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Sloppy Beyond Joe

Slop it on a bun. Or on a biscuit if you must.

First, a recipe for a really good Sloppy Joe sauce. Because we know the stuff in the can just ain't what it used to be (though we also know we USE it when we run out of time).

Sloppy Joe

2 cups red pepper
2 cups onion, diced
1 garlic clove, pressed or finely chopped
3 cups tomato sauce
6 tbsp tomato paste
4 cups beef broth
1/4 cup sugar
4 tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp chile powder
3 tbsp butter

Put it in the crock pot and let it do its thing on low for most of the day. Add cooked ground beef when the vegetables are tender.

 

So what else can be sloppy?

  • Sloppy Taco - You guessed it, taco meat on the bun.
  • Sloppy Stew - Takes a good thick stew. Don't forget the tomato in the stew, it is what makes the flavor bold.
  • Sloppy Jose - Chili over the bun. Add some more meat if the chili is wimpy.
  • Sloppy Summer Sausage - Requires a good summer sausage with some tang. Chop it up small, and put it in the Sloppy Joe sauce.
  • Sloppy Clucker - Mix a can of tomato soup with your 2 cups of Sloppy Joe sauce. Takes about 4 cups of chopped chicken in that.
  • Sloppy Gobbler - Turkey gravy, chopped cooked turkey, with drained diced tomatoes in it.
  • Sloppy King - Gravy with meat in it, and drained diced tomatoes, plus mixed vegetables.
  • Sloppy Rooter - Cook your ground pork with a nice sprinkling of Redmond Real Salt Seasoning Salt. DRAIN the fat (I know, but this time it matters). Add Sloppy Joe sauce.
  • Sloppy Sailor - Manhattan clam chowder base, thickened with flour or cornstarch, with clams, scallops, shrimp, crab,, cod, or other seafood. Chicken or pork may also be added.
  • Sloppy Deer - 1 pint jar of venison chunks, heated in 1 tbsp of butter until the juice reduces down, then add 1 can Sloppy Joe sauce.
  • Sloppy Giovanni - Cooked Hamburger mixed with spaghetti sauce. Top with cheese just to be daring.
  • Sloppy Barbie - BBQ beef, pork, or chicken on the bun, melted cheese over the top.
  • Sloppy Spuds - Regular Sloppy Joe over Potatoes, or with Potato chunks stirred in. Works over hash browns also.
  • Campy Joe - Sloppy Joe over biscuits.
  • Pepper Joe - Sloppy Joe tucked into raw green, red, or yellow pepper halves, and topped with CHEESE.

 

If you won't enjoy it, don't eat it!

Awesome Swedish Meatballs (No Mushroom Soup)

Swedish Meatballs are kind of like Tamales. You ask how to make them and the answer is often "whatever you want" in them. There are all kinds of recipes. But I want a classic.

This is the simplest recipe I've ever found for this. Yes, you have to cook it. But that's why you came here in the first place, isn't it?

 

Swedish Meatballs

Meatballs (from recipe below, OR Homestyle frozen meatballs if you must)

Sauce (from recipe below)

Cooked Noodles - 1/3 of a 12 oz package of egg noodles, cooked, and hot

 

Meatballs

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 egg
  • 10 crushed crackers OR 1/3 cup oatmeal
  • 1/2 tsp parsley flakes
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder, or 1 tsp chopped dried onion
  • sprinkle of salt
  • OPTIONAL - sprinkle of seasoning salt (We use Redmond Real Salt Seasoning Salt, and it ONLY takes a sprinkle)

Mix together, shape into meatballs. Bake in 400 degree oven, 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the size of your meatballs.

Meawhile, back at the stovetop...

 

Sauce

  • 2 cups milk
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 4 tbsp flour (this can change, depending on the type and brand of flour)
  • 1 large pinch parsley flakes
  • Salt to taste

Put butter into a saucepan, melt. Remove from heat, add flour and stir it in well. Use a whisk and stir in the milk. Return to heat, and stir slowly, keeping the bottom of the pan constantly scraped. Cook until thickened and just bubbling while stirring. Remove from heat.

Add the cooked meatballs. DO NOT return it to the heat, it will just burn and be the worst Swedish Meatballs you've ever had.

NOTE: This is a classic recipe, the flavor is very smooth, almost but not quite sweet due to the milk. If you like a more savory sauce, you may use half beef broth instead of milk, or even water plus a little more seasoning salt. You may also add mushrooms if you like them. If you react to cooked milk proteins (they can cause indigestion in some people), then substitute ALL beef broth or water and just serve it with a butter gravy (yeah, that's a thing).

Southwest Bean Stew

A flexible stew that goes together fast. Can be done in a crock pot, or an instant pot.

MAKES ABOUT 4-5 QUARTS OF SOUP!

Don't leave out the cream of mushroom soup. It mellows the flavors and improves the taste of the soup.

  • 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 can corn, undrained
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 2 cans cream of tomato soup
  • 1 cup salsa
  • 1 can stewed tomatoes, cut up
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 carrots, shredded
  • 3 ribs celery, chopped
  • 1 lb hamburger or chorizo
  • 1/2 stick of butter
  • 1 TBSP chili powder (or more to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp cumin (or more to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp salt (to taste)
  • sprinkle seasoning salt to taste
  • 1 cup water

Break up the meat on the bottom of the pot. Pour the water over it. Put the beans and corn into the pot, and then dump the creamed soups over that. DO NOT STIR!!!

HEY! I SAID DON'T STIR IT! The meat needs to cook without being disturbed, especially if you are doing this in an instant pot.

Add the rest of the ingredients.

Cover, and cook either on low for 8 hours, or on high for 4 hours if using a crock pot, or on medium pressure for about 20 minutes if using an instant pot.

Substitute ingredients if you like, it is very flexible. As long as you have the condensed soups in there, and the beans and meat, and seasonings that work well together, it will turn out. We've done this a number of ways.

Serve with cornbread, biscuits, or cheese toast.

VARIATION: Use Cream of Chicken soup instead of tomato, and cut up chicken instead of the hamburger.

CAN THE LEFTOVERS USING THE SAME TIME AND PRESSURE AS CHILI.

Easiest Chicken White Bean Chili Ever

Put this in a crock pot, heat it up and let it simmer for an hour or so, to meld the flavors really good. Easy as it gets.

  • 4 cans or home canned jars of cooked white beans.
  • 4 cans of cooked chicken, or 1 pint of cooked chicken.
  • 1 - 16 oz jar of green salsa
  • Salt

 

Optional - 1 tbsp chili powder, 1 tsp garlic granules, 1 tsp cumin, 2 tbsp lime juice

Top With - Sour cream, cheese, olives, etc.

 

This works GREAT as a sauce for burritos.

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