<\/strong>1 pound extra-lean ground beef Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Brown the meat and the onion in a large skillet over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. \u00c2\u00a0 Drain the pan. \u00c2\u00a0 Add the garlic, jalapeno, and red pepper and cook 5 minutes more, stirring occasionally. \u00c2\u00a0Stir in the rest of the ingredients, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 5 minutes more.<\/p>\n The Result:<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, I made a slight error. \u00c2\u00a0I was wrongly convinced that we had a tomato sauce at home. \u00c2\u00a0Since it was already 9:20 or so by the time I discovered my mistake, I decided to improvise by putting a can of diced tomatoes into the food processor. \u00c2\u00a0I think I was on the right track, but I didn’t adjust the amount of “sauce” and the mix was a little under sauced. \u00c2\u00a0We managed to fix the\u00c2\u00a0under sauce\u00c2\u00a0problem somewhat\u00c2\u00a0adequately with ketchup.<\/p>\n Overall, paired up with some baked sweet potato fries, the Untidy Josephs were pretty good. \u00c2\u00a0The recipe is on the path to being a chili, but the\u00c2\u00a0molasses adds that needed sweetness. \u00c2\u00a0The red pepper and\u00c2\u00a0jalapeno gives nice little busts of fresh and sweet. \u00c2\u00a0Forget that Manwich!<\/p>\n When I try this again, in addition to making sure that I have tomato sauce, I want to try turning up the spice just a bit with something more that\u00c2\u00a0jalapenos. \u00c2\u00a0I think those two things would take this dish from a solid weekday meal to something I crave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sloppy Joes always remind me of grandfather–it’s where I got “Untidy Josephs.” \u00c2\u00a0I can picture myself, as a child, at a table,\u00c2\u00a0Untidy Joseph in hand over a plate of baked beans, laughing at his cheesy jokes. But, while this cooking stirred-up memories of my grandfather, I think its\u00c2\u00a0inspiration came from my healthy lunch. \u00c2\u00a0After eating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","tag-beer-sloppy-joes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1 onion, diced
\n4 cloves garlic, minced
\n1 jalapeno, minced
\n1 red pepper, diced
\n1 can small red beans or pinto beans, preferably low sodium drained and rinsed
\n1 1\/2 cups no-salt-added tomato sauce
\n2 tablespoons tomato paste
\n1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
\n1 tablespoon molasses
\n1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
\n1 teaspoon mustard powder
\n3\/4 teaspoon salt
\n8 \u00c2\u00a0burger buns (or bread)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Sloppy-Joe-225x300.jpg\" "\\"Sloppy")
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