Pleasantly Tart Sloppy Joes Food

SOPHISTO JOES

Steps:

• Purée tomatoes in a blender.
• Cook onion and garlic in butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until onion begins to brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Add carrot, celery, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add beef and brown, stirring to break up lumps, 5 to 6 minutes. Add chili powder, cumin, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 3/4 teaspoon pepper and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Add puréed tomatoes, wine, Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar and boil, stirring occasionally, until sauce has thickened, about 6 minutes. Season with salt and sandwich inside rolls.

SWEET PICKLE SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Brown ground chuck and onion in a large nonstick skillet, stirring until meat crumbles; drain.
• Stir in ketchup and next 5 ingredients.
• Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Spoon meat mixture over bottom halves of buns; top with remaining halves.

PLEASANTLY TART SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Brown the beef, celery and onion in a large skillet till the meat is nicely browned but still a little pink inside. Drain off any fat and crumble the meat into tiny pieces. Stir in the chili sauce, mustard, water and the dill pickle juice to the pan. Bring to a slow boil then reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for about 10 minutes, flipping and stirring once in a while. Add more water if the mixture is too dry and heat till warm throughout.
• Serve on hamburger buns with optional American or cheddar cheese slices in the sandwich.
• A veggie such as corn and potato chips make good sides.

BAKED BEANS WITH SWEET PICKLE JUICE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 250°. Put the pork and beans, brown sugar, ketchup, mustard, molasses, and pickle juice in a large bowl and mix well (if making half the recipe this can be done right in your 2-quart bean pot). Divide mixture between two 2-quart bean pots, or put it all in one 4-quart bean pot.
• Top the bean mixture with the chopped onion and the bacon. Bake, uncovered, until the bacon is crisp and the beans are hot and bubbling, about 4 hours. Increase the temperature of the oven to 350° and bake for another hour. Remove the pots from the oven and allow the beans to cool slightly. Stir the onions and bacon into the beans before serving.

RONI'S PICKLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Drain the pickles, dust with flour and set aside. Marinade the thighs in pickle juice just to cover, and use a meat injector to plump them with pickle juice. Let stand for an hour.
• Mix remaining pickle juice, egg and hot sauce with a couple of tablespoons of flour, beat well and soak the chicken in that for a couple of minutes.
• Mix remaining flour, corn meal and seasonings together in a gallon zipper bag. Drain the chicken and shake in the bag of flour to coat. Shake off excess flour, and pan fry in shallow oil in a heavy skillet. Drain on a rack or on paper towels.
• Fry up the pickles when the chicken is completed.

SLOPPY JOES TO FEED A CROWD

Steps:

• Brown ground beef. Drain off fat.
• Add onions and garlic powder. Cook for 5 minutes. Add tomato paste, ketchup, water, vinegar, dry mustard, pepper, and brown sugar. Mix well and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Scoop 1/3 cup onto each hamburger bun.

GROUND BEEF MASTER MIX

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• In a 8-quart oven-proof skillet, or roaster, melt butter over low heat.
• Crumble beef into skillet and increase heat.
• Cook until no more pink remains; add in onions, garlic (if using), green pepper and celery.
• Cook just until veggies are tender.
• Add soup, tomato sauce, salt and pepper; cover and bake in 350 degree oven for 1/2- 3/4 of an hour, stirring occasionally.
• Cool; divide into 5 freezer containers, and freeze.

FRIED CHICKEN BAKED IN DILL PICKLE JUICE

Steps:

• Dip pieces of chicken in milk and then into the flour mixture.
• In a frying pan, cook chicken in oil to brown the crust. Drain on paper towels.
• Place pieces in a (9x13 inch) pan or glass casserole dish.
• Pour dill pickle juice half way up chicken.
• Cover with foil and bake 350° for 1 1/2 hours, basting occasionally (Turn chicken over after 65-70 minutes and continue cooking, uncovered).
• The juice will be absorbed and the chicken is great cold.