The American Sloppy Joe Sandwich

[Anonymous No.19055802]

Were you served this several times at your American dinner table for dinner and lunch?

This is the only dish that is truly unique to America, some will never get to experience its deliciousness. Fake intellectuals like Gordon Ramsay would scoff at the sandwich and attempt to alter it, but only in failure.

[Anonymous No.19055849]

>>19055802
Only ever had it during school lunch. It was alright, but I'd just rather have a burger.

[Anonymous No.19055851]

>>19055802
Id love to try it, only ever saw it on tv. Is there a quintessential recipe?

[Anonymous No.19055856]

>>19055849
>I'd just rather have a burger.
Came here to post this.

[Anonymous No.19055858]

>>19055802
Sure, does it make you jealous eurofag?

[Anonymous No.19055862]

Not American.
Looks like mince meat on a cheap burger bun.
Is there like sauce or cheese or something to make the taste pop?

[Anonymous No.19055868]

>>19055862
It's really not remarkable at all. The sauce is tomatoey

[Anonymous No.19055888]

>>19055851
There are a lot of home recipes, but almost all use ketchup as the main ingredient besides ground beef and finely minced onion
I think the original recipes called for tomato paste, water, sugar, and vinegar, so you can see why ketchup is now commonplace
Another common ingredient is mustard
Some people use barbecue sauce instead of ketchup, or the two mixed together

There is a variant called a "manwich" that adds red and green bell peppers in a fine dice

A third style is the "loose meat sandwich"
This only uses onion, sugar, salt, pepper, and mustard

All are cooked by mixing ground beef with water in a cold pan, then applying heat while stirring
This makes the ground meat come apart and not clump together

[Anonymous No.19055890]

yeah it sucks

[Anonymous No.19055902]

>>19055862
>Is there like sauce or cheese or something to make the taste pop?

Never seen it served with american cheese. Maybe a topping of shredded cheddar would be decent. It's just ground beef usually served with this sort of can in the picture, you just pour the juice into the pan and mix it together. Not much else to add to it besides maybe diced jalapenos if you live in Texas.

[Anonymous No.19055909]

>>19055862
>Is there like sauce or cheese or something to make the taste pop?

It's just ground beef usually served with this sort of can in the picture, you just pour the juice into the pan and mix it together. Never seen it served with sliced cheese. Maybe a topping of shredded cheddar would boost flavor. Not much else to add to the sauced meat besides diced jalapenos if you want it spicy.

[Anonymous No.19055913]

>>19055909
forgot picture

[Anonymous No.19055946]

>>19055862
>>19055909
It is American and it's not uncommon to take sliced American cheese and mix it in with the Sloppy Joe and letting it melt before serving
This is called a Sloppy Joe Cheeseburger and it's usually served on toast
It's also made with chili powder and lots of sugar

[Anonymous No.19055950]

>>19055802
>This is the only dish that is truly unique to America
ROFL

Minced beef in bread. (not exactly original)
If it makes you feel good OP, to claim this as the peak of American, Culinary, Wizardry, then hooray for you.

A bit like a retard counting to three.

[Anonymous No.19055960]

>ketchup as the main ingredient
>cuisine
LMAO

[Anonymous No.19055961]

>>19055950
No one thinks Americans invented ground meat served on bread
But the Sloppy Joe is the American style of ground meat sandwich

[Anonymous No.19055965]

>>19055960
Ketchup is a main ingredient in a lot of cuisines, especially in China and Southeast Asia

[Anonymous No.19055976]

>>19055946
>take sliced American cheese and mix it in with the Sloppy Joe and letting it melt

Sounds like perfect bar food. I'm willing to try that sometime myself. Also sounds like something a Korean restraunt would serve in an attempt at serving American cuisine.

[Anonymous No.19055980]

>>19055961
>>19055965
Ahh bless - cope much?

[Anonymous No.19055992]

>>19055980
Are you afraid if you try it you'll like it?
It's not cocks, it won't make you gay

[Anonymous No.19056036]

>>19055802
I dont think we ever made sloppy joes at how growing up, we would make pulled pork sandwiches instead

[Anonymous No.19056047]

>>19056036
that's similar but it's not the same taste. the sauce in the sloppy joe recipe really enhances the flavor and depth of the beef, makes it very hearty and almost addicting like hot cheetos.

[Anonymous No.19056167]

>>19055802
Never had it, and I'm ok with that.

[Anonymous No.19056186]

>>19055802
I routinely use my ragout/pseudobolognese to make sandwiches and Iam not even Amerimutt.
Its nice when I dont want/have time to cook pasta and reheat the sauce.

[Anonymous No.19056199]

>>19055802
the american poo sandwich is something i never tried but i always wondered what the point was. like someone failed to keep a burger together.

[Anonymous No.19056214]

>>19055802
i fucking love manwiches

[Anonymous No.19056221]

>>19056167
You''re not missing out

[Anonymous No.19056227]

>>19055992
I'm already gay, kind of afraid it might turn me straight.

[Anonymous No.19056237]

>>19056227
The new pride flag already turned me straight

[Anonymous No.19056416]

sloppy joe tastes good. I like to add tabasco chipotle. very summer sandwich

[Anonymous No.19056425]

>>19055802
should have put beans in it

[Anonymous No.19056593]

>>19056227
I guess try a manwich?

[Anonymous No.19056605]

>>19056416
You have good taste, friend, I do the same.

[Anonymous No.19056661]

>>19055802
Enjoy your goy sandwich Amerilards

[Anonymous No.19056703]

>>19055802
literally gonna make some tomorrow
homemade sauce not from can
, slow cooker

[Anonymous No.19057577]

>>19055802
It's just bolognese with a different carb tho???

[Anonymous No.19057599]

>Ameriblubbers

[Anonymous No.19057614]

sometimes i like to make jazzed up sloppy joes. like a mexican style with japs, green peppers, cumin, stuff like that. or a philly sloppy, on a grilled cheese sandwich. it’s pretty fun

[Anonymous No.19057626]

>>19057599
>this confuses and infuriates the european

[Anonymous No.19057636]

My grandmother made these for me sometimes at her farm house in southern Missouri in the late 80s

[Anonymous No.19057693]

Jambalaya. OPs is a faggot for thinking Sloppy Joe's are the best dish, or worse only dish, out of America.

[Anonymous No.19057928]

Made them for the first time last year. Basically prepared it the same way I would my baked beans, just swapping the beans for beef mince. Was good. And it's not the only uniquely American dish, btw.

[Anonymous No.19057956]

>>19055802
obviously, it's alright

[Anonymous No.19058262]

>>19055802
Imagine the hubris required to taste a sloppy Joe and think
>I can improve this
The amount of ego required for such an idea is insane. 02a2k

[Anonymous No.19058266]

>>19055802
howbarenyou supposed to eat this? doesn't the mincemeat fall out on the first bite?

[Anonymous No.19058269]

>>19055976
sounds like you don't know shit about anything tbqh

[Anonymous No.19058279]

>>19055802
Love me some extra sloppy joes! Not sure if it's just for the nostalgia factor or not. Ground beef and a can of manwich on a cheap white bun is delicious, but you could upscale it and make it nicer than that. I wouldn't change the basic premise too much, although it's a bit contentious about exactly what goes in. I would do fancy catsup, hot mustard, diced fresh jalapenos, diced onions, salt, black pepper, and worcestershire sauce. Maybe use some nice brioche buns.

[Anonymous No.19058332]

>>19055802
>Get whatever bun
>Grind own ground beef
>Make sauce with whataburger spicy ketchup

Bretty good

[Anonymous No.19058371]

>>19056237
How did it feel being lumped together with POC without anyone asking for your consent?

[Anonymous No.19058387]

>>19058266
You just wad it up and shovel as much in as you can per bite, hence the name. If it's made properly where the sauce is thick and not excessive it's messy but doable, especially if you have a decent bun that'll hold up for a little bit. Badly made like a typical overconfident in the kitchen suburban mom might do it's equal parts frustrating and comical

[Anonymous No.19058391]

This thread makes me want to start a food truck called Slop Shack
can sell a metal trough of fries

[Anonymous No.19058393]

>>19058387
I would also add that the photos for these always have way more filling than I would put inside. Like, OP's photo has like over a half pound of ground beef probably. Makes for a good photo, though. It is manageable without too much effort for an adult. Messy for kids but that's sort of the point.

[Anonymous No.19058394]

>>19055802
Sloppy Joes? I thought you said Sloppy TOES!

[Anonymous No.19058416]

>>19055802
Sloppy Joe? Why not make Sloppy Joseph?
https://youtu.be/3kjmBf4sWq4

[Anonymous No.19058432]

>>19058394
Number 15

[Anonymous No.19058679]

>>19055802
I love a good bbq sandwich.
What's a sloppy joe?

[Anonymous No.19058750]

>>19058266
It only works because burgers use their worthless cake-like "bread" buns that you can bite through without resistance, so the sloppa doesn't squish out all over the place when you bite into it.

[Anonymous No.19058770]

>>19058679
Its regional, some places here in the states call them sloppy joes other places call them manwiches

[Anonymous No.19058776]

>>19058770
A sloppy joe and a manwich are different sandwiches
Sloppy joe is just tomato and onion
Manwich has peppers and chili/cumin added

[Anonymous No.19058792]

>>19055802
I've never had one but the way they're depicted in media makes them look amazing

[Anonymous No.19058799]

>>19058770
Oh. In my region of the states we call them bbqs.

[Anonymous No.19058842]

>>19056199
The point is service, or logistics if you will. Imagine your feeding 30, or 300 people. Making 30 burgers is a pita. Making 300 burgers is a serious operation.

My regional variation on these is the "tavern." So called, supposedly. Because it was popular in local bars and taverns. Since all you need to serve them is a warmer or crockpot, you can have a lunchon without a proper kitchen.

Usually in my house tavern sandwiches were prepared for nonstandard dinner situations like after football games or wrestling meets. The meat can be prepared in advanced and held in a cockpot so it's ready to go without immediate prep, whenever needed. Also common at family reunion potluck type events and community events. It's an easy cheap way to feed alot of people. Since the meat is cooked in its sauce it was typical for taverns to be served without any toppings. Or Maybe just pickles. So all one needed was the pot of meat and enough rolls. No condiments, sauces, cheese, etc.

I have fond childhood memories of summer days when all my cousins would come to town and we would have dinner at my grandma's house. Taverns and fresh sweetcorn. Self-serve typically.

[Anonymous No.19058860]

>>19055851
Yeah, buy this follow recipe on can
buy good potato rolls
keep it simple stupid (my dad would say that)

[Anonymous No.19058894]

>>19057626
i thought that was a hot chicken sandwich for a solid three seconds. looks good though, i'd eat it.

[Anonymous No.19058924]

>>19055802
my cajun mom used to serve something like these or pulled pork, but just ladled into a bowl over french bread or steamed rice. her recipe had ketchup or tomato paste, brown sugar, worcestershire, and like a whole bottle of crystal and probably some onion powder or mustard. she was not a very consistent cook. she'd stir chopped onions through at the end so they were still crispy. the meat was whatever, ground beef or pork, or slow cooked beef, pork or chicken. breddy good. i think i only had em a few times besides and always end up adding a lot of hotsauce. depending upon n who makes em they can be really fucking sweet

[Anonymous No.19060145]

>>19055888
Quality post.

[Anonymous No.19060148]

>>19058387
I've always used fork and knife and I grew up uncultured and poor.

[Anonymous No.19060666]

>>19055802
Nothing like a classic Untidy Joseph.

[Anonymous No.19060673]

>>19056227
Shoot yourself in the head, faggot.

[Anonymous No.19060817]

>>19055802
My wife makes a pretty good mix that includes carrots and celery. Both add a slight crunchy texture after being cooked with the beef and sauce. I'm not too familiar with the recipe, but it's different from most recipes I've ever had growing up. It's the best as far as I'm aware of.
But desu I'd rather just have a pulled pork sandwich instead of the generic sloppy joe you can get anywhere.

[Anonymous No.19060885]

>>19055888
Honestly, manwich is the only acceptable sloppy Joe
And anyone ITT saying sloppy joes suck is a retard

[Anonymous No.19061009]

>>19058799
>checked
Hmmmm...

[Anonymous No.19061150]

>>19055802
ate this all the time in school, it's ok but not something I eat as an adult. If you've never had it before it could be interesting

[Anonymous No.19061854]

the most basic is ketchup mostly with cooked onion and yellow mustard. can get as fancy as you want i do add in jalapenos and a squirt of sweet baby rays chipolte bbq

ive always seen it as something that excites your most basic tastes like a grilled cheese,. its good because its simple and strong. manchild food.

[Anonymous No.19062736]

>>19058860
>Child hunger ends here.
Does it, though?

[Anonymous No.19062832]

>>19055992
"Manwich" sounds pretty gay.

[Anonymous No.19062853]

>>19060673
Hey cool it with the anti-faggotry my goy.

[Anonymous No.19063617]

>>19055950
Sloppy Joe meat is different than whatever faggy European thing you have in mind

[Anonymous No.19063623]

>>19062832
Only if balls touch, if they don't I'm game.

[Anonymous No.19064351]

>>19058371
I feel like everyone else now, annoyed by minorities, which I already was, but now a bit more.

[Anonymous No.19064370]

>>19055802
isn't this just Taco Bell meat on a bun?

[Anonymous No.19064375]

>>19064370
Uh, no? Nothing like it at all?

[Anonymous No.19064376]

>>19064370
no that's a bell beefer which is also good

[Anonymous No.19064385]

Joeslop

[Anonymous No.19064887]

>>19055862
It's just bolognese served on bread cause Americans are too retarded to cook spaghetti.

[Anonymous No.19064920]

>>19064887
No, and what most people call bolognese isn't

[Anonymous No.19064938]

>>19055802
Is it just ground beef, keptchup and cumin?
I would like to try it once so I can pretend to be American on 4chan and not have 50 people make fun of me

[Anonymous No.19064949]

Damn what was it, think, think, think
Ok boil pot of water then add noodles
so hard
shit

[Anonymous No.19064992]

>>19064938
The sauce is usually some mix of
>ketchup, sugar/honey/molasses, yellow mustard, hot sauce/worcestershire
The beef is fried with onion or dried onion is added to the sauce and simmered together

If you go light on the sugar and ketchup, add tomato paste, bell pepper, cumin, and chili powder, you get a manwich

[Anonymous No.19065026]

>>19064938
Depends on where you are.
In the midwest and most school cafeterias, they're mainly ground beef with a simple tomato sauce. But in the midwest you can also get "loose meat" sandwiches, where you sear the beef with onions then stir in Worcestershire and S&P.
At Sloppy Joe's in Key West (which claims to have invented it), you'll get ground beef "in a sweet, rich tomato sauce with onions, bell peppers, and spices."
If you make a Manwich at home out of a can, you get what others have described here, which is probably the most common American experience of the sloppy joe.
Or if you're not using the canned variety, a homemade version will often involve a tomato sauce with brown sugar, mustard, and Worcestershire, added to browned ground beef that has been cooked with onions and drained, then finely diced bell peppers mixed in at the end.
The more sauce-to-beef ratio, the sloppier (and cheaper) your joe.

[Anonymous No.19065258]

>>19055802
a bit pointless to eat by yourself when burgers exist but they're based because you can make it all in one big pot and each guest in a cafeteria or party can have the exact amount of meat they want

[Anonymous No.19065507]

>>19055802
to all you foreigners thinking of trying sloppy joes for the first time, make sure to get them extra sloppy

[Anonymous No.19065599]

>>19055802
pain à la viande du gros hector, similar

[Anonymous No.19065633]

>>19062832
Sounds like you're gay.

[Anonymous No.19065657]

I had some left-over taco seasoned beef. Put it in a pan with some salsa, a bit of corn starch to thicken. Dumped it into half a pita pocket. Was really good. And then I had an epiphany.

SLOPPY JOSE!

Eh, there's nothing new under the sun

[Anonymous No.19065781]

i miss sloppa, brehs

[Anonymous No.19065920]

>>19055802

[Anonymous No.19065972]

>>19058750
works good on portuguese or kaiser rolls too, just pick out some bread first and you have a perfect sloppa delivery system

[Anonymous No.19066024]

>>19055802
Of all the foods that grace our mortal earth,
None can compare to thee, dear Sloppy Joe.
Thy meaty goodness fills my soul with mirth,
And brings me joy wherever I may go.

Thy recipe is simple, yet refined,
Ground beef and onions cooked to golden brown.
With ketchup, mustard, spices well combined,
And Worcestershire sauce to top it down.

A dash of brown sugar to add some sweetness,
And let it simmer till the sauce is thick.
Then piled on buns with careless neatness,
A masterpiece of flavor, oh so quick!

Oh, Sloppy Joe, how great thou art to me,
My taste buds sing thy praises endlessly!