{"id":12838,"date":"2021-03-15T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestarvingchefblog.com\/?p=12838"},"modified":"2022-05-29T17:51:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T17:51:54","slug":"classic-sloppy-joe-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestarvingchefblog.com\/classic-sloppy-joe-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Sloppy Joe Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I’ll take a sloppy joe, EXTRA sloppy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sloppy joes are the loose meat sandwiches of youth. I remember them being frequently served as school lunches – though back in those days the thought of ‘mystery meat’ was enough to keep me away from them into well into adulthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve made variations on sloppy joes<\/a> before – but this one I wanted to be the most authentic experience possible. Around the time I first made this recipe, the pandemic was just getting started and schools were closing everywhere. Maybe that’s why I was feeling nostalgia for my own school days – way back before remote learning was even a possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These sloppy joes have their own little surprise – they are made with homemade hamburger buns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a SLOPPY JOE anyways?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While I remember sloppy joes as something from 90s commercials<\/a>, the ‘loose meat sandwich’ had earlier origins as a bar food in the mid 40s. While there are many kinds of ‘looes meat sandwiches’ out there (the Maid Rite being one of them<\/a>), the sloppy joe has a distinctly flavored sauce. Usually made from a combination of ketchup, onions and Worcestershire sauce, there are different variations regionally on sloppy joe sauce as well as how it’s served! Who knew sloppy joes were so complicated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s in the sauce?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sloppy joe sauce is sweet, savory and just a little bit tangy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n