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    Texas Toast Sloppy Joes

    Published: Jun 3, 2022 · Modified: Apr 19, 2023 by Angela · This post may contain affiliate links · 5 Comments

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    Texas Toast Sloppy Joes are a twist on an old fashioned sloppy joes recipe. A family favorite, this easy dinner recipe with ground beef, sautéed onions and peppers, zesty sauce, and crunchy buttery Texas toast bread will be ready in 40 minutes.

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    Sloppy joes on Texas toast stacked into a tall sandwich on a white plate.

    Donate that can of Manwich - you won't need it after making the best homemade sloppy joes recipe around. These inexpensive and easy to make Homemade Sloppy Joes on Texas Toast have a sweet and savory flavor that will become a new family favorite recipe.

    Texas toast is the best bread for this sandwich because it's thick and crisp on the outside and soft on the inside to soak up all the homemade sloppy joes sauce. An original sloppy joes recipe has to be a little messy, right?

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    Ingredients

    • Ground meat - Sloppy Joes are traditionally made with ground beef, but I love ground turkey sloppy joes and ground chicken sloppy joes as well. This recipe tastes great with any ground meat you want to use. You can make it a healthy sloppy joe by using a meat low in fat.
    • Onion and bell pepper - I prefer to use red bell peppers in this recipe.
    • Tomato sauce - This sloppy joes recipe without ketchup uses tomato sauce to flavor the sauce instead.
    • Garlic and spices - marjoram, chili powder, and paprika
    • Flavorings for the sloppy joes sauce - Worcestershire sauce, red wine vinegar, yellow mustard, and brown sugar. Making sloppy joes with brown sugar in combination with these sauces and vinegar will give your homemade sloppy joe seasoning a zesty, sweet and savory taste.
    • Texas toast - You can't have this recipe without the Texas toast! I love to serve this sloppy joe on garlic Texas toast. This is one of my favorite recipes with Texas toast!
    Ingredients needed to cook sloppy joes on Texas toast. Ground meat, onions, peppers, brown sugar, bread, sauce and vinegar are on a wooden table.

    How to Make Texas Toast Sloppy Joes

    If you want low sodium sloppy joes, you have to stay away from the canned mix. It's easy to make your own sloppy joes sauce and, personally, I think it tastes much better. I love making sloppy joes for a crowd because this recipe is simple to make and is always a hit.

    First, preheat the oven and cook Texas toast according to package directions. Next, brown the ground meat. I like to make sloppy joes with ground chicken or sloppy joes with ground turkey, but ground beef is traditionally used.

    Once the meat has browned, add in the onions, peppers, and spices and cook on medium heat until the vegetables have softened. Drain meat, if necessary.

    Ground beef browning in a skillet.
    Step 1: brown ground meat.
    Ground beef browning in a skillet with onions and red bell peppers.
    Step 2: add onions and peppers to browned meat.
    Ground beef with onions and red bell peppers sautéing in a skillet with sloppy joes seasonings.
    Step 3: add spices and sauté on medium high heat.

    Then, add the tomato sauce and flavorings to the ground meat and vegetables. Making sloppy joes without ketchup will give you the opportunity to create a unique sweet and savory flavor combination.

    Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes until the consistency of the sauce has thickened up. While the sloppy joes sauce is simmering, cook the frozen Texas toast in the oven according to package directions.

    Homemade sloppy joes sauce brought to a boil and simmering in a skillet on the stove.
    Step 4: add liquid ingredients and bring to a boil then simmer.
    Cooked homemade sloppy joes sauce in a skillet. The sauce contains ground beef, onions, red bell peppers, tomato sauce, and spices.
    Step 5: after simmering for 20 minutes, the sloppy joes sauce should be this consistency.

    Finally, it's time to assemble and eat! When you assemble these sandwiches, you can use two pieces of bread to make a sandwich or make an open faced sloppy joe.

    I love sloppy joes with cheese, so I always had a piece of cheddar cheese on top or sprinkle shredded cheddar on top of the warm meat.

    Open faced sloppy joes with cheese and a stacked sloppy joes on Texas toast. Both sloppy joes sandwiches are on a white plate.

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    Sloppy joes on Texas toast stacked into a tall sandwich on a white plate.

    Texas Toast Sloppy Joes

    Angela
    Texas Toast Sloppy Joes are a twist on an Old Fashioned Sloppy Joes recipe. An easy dinner with juicy meat, zesty sauce, and buttery toast.
    5 from 6 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 40 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6
    Calories 300 kcal

    Equipment

    • Large Skillet

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 pound ground meat beef, chicken, or turkey
    • 1 onions chopped
    • 1 red bell pepper chopped
    • 2 cloves garlic minced
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
    • 1 teaspoon marjoram
    • ½ teaspoon chili powder
    • ½ teaspoon paprika
    • 15 ounce tomato sauce
    • 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
    • 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
    • 1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
    • 2 teaspoons yellow mustard
    • ¼ cup stock beef, chicken, vegetable, or water
    • frozen Texas toast

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven for Texas toast. In a large skillet, brown ground meat. Drain meat, if necessary.
    • Once the meat has browned, add in the onions, peppers, garlic, and seasonings. Cook on medium heat until the vegetables have softened; about 5 minutes.
    • Add tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, red wine vinegar, mustard, and stock to the skillet. Bring mixture to a boil then simmer for 20 minutes on low heat until the consistency of the sauce has thickened up.
    • While the sloppy joes mixture is simmering, cook the Texas toast in the oven according to package directions.
    • To assemble: use two pieces of Texas toast to make a sandwich filled with the sloppy joe sauce or make an open faced sloppy joe.

    Notes

    • I like sloppy joes with cheese, so I add a piece of cheddar cheese to the sandwich.
    • If the sauce mixture is too dry before boiling, add more stock until the sauce mixture can boil.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 300kcal
    Keyword sandwich, sloppy joes
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    1. Elaine

      June 16, 2022 at 7:30 am

      5 stars
      This looks so delicious, I want to go buy all the ingredients right now. Thanks for sharing and I plan to try this recipe soon!

      Reply
    2. Rebecca

      June 16, 2022 at 8:23 am

      5 stars
      I can't lie, I used to be a manwich type of gal but this recipe has me rethinking my ways! I will be adding this into my recipe book ASAP! Thank you for sharing!

      Reply
    3. Lyssa

      June 16, 2022 at 9:56 am

      5 stars
      Oh yum! I'd never thought of using Texas toast. I can't wait to try this.

      Reply
    4. Janie | Naughty Kitchen

      June 16, 2022 at 5:37 pm

      5 stars
      I love making this sandwich. I actually used plantbased ground meat for mine and tasted so good. Love using Texas toast!

      Reply

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