Smoked sloppy joes are everything you'd expect and more from a delicious sandwich that's known far and wide. The smokiness in the beef adds yet another wonderful layer of flavor.
Course Entree
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Ingredients
2lbslean ground beef90/10
1medium yellow oniondiced
1green bell pepper
4each garlic clovesminced
Butter
1TBSJeff's Texas style rub
1cupJeff's barbecue sauce
1TBSyellow mustard
½cupcondensed tomato soup
1-½teaspoonschili powder
½teaspooncoarse kosher salt
1teaspooncoarse ground black pepper
Hamburger buns
Instructions
Place the meat in a large iron skillet and smoke it at 225°F (107°C) until browned and cooked.
While the meat is cooking in the smoker, dice the onion and the pepper and mince the garlic.
Place the onion, peppers and garlic with 1 TBS of Jeff's Texas style rub and 2 TBS of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute until they are soft and blackened.
Once the meat is done cooking, add the vegetables, 1 cup of barbecue sauce, 1/2 cup of condensed tomato soup, 1 TBS of yellow mustard and spices to the skillet with the meat and simmer over low heat.
Simmer until the mixture is no longer soupy and has the right consistency. If you need to make it more saucy, you can add more of the tomato soup or a small amount of water.
Butter the buns and toast them on a griddle or in an iron skillet until they are browned and crispy on the bread side.
Ladle about 1/3 cup of the smoked sloppy joes onto the bottom bun and cap it off with the top bun.