Sloppy Shmoes Food

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.

SLOPPY MIKES

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet. Add onion and saute for 5 minutes or until somewhat tender. Add beef and garlic continue to saute 10 minutes until beef is cooked. Stir in ground chili and cumin, tomato and chili sauces, corn, water and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon over bread of choice.
• VARIATION FOR ADULTS: Toast bread, top with thin slices of Swiss, Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese and melt slightly in toaster oven. After hamburger mix is done, separate mixture between two skillets. To adults portion add chopped green chilis or minced fresh jalapeno peppers. Can top with sour cream and slivers of red bell pepper.

SLOPPY SHMOES

Steps:

• Toast coriander seeds in saute pan. Coarsely chop in coffee mill, pepper mill, or with knife. Saute onions in oil until golden. Add garlic for 1 minute. Saute ground meat until browned. Add cumin and seasoning. Add carrots, for 1 minute. Add zucchini and chicken stock. Cook covered for 2 minutes. Add corn and cook for 1 more minute. Top with kashkaval and cook covered, until melted (or put under broiler). Serve open faced on onion roll, Kaiser roll or burger bun, with plenty of ketchup and maybe a pickle.

THE SLOPPY LO

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil. Add the turkey to the pan and brown until it is no longer pink and the meat crumbles, 8 minutes. Remove the turkey from the pan and set it aside in a bowl or plate. Add the other tablespoon of oil to the pan, followed by the carrot, onion and 2 tablespoons of the pineapple juice, and cook until the onion becomes translucent, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes. Next, add the chicken stock, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce and the remaining pineapple juice. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook uncovered until thickened and reduced by one third, 15 to 20 minutes. Add the cooked turkey to the sauce and stir to combine. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes, to warm through. Season with salt and pepper.
• Scoop the sloppy lo mixture evenly onto the buns and top with the pickles. Serve with 14 napkins, preferably near a bathtub.

GRANDMA'S BEST-EVER SLOPPY JOES

Steps:

• Brown hamburger and onion, drain. Combine brown sugar, vinegar, mustard, worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, tomato juice, ketchup and water--pour over browned hamburger. Bring to a boil, then simmer over medium low heat. While simmering, add small amounts of quick cooking oatmeal to hamburger mixture to thicken up sauce--sprinkle slowly in parts. Serve over buns.