pepper flakes, chili powder, salt, and pepper together
5. ) Sprinkle evenly over meat mixture
6. ) Add Worcestershire sauce and tomato paste, stirring to combine thoroughly
7. ) 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.

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