Classic Sloppy Joes
20 minServes 4
Ground beef cooked with aromatics and spices, bound with a tangy tomato sauce and served on buns.
| 1 tablespoon water (for beef marinade) | Marinate beef with baking soda & salt | Add beef, break up & mash until fine-textured, 6 min | Stir in ketchup, vinegar & Worcestershire sauce | Pour slurry in, stir until thickened, 1 min | Season with salt, sugar & vinegar to taste | Spoon onto buns & serve | |||
| 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (for beef marinade) | |||||||||
| 1 pound 85% lean ground beef | |||||||||
| 1/2 teaspoon table salt (for beef marinade) | |||||||||
| 2 teaspoons vegetable oil | Heat oil, cook onion & baking soda 3–4 min | Add garlic, cook 30 sec until fragrant | Stir in brown sugar, paprika, pepper flakes & salt, cook 1 min | Add tomato paste, cook 3–4 min until rust-colored | |||||
| 1/2 onion, chopped fine | |||||||||
| 1/8 teaspoon baking soda (for aromatics) | |||||||||
| 2 garlic cloves, minced | |||||||||
| 2 teaspoons packed brown sugar, plus extra for seasoning | |||||||||
| 2 teaspoons paprika | |||||||||
| 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes | |||||||||
| 1/8 teaspoon table salt (for aromatics) | |||||||||
| 60 ml tomato paste | |||||||||
| 80 ml ketchup | |||||||||
| 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, plus extra for seasoning | |||||||||
| 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce | |||||||||
| 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch | Whisk cornstarch & water | ||||||||
| 1 tablespoon water (for slurry) | |||||||||
| 4 hamburger buns |
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