Good ol' boy Sloppy Joes.
Ingredients
- butter: 3 Tbsp
- garlic: 6 clove (minced)
- sweet onion (such as Vidalia®): 1 piece (chopped)
- green bell pepper: 1 piece (chopped)
- fresh cilantro: 0.25 cup (chopped)
- ground beef: 2 pound
- brown sugar: 0.25 cup
- prepared yellow mustard (such as Colman's®): 2 Tbsp
- Worcestershire sauce: 1 Tbsp
- italian seasoning: 1 tsp
- onion powder: 1 tsp
- Greek seasoning (such as Cavender's®): 0.75 tsp (to taste)
- hamburger seasoning (such as McCormick® Grill Mates®): 0.5 tsp (to taste)
- garlic powder: 0.5 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.5 tsp
- smokehouse maple seasoning (such as McCormick® Grill Mates®): 0.5 tsp (to taste)
- hickory smoked salt (such as McCormick®): 0.25 tsp (to taste)
- pinches ground nutmeg: 2 piece (to taste)
- barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray's®): 2 cups
- ketchup: 1 cup
- apple cider vinegar: 2 Tbsp
- hamburger buns: 12 piece
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot butter until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir onion, green pepper, and cilantro into garlic; cook and stir until the onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
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Cook and stir ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until browned, 5 to 10 minutes; drain fat. Increase heat to medium-high. Stir brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, onion powder, Greek seasoning, hamburger seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper, smokehouse maple seasoning, smoked salt, and nutmeg into ground beef mixture; cook until boiling, 4 to 6 minutes.
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Stir onion mixture into beef mixture; reduce heat to simmer.
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Pour barbeque sauce, ketchup, and apple cider vinegar into beef mixture; stir, cover, and simmer until sauce is thickened, 30 minutes. Scoop beef into hamburger buns and serve.
