Description
Hearty Texas toast sloppy joes deliver comfort food bliss with bold, zesty flavors that dance across your palate. Melted cheese, juicy ground beef, and perfectly toasted bread create a mouthwatering meal you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Proteins:
- 1 ½ pounds (680 grams) ground beef
Vegetables and Aromatics:
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
Sauce and Seasoning Ingredients:
- 1 cup (240 milliliters) ketchup
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon mustard (yellow or Dijon)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Bread and Cheese:
- 8 slices frozen Texas toast garlic bread (or homemade)
- 1 cup (100 grams) shredded cheddar cheese
Garnish:
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (optional)
Instructions
- Fire up a spacious skillet over medium-high heat and crumble ground beef, transforming it into a rich, caramelized landscape while methodically breaking apart chunks using a sturdy spatula.
- Introduce diced onions, vibrant bell peppers, and aromatic garlic, allowing these ingredients to dance and soften, releasing their fragrant essences into the meat’s robust profile.
- Craft a signature sloppy joe sauce by whisking together tangy ketchup, concentrated tomato paste, savory Worcestershire sauce, deep brown sugar, zesty mustard, and a delicate balance of salt and black pepper.
- Reduce heat to low, letting the sauce simmer and harmonize, thickening into a luxurious coating that embraces the meat and vegetable medley with complex flavor layers.
- Simultaneously, activate your oven and arrange frozen Texas toast on a baking sheet, transforming them into golden, crisp platforms that will cradle the saucy mixture.
- Bake the toast until edges turn a seductive amber and surfaces achieve a satisfying crunch, creating the perfect textural foundation for your culinary creation.
- Generously ladle the sumptuous beef mixture across each toasted slice, ensuring complete coverage of the crusty base.
- Shower the sloppy joe landscape with a cascade of shredded cheddar cheese, then return to the oven’s warmth for a brief moment to encourage melting.
- Retrieve your masterpiece, optionally adorning with freshly chopped parsley for a vibrant finishing touch, and serve immediately while flavors remain bold and temperatures piping hot.
Notes
- Customize meat options by swapping ground beef with ground turkey, chicken, or plant-based crumbles for a leaner or vegetarian version.
- Control sauce consistency by adjusting liquid ingredients – add more tomato paste for thicker sauce or a splash of water for thinner texture.
- Enhance flavor complexity by introducing additional spices like smoked paprika, chili powder, or a dash of hot sauce for extra depth and heat.
- Prepare components ahead of time by cooking beef mixture and storing separately, allowing quick assembly when ready to serve and perfect for meal prepping.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 487
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 915 mg
- Fat: 24 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 43 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 26 g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg