Name: Barbecue Maple Syrup Sloppy Joes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Ground Beef (lean): 1 lb; Brioche Buns: 4; Green Bell Pepper, chopped: 1/2; Yellow Onion, chopped: 1/2; Celery Stock, finely chopped: 1; Barbecue Sauce: 1/2 cup; Heinz® Heinz Chili Sauce: 6 oz; Maple Syrup: 1 tbs; Dijon Mustard: 1 tsp; Worcestershire Sauce: 1 tsp; Olive Oil: 1 tbs; Water: 1/4 cup; Black Pepper; Sea Salt; Pickle Chips

Homemade Sloppy Joe Recipe With A Smokey, Sweet, Tangy Kick

Awww sloppy joes!

This sloppy joes recipe takes a slight detour from the standard ketchup yellow mustard version, cranking up the spice with the smoky, spicy, vinegary goodness of barbecue sauce and richness of pure maple syrup. The result is a fantastically rich, and tangy sloppy joe sandwhich with just a bit of heat.

For the barbecue sauce, I chose a Texas Pit style sauce for the characteristic chili and black pepper spice and vinegar bite. Almost any tomato-based tomato-based Memphis, Kansas City or Texas-style barbecue sauce should do just fine, adding the desired smokey-sweet, spicy and vinegar profile to the dish. In addition to the barbecue sauce, Heinz® Chili Sauce substitutes for ketchup and maple syrup rounds out the dish with its’ smoky, caramel-like richness.

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BBQ Maple Syrup Sloppy Joes

Overview | BBQ Maple Syrup Sloppy Joes

Cuisine: American

Recipe Time: 30 min (Prep 10 min, Cook 20 min)

Yeild: 4

Cooking Temp: medium

Recipe Ingredients | BBQ Maple Syrup Sloppy Joes

+ × 1 lb Ground Beef (lean) - Niman Ranch, Beef Ground 85% Lean ℹ85% lean or greater
+ × 4 Brioche Buns - Frenchies
+ × 1/2 Green Bell Pepper, chopped
+ × 1/2 Yellow Onion, chopped
+ × 1 Celery Stock, finely chopped
+ × 1/2 cup Barbecue Sauce
+ × 6 oz Heinz® Heinz Chili Sauce
+ × 1 tbs Maple Syrup
+ × 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
+ × 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
+ × 1 tbs Olive Oil
+ × 1/4 cup Water
+ × Black Pepper
+ × Sea Salt
+ × Pickle Chips

Adjust Servings

Steps | BBQ Maple Syrup Sloppy Joes

Cook Vegetables

In a large skillet over medium heat add oil olive, chopped onions, green pepper, and finely chopped celery. Heat until starting to brown and onions start to clear, about 5 - 7 minutes. Add 1/4 cup of water to skillet to further soften the vegetables and deglaze the skillet.

Cook chopped onion, peppers and celery over medium heat with olive oil.

After cooking vegetables, add water to deglaze and further soften the vegetables.

Add Ground Beef and Brown

Brown the ground beef by adding it directly to the cooking vegetables, continuing to cook over medium heat. Use a wooden spoon to break up the beef. Season to taste with sea salt and black pepper.

If using lean ground beef, there is no need to drain fat from the browning beef. If using higher fat ground beef you may choose to remove the vegetables from the skillet, brown beef, drain fat and then replace vegetable into the skillet with browned beef.

Cooked vegetables, bbq maple syrup sauce and ground beef.

Add lean ground beef directly into the skillet with the cooked vegetables to brown.

Heat until ground beef is cooked through, using wooden spoon to break up beef and mix with vegetables.

Mix and Add Sauce to Cooked Vegetable and Beef

Mix chili sauce, bbq sauce, maple syrup, dijon mustard, and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl and add to the vegetable and beef mix in the skillet. Stir to blend, continuing medium heat uncovered until mixture bubbles and begins to reduce, about 2 - 3 minutes. Simmer for an additional 5 - 10 minutes covered and serve on Brioche hamburger buns and pickle chips.

Barbecue sauce, Hentz chili sauce, maple syrup, dijon mustard and Worcestershire sauce combined for sloppy joes sauce mix.

Add sauce mixture to cooked vegetables and browned beef mixture, simmer.

Simmer sloppy joes for 15 -20 minutes then serve.

Nutritional Information
BBQ Maple Syrup Sloppy Joes

(per serving)

Calories: 538 cals

Fat: 38 g

Carbs: 51 g

Protein: 26 g

Cholesterol: 81 mg

Sodium: 1258 mg

Barbecue Maple Syrup Sloppy Joes

Homemade Sloppy Joe Recipe With A Smokey, Sweet, Tangy Kick