School Style Sloppy Joes Food

CROSBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SLOPPY JOES--ADAPTED

Steps:

• Brown the beef in a large pot and drain well.
• Return it to the pot with all the vegetables and saute until the celery is just tender.
• Add the remaining ingredients (except the buns) and cook, stirring, until hot.
• Divide the beef mixture among the buns and serve immediately.
• The beef mixture freezes well!

CAFETERIA SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Brown 1 pound ground beef in a large skillet with olive oil. Add 1 chopped onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves, 2 teaspoons each ground cumin and smoked paprika and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; cook 1 minute. Stir in 1 cup ketchup, 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1/2 cup water and simmer until thick, about 15 minutes. Serve on slider rolls with potato chips.

THE BEST SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and peppers and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and starting to caramelize in some spots, 6 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the beef and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon or spatula, until it is browned, no longer pink in the middle and cooked through, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, red wine vinegar, paprika, cayenne pepper, 1 teaspoon salt and a generous amount of black pepper and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened and heated through, 5 to 6 minutes. Spoon the meat onto the toasted buns.

SCHOOL STYLE SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• 1. In a large skillet, brown hamburger with onion until hamburger is no longer pink and onions are soft. Drain.
• 2. Add remaining ingredients and simmer until heated through.
• 3. Serve over hamburger buns.

BACK TO SCHOOL SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Cook ground beef in skillet until browned.
• Pour off fat.
• Add tomato soup, ketchup and mustard and heat through.
• Serve on hamburger buns.