Rachael Ray's Super Scrumptious Sloppy Joes

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
• 1 1/4 lbs ground sirloin
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 -3 teaspoons steak seasoning, such as mccormick brand montreal seasoning
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 small red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 2 cups tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 4 crusty rolls, split, toasted, and lightly buttered
• sliced ripe tomato
• pickle

Recipe

• 1 heat a large skillet over medium high heat.
• 2 add oil and meat to the pan.
• 3 spread the meat around the pan and begin to break it up.
• 4 combine brown sugar and steak seasoning.
• 5 add sugar and spice mixture to the skillet and combine.
• 6 when the meat has browned, add onion and red peppers to the skillet.
• 7 reduce heat to medium and cook onions, peppers, red wine vinegar and worcestershire sauce with meat for 5 minutes.
• 8 add tomato sauce and paste to pan.
• 9 stir to combine.
• 10 reduce heat to simmer and cook sloppy joe mixture 5 minutes longer.
• 11 using a large spoon or ice cream scoop, pile sloppy meat onto toasted, buttered bun bottoms and cover with bun tops.
• 12 serve with your favorite sides or sliced tomatoes seasoned with salt and pepper, dill pickles and potato salad.
• 13 we like to put a thick slice of cheddar on top of the meat in the sandwich and broil it for a few minutes to melt. yum.