Smoked Sloppy Joes
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.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs lean ground beef (90/10)
- 1 each medium yellow onion , diced
- 1 each green bell pepper
- 4 each garlic cloves , minced
- Butter
- 1 TBS Jeff's Texas style rub https://thinbluefoods.com
- 1 cup Jeff's barbecue sauce https://thinbluefoods.com
- 1 TBS yellow mustard
- ½ cup condensed tomato soup
- 1-½ teaspoons chili powder
- ½ teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- Hamburger buns
Instructions
- Place the meat in a large iron skillet and smoke it at 225 degrees 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.
- Put about 1/3 cup of the smoked sloppy joes on the bottom bun and cap it off with the top bun.
- Serve immediately.