OLD SCHOOL CAFETERIA STYLE SLOPPY JOE

This definitely should take y'all back to your childhood school days
We all had this growing up in school and still love it

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/4 cup green bell peppers finely diced
1/4 cup onions finely diced
1/4 cup celery finely diced
1 teaspoon garlic minced
1 lb. ground beef use a good quality 80/20
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
8 oz tomato sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1-2 Tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
1-2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1tsp uncle steve shake
4 buns buttered and toasted

Instructions

Melt butter in a large skillet.
Add bell peppers, onions and celery and saute until tender.
Add garlic and saute until fragrant (about 2 minutes).
Remove vegetables from pan and set aside.
In the same skillet, brown the ground beef,add chili powder,cumin,paprika and Worcestershire sauce
Drain the ground beef (leave beef in skillet) and stir in the cooked vegetables. Set aside.
In a bowl, stir together tomato sauce, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, and seasonings
Taste and adjust the seasoning to your liking.
Add sauce mixture into the skillet and stir until everything is combined.
Simmer for about 5 minutes (stirring occasionally) and then cover and turn off the heat to allow the sauce to thicken.
When the sauce is no longer runny, spoon mixture onto the prepared toasted buns.

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[jakeMontejo]

There’s never a bad sloppy Joe. This one made me drool.

[ea]

Back in the days it was always served on Fridays. I would always look forward to the last day of the school week because i knew what was for lunch.

[jessg.]

I know I came to the right video .. this man delivers !!

[JustTerryBeingMe]

Sloppy joe good as a kid and good as an adult...never gets old.

[dawnperez]

Remember. Them. Days. So. Good. God. Bless. You. Love. Them. As. A. Child. Love. Them. Now

[vinniemartinez]

Wow. This has to be one of my most things about being in elementary school was the sloppy Joe's I use to get. I would get extras from the kids that didn't want they're.. so delicious 😋

[OnlyNancy]

I swear l could smell this goodness through my phone, beware of watching on an empty stomach y’all, Chef Jeffrey will have your mind playing tricks on you 😂

[terrishay]

I just made these almost to a “T” and he’s right they didn’t last no more than a 1 hour. I was able to make 12 joes but I doubled the ingredients because I have a family of 4 and every one wanted 3rds 😂😩 thank u Sir for sharing an amazing recipe

[mr.bonesbbq]

Yup, still love em; been cookin over 50 years, includin professional, commercial, institutional!

Always lookin fer new tips, tricks, etc.

We'uns always envied th kids gittin th sloppy joes at school; we brown-bagged it, got 1 free cafeteria meal a year...

[bonniesawyer]

I really love the way you cook the old-fashioned way the only way to cook.

[JuliaGeddings-lw]

Hi Chef Jeffrey! Your recipe just came up from 4 yrs ago. We love sloppy Joes so I will be making this one soon. Thx for sharing! ♥️🙏🌹💯🎶🍁🎶🍁🎶🍁

[lynnglidewell]

Never found better then school recipe back in the 1950s when I was a kid and you got it right!

[sawboneiomc]

I have the same red pot....absolutely the best pot!

[MelancoliaI]

This is it. A perfect old-school Sloppy Joe. Sometimes you really can't beat the classics.

[slowpenguin]

You killin me!!
That looks sooo good and you are making me sooo hungry .

[melissaschneider]

Hi, Chef! Looks good! I’m going to surprise my husband with your recipe tomorrow for supper. I like bread and butter pickles on my sloppy joe-you should try it sometime 😊

[P-ir]

When my kids were small I made sloppy Joe's all the times my kids love them they are grown now and gone from home

[pamwatson]

Nice comfy sandwich love it..with homemade French fries 💖

[TimothyTate-tcyk]

I always loved school sloppy Joe's and I'm going to try your old school sloppy Joe's recipe thanks for sharing the recipe.

[kentay]

Still one of my favorites until this day, just don't get no better than a sloppy joe!!