Sloppy Joes recipe

Name: Sloppy Joes
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 2 mixed colour peppers, finely diced; leftover beef and onion mixture; 100g passata; 2 tbsp tomato ketchup; 1 tsp American mustard; 4-pack large seeded burger buns; 1 garlic clove, halved (optional); 4 mild cheese slices; 2 pickled gherkins, sliced, to serve (optional); salad leaves, to serve (optional)

Created by The Tesco Recipes team

Use leftover beef and onion mixture in this Sloppy Joes recipe to make this American classic for a bonus Friday night special. Sandwiched between golden grilled seeded buns, serve with melty cheese slices, tangy gherkins and crisp salad.

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Serves 4
Takes 20 mins
462 calories / serving

Freezable
Healthy

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Tesco Pure Vegetable Oil 1L
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1 tbsp vegetable oil
£1.45
£1.45/litre
Tesco Sliced Mixed Frozen Peppers 500G
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2 mixed colour peppers, finely diced
£0.89
£1.78/kg
Tesco Beef Mince 20% Fat 500g
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leftover beef and onion mixture
Tesco Tomato Passata 500G
100g passata
£0.60
£1.20/kg
Hellmann's Tomato Ketchup Sauce Squeezy 430ml
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
£2.15
£5.00/litre
Tesco American Inspired Mustard 310G
1 tsp American mustard
£1.60
£5.16/kg
Tesco Seeded Large Burger Buns 4 Pack
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4-pack large seeded burger buns
£0.86
£0.22/each
Tesco Large Garlic
1 garlic clove, halved (optional)
£0.50
£0.50/each
Tesco 10 Mild Slices 200G
4 mild cheese slices
£1.25
£6.25/kg
Tesco Whole Pickled Gherkins 680G
2 pickled gherkins, sliced, to serve (optional)
£1.40
£3.78/kg DR.WT
Tesco Babyleaf Salad 90G
salad leaves, to serve (optional)
£0.90
£10.00/kg

Method

Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat. Fry the peppers for 5-7 mins until soft. Add the leftover beef and onion mixture, passata, tomato ketchup and mustard. Cook for 2-3 mins until bubbling and slightly thickened. Preheat the grill to medium-high.
Toast the buns under the grill on both sides until golden, then rub the cut sides with garlic, if you like. Put a cheese slice on each of the bottom halves of the buns, then return to the grill for 1-2 mins until slightly melted, then top with the beef mixture and the lids. Serve with gherkins and salad leaves, if you like.

Cook once, eat twice tip: Use leftovers from our Pub classic beef and onion pie to make this recipe.

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