I’m looking for recipes other than those that use Manwich (I don’t care for that “Manwich tang”).
My mom always made Joes with Campbell’s tomato soup and added onion and peppers. I’m thinking about throwing a little fresh garlic in there too.
Any other homemade Joe recipes out there?
Idon’t know…generally a balance between Heinz chilli sauce, salt pepper, fatty ground beef, chili sauce, brown sugar, green mangoes, and onions. Maybe somet omatoo sauce and cloves.
Oooo I like the Heinz chili sauce idea. I just found a Rachael Ray recipe that uses tomato sauce/paste, montreal steak seasoning, brown sugar, red wine vinegar and worcestershire sauce. It got tons of good reviews.
Rachel ray can suck me, on a good day.
I chop up very fine onion, green pepper, and maybe celery and sautee it in olive oil. Then I put it in a dish and brown lean ground beef. If it’s not so lean I pour off the excess grease and re-add the sauteed vegetables, add a small can of tomato paste, some worcestershire sauce, and let it simmer. For extra flavor I will often add some bottled seasoning – Soy Vey teriyaki sauce, or Boss sauce, or something even more strange and interesting.
Typically I agree. I have to mute the TV if I’m going to watch her show. She’s nails/chalkboard to me, but I’ve gotta admit she makes some good food sometimes. I had to admit she wasn’t totally worthless when she made this on her show. I have all but stopped serving regular cocktail sauce with cold shrimp- this stuff is slap-yo-mama delicious (and note that I do not use that other grating word she uses when she identifies something as delicious).
Do these Joes have the “tang”? I notice the ingreds include citric acid, vinegar solids & cider vinegar. That throws up huge red flags for me. (no disrespecting your personal love for them!)
Nutri-Penis!
I usually just doctor up a bottle of chili sauce with onions, garlic, more onions, some Worcestershire, a splash of Crystal, some more onions and maybe a diced pepper or three.
devilsknew - If I got some Ray Ray suckage, it would definitely be a Good Day.
I dice up some onion and bell pepper and cook them with some ground chuck (my favorite ground beef). I’ll add in some corn oil if the chuck is too lean. Drain off any grease, and then I add some bottled BBQ sauce and serve. I like sloppy joes quite a bit, but my husband isn’t nearly as fond of them.
Not enough ‘tang’ to really comment on, especially if you use tomato paste with garlic and/or roasted peppers like theContidina brand.
I use generic tomato sauce from a jar and mix in some chili powder and diced onions.
Not the fanciest stuff, but, hey, it’s sloppy joes.
The classic recipe we had growing up was based on catsup & yellow mustard. I’ve modified it slightly, using a combo of jarred salsa, barbeque sauce, and Frank’s Red Hot instead of catsup, and deli or dijon mustard. I’ll also throw in some pickled jalapeno slices.
I used to use French’s mix, with some baking soda to cut the acid. Since that’s apparently not made anymore (the mix, not the baking soda), I just don’t eat them. But I miss them.
A pound of lean ground beef browned with a chopped onion, a can of Campbell’s pork-n-beans, about a tablespoon of mustard, half a cup of ketchup, and half a cup of barbecue sauce. I’m hedging on the mustard-ketchup-BBQ – I just dump in what seems about right and taste.
The old Betty Crocker recipe was onions, celery, bell pepper, ground beef, ketchup, worcestershire and a bit of hot sauce. They’re okay, but not the best.
Ketchup?
That sounds obscene.
I wanted to admit up front that I have also made them with half Campbell’s tomato soup and half Bush’s Chili Starter (with beans), but I was worried I’d get a pile-on for being weird. You’ve brought me out of the closet! It’s actually pretty good!