Ryan and I went to have dinner at Mom and Dad's house for her birthday last year...because all three of the Freelan girls went together to buy Mom a brand new set of cordless phones for her house, and Ryan and I were the setup committee. It was a night of MUCH amusement that you can read all about here if you need a good laugh. And the photo summary of our come-to-life Family Circus is as follows:
The first time ever that he'd so loved something someone else made that he wanted me to make it too. Gulp. And so it was that I went about asking Mom for her recipe. Turns out...she doesn't have one. Yep, that's Mom. She cooks by "a pinch of this and a pinch of that." So she gave me the best recipe she had...and I've worked with it. So here it is! Mama's sloppy joes...from the circus that is our family... on this anniversary of her day of birth!
Mama's Sloppy Joes
* 1 pound of ground beef or turkey
* 1 small onion, chopped
* 1 cup ketchup
* 1/4 cup brown sugar
* 1 Tablespoon chili powder
* 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Brown the ground beef or turkey along with the chopped onion until meat is cooked all the way through and the onion is tender. Add the ketchup, brown sugar, chili powder and lemon juice. Stir thoroughly and allow to simmer for ten minutes while flavors marry. Serve warm!
* I always use either ground turkey or ground chicken, just to make it a bit healthier, but whatever gound meat you like works well!
* You can add more sugar or cut some of the chili powder if you want the taste sweeter or tangier. What I use is the perfect blend for us.
* We use the slim buns to save a few carbs, but you can serve it on whatever kind of bun you'd like!
* This warms over very well if you save it for leftovers!
4 comments:
They look pretty! I've never had a real sloppy joe (vegetarian) but made a veggie version once!
yum yum yum!!!!
My momma made them very similarly growing up. We used to eat them by using doritos for dipping them, sans bun. haha.
hope your weekend was wonderful my friend! XO
Tamar - what do you use in place of the meat in a veggie version?
Polly - Now THAT sounds good! I'll have to try that!
Happy Belated Birthday to your mom! And yes, so many of our family recipes are "enough of ingredient X until it looks right." Thanks for that helpful advice!
And i love the idea of eating Sloppy Joes with Doritos. Yum!
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