Classic Beef Sloppy Joes
Saucy sweet-and-tangy ground beef spooned onto soft buns, the way a Tuesday should go.
- Serves
- 4
- Total time
- 30 min
- Cost per serving (United States)
- $10.24
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 lb ground beef (80/20)
- 4 hamburger buns
- 1 yellow onions
- 1 green bell pepper
- 15 oz canned tomato sauce
- 2 oz tomato paste
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 1/8 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp yellow mustard
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
Method
Brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium-high, breaking it up, about 6 minutes. Pour off most of the fat.
Add the diced onion and green pepper and cook 5 minutes until soft.
Stir in the tomato paste and cook 1 minute, then add the tomato sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire, brown sugar, mustard, and salt.
Simmer 8 to 10 minutes, stirring, until thick enough to mound on a spoon.
Toast the buns and spoon the beef generously onto the bottoms.
What this costs, country by country
Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.
| Country | Whole recipe | Per serving | Priced from |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | £35.95 | £8.99 | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| Australia | $60.85 | $15.21 | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| Canada | $94.57 | $23.64 | 11 of 11 ingredients |
| United States | $40.95 | $10.24 | 10 of 11 ingredients |
| New Zealand | $89.88 | $22.47 | 10 of 11 ingredients |
| Mexico | $825.66 | $206.42 | 9 of 11 ingredients |
| Egypt | ٧٦٧٫١٤ ج.م. | ١٩١٫٧٩ ج.م. | 8 of 11 ingredients |
| Austria | € 36,16 | € 9,04 | 8 of 11 ingredients |
| Spain | 13,88 €* | 3,47 € | 7 of 11 ingredients |
| Germany | 28,88 €* | 7,22 € | 7 of 11 ingredients |
| Greece | 22,56 €* | 5,64 € | 6 of 11 ingredients |
* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.
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