Sloppy Joes

By Audrey Plant

Ingredients

1-pound 85 percent lean ground beef

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

½ large white onion, chopped fine

½ teaspoon kosher salt

2 teaspoons garlic powder

2 teaspoons dark or light brown sugar

2 teaspoons smoked paprika

2 teaspoons black pepper

¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

¼ cup tomato paste

1/3 cup ketchup

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

½ teaspoon cornstarch

4 hamburger buns 

Instructions

1.     Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet with oil. Add onion and sauté for 3 minutes on medium heat until softened. Add salt, garlic powder, brown sugar, paprika, pepper and red pepper flakes. Stir until seasoning is well incorporated about 1 minute.

2.    Add tomato paste, ketchup, vinegar and Worcestershire sauce. Paste/onion mixture will be a deep rust color. Add ground beef and break up with a metal spatula until ground.

3.    Cook beef and scrap the brown bits on the pan about 4 minutes. Sprinkle cornstarch over beef and cook for another 2 minutes, stirring continuously. Sauce should coat beef and be thick. Portion out beef onto toasted buns and serve. 

 Notes:

1.     Substitute: Ground Turkey

2.    The leaner the protein the less tender it will be.

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Recipe Adapted from Cooks Illustrated