Manwich. OMFG

[Brian_Tuite]

I can’t believe it but I’m making sloppy joes tonight.

[Linda_Baehr]

@brianmcbrearty

I think we gotta agree not to go to three pages over a manwich.

Why not? How many pages was the KFC buffet thread?

[Frank_Deis]

I heard back from my brother in law who cooked Sloppy Joes for 80 (!!) at the homeless shelter in December.

This looks much less sugary than some of the recipes here. And as he points out, there is little kitchen work required to put this together, mostly opening jars and bottles. It smelled great and I think it must have tasted quite good.

1 LB ground beef, drained (I use 80% for flavor)
1-1/2 tsp. chili powder
1-1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
½+ tsp. coarse black pepper
1/3 c. dry chopped onion
1T+. vinegar
1T+. Worcestershire
1T+. Prepared yellow mustard
3T. minced red bell pepper (only effort required!)
3/4c. ketchup (I use Heinz)
3/4c. tomato sauce
6T. salsa
2T. barbeque sauce
2T. tomato paste
1/2tsp. granulated garlic

Simmer all for at least 20 minutes. Recommend to make at least a day in advance of serving.

Easy to make and lots of flavors; to serve 80, multiply by 20!!

[Merrill_Lindquist]

@Frank Deis

I heard back from my brother in law who cooked Sloppy Joes for 80 (!!) at the homeless shelter in December.

This looks much less sugary than some of the recipes here. And as he points out, there is little kitchen work required to put this together, mostly opening jars and bottles. It smelled great and I think it must have tasted quite good.

1 LB ground beef, drained (I use 80% for flavor)
1-1/2 tsp. chili powder
1-1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
½+ tsp. coarse black pepper
1/3 c. dry chopped onion
1T+. vinegar
1T+. Worcestershire
1T+. Prepared yellow mustard
3T. minced red bell pepper (only effort required!)
3/4c. ketchup (I use Heinz)
3/4c. tomato sauce
6T. salsa
2T. barbeque sauce
2T. tomato paste
1/2tsp. granulated garlic

Simmer all for at least 20 minutes. Recommend to make at least a day in advance of serving.

Easy to make and lots of flavors; to serve 80, multiply by 20!!

What does “drained” ground beef mean?

[Rick_Gregory]

Merrill,

A lot of storebought ground beef has been frozen at some point and will give up a lot of water if you crumble it and put it in a sieve, etc. If you try to brown meat like that it gives up so much water that it steams unless you put in far less meat than you normally would. I imagine that draining just means crumbling it up and leaving it in a colander or something to let that water go away.

[Bob_Wood]

It means brown it first and then drain off the fat.

[Brian_Tuite]

A little rusty on my sloppies, 1-1/2 lbs for sure. I used 1.2 and it needs to reduce a little so go with more meat. It’s been a few years (6 or so) since the kids were still living at home so I haven’t made them since then. Daughter came over tonight and was excited about me making them though. So I scored points. Thanks for the thread!
Pairing with an 05 Angelo Negro e Figli Nebbiolo.

[Chris_Freemott]

Awesome. 2 pages on this. I’m proud.

[Rick_Gregory]

@Bob Wood

It means brown it first and then drain off the fat.

but the fat’s the good part!!

[Randy_Bowman]

Discussed this with Carrie during a smoke break this evening. She informed me that she doctors up the canned Manwich with liquid smoke and additional seasonings, so I guess it could be as bad as you say.

[Brian_Tuite]

@Rick Gregory

@Bob Wood

It means brown it first and then drain off the fat.

but the fat’s the good part!!

It ceases to be comfort food if you drain off the fat.

[Francis_S]

The fat marbling a nice steak is good fat. The fat rendered from ground beef is grease.

[Brian_Tuite]

[Randy_Bowman]

@Francis S

The fat marbling a nice steak is good fat. The fat rendered from ground beef is grease.

How do they make the change from marbling to grease??

[Bob_Wood]

@Rick Gregory

@Bob Wood

It means brown it first and then drain off the fat.

but the fat’s the good part!!

So tell whoever wrote the recipe.

[Patrick_Friel]

@Bill Tex Landreth

@Brian Tuite

@David K o l i n

I just got a shiver up my spine with the “mayo” reference. Sheesh

There’s something genetically wrong with people who don’t like mayo.

Mayo is the spawn of Satan.

Nice visual.

BTW, Tex, love the “cows gone wild” avatar. Looks like somebody went to a lot trouble to create it. Must be part of something bigger that would likely make me LMAO. What is the origin?

[Cris_Whetstone]

@David K o l i n

@Brian Tuite

@brianmcbrearty

What’s to argue about? Hamburger bun from bread aisle of chain grocery store, sesame seeds, oversized, toasted not in the least.

Nah, you’re missing out. Oversized buns don’t work for sloppy’s. Pedestrian white bun, butter and broil, a little mayo, a slice of Kraft all american cheese and the sloppy mix. The butter and broil gives the bun a nice crusaty ring around the edges that keeps the meat inside the buns and off your hands. (made with the soup because tomato paste or tomato sauce makes it too acidic and too tomatoey. Is that a word? The soup has far less sugar than the previous recipes and with the tomato you need sugar to balance the acid. Just not too much. Besides, the herbs balance out all the flavors nicely. YMMV.

We’re talking sloppy joe’s, what next Flannery ground beef and brioche?

I just got a shiver up my spine with the “mayo” reference. Sheesh

Clearly Fremont would use Miracle Whip.

[KyleCWilkinson]

@Frank Deis

I heard back from my brother in law who cooked Sloppy Joes for 80 (!!) at the homeless shelter in December.

This looks much less sugary than some of the recipes here. And as he points out, there is little kitchen work required to put this together, mostly opening jars and bottles. It smelled great and I think it must have tasted quite good.

1 LB ground beef, drained (I use 80% for flavor)
1-1/2 tsp. chili powder
1-1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
½+ tsp. coarse black pepper
1/3 c. dry chopped onion
1T+. vinegar
1T+. Worcestershire
1T+. Prepared yellow mustard
3T. minced red bell pepper (only effort required!)
3/4c. ketchup (I use Heinz)
3/4c. tomato sauce
6T. salsa
2T. barbeque sauce
2T. tomato paste
1/2tsp. granulated garlic

Simmer all for at least 20 minutes. Recommend to make at least a day in advance of serving.

Easy to make and lots of flavors; to serve 80, multiply by 20!!

“Mostly opening jars and bottles” basically guarantees that something is going to be very sugary.
I mean these ingredients alone have a ton of sugar in them:
3/4c. ketchup (I use Heinz)
3/4c. tomato sauce
6T. salsa
2T. barbeque sauce

and bell peppers are very sweet.

[Frank_Deis]

@Merrill Lindquist

@Frank Deis

I heard back from my brother in law who cooked Sloppy Joes for 80 (!!) at the homeless shelter in December.

What does “drained” ground beef mean?

@B.I.L.

I should have written: “1 LB 80% lean ground beef, browned and drained of most (or all) fat” as the first recipe line. That way my intent is much clearer.

@KyleCWilkinson

“Mostly opening jars and bottles” basically guarantees that something is going to be very sugary.

The folks at the homeless shelter asked for the recipe and took out the ketchup to bring the sugar down. I would say that most salsa is not that sweet, I eat a lot of salsa and when I hit a sweet one I don’t buy it again.

On the other side of the coin, SOME sweetness is part of what makes it a sloppy Joe. If you want it completely “dry” you are making chili.

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@Patrick Friel

@Bill Tex Landreth

@Brian Tuite

There’s something genetically wrong with people who don’t like mayo.

Mayo is the spawn of Satan.

Nice visual.

BTW, Tex, love the “cows gone wild” avatar. Looks like somebody went to a lot trouble to create it. Must be part of something bigger that would likely make me LMAO. What is the origin?

I found it online looking for something completed random. No clue what the actual origin of the pic is.