French Onion Joes Recipe with Ground Beef - These Old Cookbooks (2024)

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Why do they call it a sloppy joe? ›

The sandwich may have begun as a variation of the loose meat sandwiches that were popular in the 1950s. According to legend, a cook named Joe at Floyd Angell's café in Sioux City, Iowa, added tomato sauce to his “loose meat” sandwiches. Some believe this is how the sloppy joe sandwich was born.

Recipes using ground beef, peppers, and onions

You can start by sautéing the peppers and onions in oil or butter until the peppers are soft and the onion is translucent, then add the ground beef and continue to cook together.

In general, we call for 1 pound of ground beef to make 6 sandwiches in our sloppy joes recipes. That works out to 3 ounces of ground beef per sandwich. Depending on the size of your bun and how meaty you like your sandwich, you can increase or decrease that amount an ounce or two either way.

Manwich, slush burger, yum yums, dynamite, spoonburgers, tavern sandwich; a Sloppy Joe can be called by many other names. The most well-known however is Manwich.

If you're aiming to eat a lower-fat diet, then consider fixing yourself a sloppy jane. This variant on the sloppy joe swaps out regular ground beef for leaner beef. It also places a higher focus on vegetables and other low-calorie ingredients.

Sloppy Joes are the sandwich, while Manwich is the store-bought canned sloppy joe sauce, produced by ConAgra Foods and Hunt's. What is this? While the brand markets this product as a quick and easy one-pan meal, I strongly recommend you make the sauce from scratch.

Also known as "tiger meat," "steak tartare," or simply "raw beef and onions," the sandwiches have traditionally been served at holiday parties and other festive gatherings in the Milwaukee area.

The delicacy is known as “tiger meat,” “steak tartare,” or simply “raw beef and onions.”

Onions, garlic, salt, and pepper add flavor to your ground beef. Adding the green onions as garnish also gives it more flavor.

This recipe uses 2 lbs of ground beef and serves about 8 people. I like to double it and use 4 lbs then freeze what we don't eat. A quick thaw on a busy weeknight has saved our dinner many, many times. Like I've said before, I love to cook once and eat twice!

How many people will 1 lb of sloppy joes feed? ›

Because this easy sloppy joe recipe is loaded with ground beef plus an equal amount of veggies, one pound of ground beef is enough to make 8-10 sloppy joe sandwiches.

Use calculator to help determine how much meat to buy.

A question we often get is “How much meat do I need?” The starting rule of thumb is: Boneless Meat: 1/2 lb. per person for adults and 1/4 lb. per person for children.

Many believe the Sloppy Joe is the namesake of a Sioux City, Iowa cook, who in 1930, combined the regionally popular loose meat sandwich with tomato sauce. It's less messy predecessor, the loose meat sandwich is a Midwestern favorite of steamed or sauteed ground beef, onions, mustard and pickles.

Several variations of the sloppy joe exist in North America. In Quebec, Canada, sandwiches of stewed ground beef such as pain à la viande and pain fourré gumbo are usually served on hot dog buns.

In Central PA, what we call a barbecue sandwich is what most of the rest of the world calls a sloppy joe. We don't mean to offend those of you who believe that “barbecue” can only mean a smoked meat, such as pork or beef brisket or ribs. It's just what we call it.

History. Early and mid-20th century American cookbooks offer plenty of sloppy joe-type recipes, though they go by different names: Toasted Deviled Hamburgers, Chopped Meat Sandwiches, Spanish Hamburgers, Hamburg a la Creole, Beef Mironton, and Minced Beef Spanish Style.

Notorious for being 'messy' to eat, a sloppy joe is a sandwich filled with a saucy meat mixture (typically using Ground Beef) with a sweet, tangy or spicy flavor profile, with seasonings and vegetables tucked in. It's fun to eat and is a crowd pleaser for kids and adults alike!

The earliest known use of the adjective sloppy is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for sloppy is from 1699, in a dictionary by Abel Boyer, lexicographer and journalist. sloppy is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: slop n.

The original Sloppy Joe's had a regular that became a connoisseur of the dish and brought it back home to Key West. Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway loved the sandwich so much that he convinced friend and bar owner, Joe Russell, to change the name of The Silver Slipper to Sloppy Joe's and start serving the sandwich.