This was a hit! I will not purchase canned items therefore my family has not had Joe's for YEARS! Thanks this was great! I added a little ketchup and a dash of worcestershire sauce. It took away the over kill on sweetness....but just sweet enough!
My husband and I both felt that this was not as flavorful as Sloppy Joe's we are accustomed to. Perhaps using a little less beef or a little more sauce would help to intensify the flavor. Also, the onion and celery should be sauteed with the ground beef in the grease that accumulates before it is drained off. The onion and celery do not become tender in 3 minutes of cooking it with the dry beef. Decent flavor, but would be better if flavor was more intense.
I converted this recipe for a crock pot. After I browned the beef, I just added everything (I left out the brown sugar) to the pot and let it go on low. Turned out great.
Modifications: I added some hot sauce and I might have added some jalipeno pepper (if I had any) -- It needs a kick.
I am giving this recipe five stars. Earlier reviewer didn't find it flavorful enough but we loved the flavor -- it seemed sufficiently intense for us (we did use the "optional" mustard which may have made a difference..) Yum! Thanks NICNEC...
Pretty good - a little sweet for my taste but easily fixed by omitting the sugar. I added a bit more chili sauce and added celery salt since I didn't have celery. I also added some green tabasco sauce - yum!
Easy and yummy loved by whole family!
This recipe satisfies a taste for sloppy joes. I prefer chili to sloppy joes so I added some chili powder and hot sauce to give it some zing.
I didn't use the celery or mustard and it was great! Thanks for the recipe!
Taking the other reviewer's comment I doubled the amount of chili sauce vinegar and sugar. Very easy and good. My husband really liked it.
