Sloppy Joes

[Nate]

So let’s start off with some homemade sloppy Joes.  I am not a Manwich lover, liker or would even think about buying it in the store so I thought I would come up with my own.

INGREDIENTS
1 lb ground beef
1lb of ground pork
6 slices of thick cut bacon chopped finely
1 large yellow onion chopped finely
3 cloves of garlic (medium chopped)
Olive oil or if you’re like me then use some leftover bacon fat
1 can of thick stout beer (Guinness or whatever you prefer)
32oz of tomato sauce
3-4 cups of ketchup (more or less depending on your taste)
Chili powder to your taste
Cheyenne powder
Corn starch slurry

SOME THINGS YOU WILL NEED
A good cast iron Dutch oven or enameled cast iron Dutch oven
Some good fresh bakery rolls like Kaiser rolls or onion buns
Some pepper jack cheese
Some famous Dave’s spicy pickle spears (make sure they are nice and cold)

DIRECTIONS
Sauté onions and bacon until onions just start to brown slightly.
Add garlic about halfway thru (you don’t want it to burn otherwise it will become bitter).
Once onions start to brown, add beef and pork and cook until no more pink.

Once meat is browned and cooked remove from heat and strain grease off.

Add meat back to pot and add remaining ingredients except the corn starch slurry.

Once all ingredients are added bring to a medium to slow simmer and cook for about an hour.

Once you have it seasoned and flavored to your liking, this is where it gets a little tricky.  Use the corn starch slurry as a thickener.  (Remember, you can always add more but you can’t take away)  Once you have the slurry added continue to simmer until the dish thickens to your liking.

[Flyin6]

Can we possibly add "Smell" to the control buttons somewhere???

[Nate]

you would be the richest man in the world if you could figure that out don

[BobbyB]

I can't get behind this one. Sloppy Joes are the bane of my existence in the culinary world.

[Farmer Jon]

Am I the only one that puts pork n beans in my sloppy joes?

[Flyin6]

Am I the only one that puts pork n beans in my sloppy joes?

I just like pork n' beans
But
add a dash of mustard, about 3-4 cheese dogs cut into chunks, and a couple slices of a good American cheese. Cook that up and eat it down...But do not sleep near your wife that night...

[TexasRedNeck]

Nate, your recipie is off a tad. Should be 2 beers. One for the pot and one for me!


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[Nate]

Yeah no beans in sloppy joes for me.  Now on the side is ok.

[Farmer Jon]

That's how grandma use to make em. Pound of burger, can of van de camps pork and beans, some mustard and catsup or bbq sauce.