Sloppy Joes

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 lbs beef chuck
• 2 medium onions
• 1 large green pepper
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/3 cup prepared mustard
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper
• 3/4 cup catsup
• hamburger bun

Recipe

• 1 simmer meat several hours until it falls apart when pierced with a fork; then remove meat from liquid and shred with a fork (liquid may be used as stock in other recipes).
• 2 combine onions, green pepper, butter, brown sugar, tomato paste and salt, and simmer 15 minutes,or until tender.
• 3 add mustard, worcestershire sauce, tabasco, pepper, red pepper and catsup, and simmer 5 more minutes.
• 4 combine sauce with meat.
• 5 serve hot on hamburger buns to make sloppy joes.
• 6 note: it is also possible to use ground beef.
• 7 brown in frying pan; remove as much fat as possible, and stir in sauce.