Best Sloppy Joes Recipe

By Beefman-2

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/3 cup chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon molasses
• 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
• Pinch ground cloves
• Pinch cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon grated orange peel, optional
• 6 whole wheat buns, split

Preparation

Step 1

In a saucepan, cook the beef, onion and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomato sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, molasses, prepared mustard, ground mustard, cloves, cayenne and orange peel if desired. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Serve on buns.
Yield: 6 servings.