Texas Toast Sloppy Joes
Texas Toast Sloppy Joes is a family favorite meal that serves zesty homemade sloppy joe sauce over garlicky, crunchy Texas Toast! A quick and delicious dinner option that’s ready in only 35 minutes!
Ease more of your weeknights by making another 30-minutes or less meal such as my One Pan Pizza Pasta and Beef Stroganoff!
Sinking Your Taste Buds Into These Texas Toast Sloppy Joes
This Texas Toast Sloppy Joe recipe is a major upgrade from your favorite childhood dinner! Homemade zesty sloppy joe sauce smothers store-bought Texas Toast and is then covered in melty cheese!
After a quick run to the store, you can slide this dinner onto the table in just 35 minutes!
Rebecca’s Recipe Review
Taste: These sloppy joes have all the flavor your taste buds could ever want! The burger sauce combines zesty, savory, and subtly sweet flavors. Then all of that saucy goodness is piled onto a buttery garlic piece of Texas Toast. You’ll be hooked after the first bite!
Texture: Sloppy Joes are just that – sloppy! Deliciously sloppy that is. The saucy mix is flooded with crumbles of tender ground beef, diced onions, and green peppers. While the bread provides a crunchier texture!
Ease: 4/10
Pros: A quick and yummy meal the whole family will devour without complaints!
Cons: None.
Would I Make This Again? Yes, when I find a meal that my kids eat without complaint, it automatically goes into the dinner rotation!
We loved this one! Have made a lot of different sloppy Joes, and this has been one of our favorites!
– KC
Ingredients For Texas Toast Sloppy Joes
- Lean Ground Beef
- White Onion
- Green Bell Pepper
- Ketchup
- Tomato Paste
- Honey Barbecue Sauce
- Dijon Mustard
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Garlic Powder
- Salt
- Ground Black Pepper
- Texas Toast
- Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- Fresh Parsley
Homemade Flavor That Can’t Be Beaten!
I get it, canned often means convenient! But you also lose out on tons of fresh, mouthwatering flavor by skipping out on homemade.
This Texas Toast Sloppy Joe Recipe makes it easy to add flavor by using ingredients you likely already have. The savory flavor is brought to the recipe with garlic powder, Dijon mustard, and tomato paste.
While Worcestershire sauce and apple cider vinegar lend a taste of zing. All of this flavor is then balanced out with a little sweetness thanks to your favorite honey barbecue sauce!
How To Make Texas Toast Sloppy Joes
- Cook the ground beef, onions, and green pepper in a large skillet. Afterwards, drain the excess liquid from the pan.
- Stir the ketchup, tomato paste, barbecue sauce, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, and spices into the cooked ground beef. Simmer this sloppy joe sauce on low until it has thickened.
- Bake the Texas Toast in the oven as the sauce is simmering.
- Top the baked toast with the sloppy joe mixture and top with mozzarella cheese. Lastly, broil the Texas Toast Sloppy Joes in the oven until the cheese has melted and begins to turn brown.
- Garnish with fresh parsley and enjoy!
Rebecca’s Tips For The Tastiest Sloppy Joes
- Excess Liquid – After cooking the ground beef and vegetables in the skillet be sure to drain the excess liquid. Excess liquid from frying alters the flavor of the recipe and makes the sloppy joe mixture extra runny.
- Simmering – Once the browned ground beef and vegetables combine with the remaining ingredients allow plenty of time to simmer. Simmering allows the sloppy joe mix to thicken, making it the perfect consistency!
- Meat Choice – I make this recipe with ground beef but ground turkey can also be used if you prefer.
- Broiling – Don’t skip out on broiling the finished Texas Toast Sloppy Joes! Broiling brings these Sloppy Joes to the finish line by melting and slightly browning the shredded mozzarella cheese!
- Enjoying Immediately – Since the Sloppy Joe mix is served on bread, these are best enjoyed immediately. Doing so will avoid soggy Texas Toast!
- Bread – This saucy burger mixture can also be served on bulky rolls, hamburger rolls, or even brioche rolls!
- Extra Sloppy – Of course! For a looser sloppy joe consistency, just add extra ketchup or BBQ sauce.
Storage Instructions For Texas Toast Sloppy Joes
I’d recommend only storing leftover Sloppy Joe mixture that hasn’t been used on Texas Toast. Completed leftover Texas Toast Sloppy Joes will turn soggy within a day.
Leftover Sloppy Joe mixture can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
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Texas Toast Sloppy Joes
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 white onion finely diced
- 1 green bell pepper finely diced
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3 ounces tomato paste
- ¼ cup honey barbecue sauce
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- 8 pieces Texas Toast
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Add the ground beef, onions, and green pepper to a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until beef has browned and vegetables are tender. Drain excess liquid.1 lb lean ground beef, 1 white onion, 1 green bell pepper
- Add in the ketchup, tomato paste, barbecue sauce, mustard, Worchestershire, vinegar, and spices, and simmer over medium-low heat for 15 to 20 minutes until the sauce has thickened.1 cup ketchup, 3 ounces tomato paste, ¼ cup honey barbecue sauce, 1 tablespoon dijon mustard, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, salt, ground black pepper
- Meanwhile, bake the Texas Toast according to the package directions.8 pieces Texas Toast
- Top the freshly baked pieces of toast with the finished sloppy joe mixture and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Broil on low for 1 to 2 minutes, just until the cheese is melted and starting to brown.1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Garnish with fresh parsley if desired and enjoy immediately.fresh parsley
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We loved this one. Have made a lot of different sloppy Joes and this has been one of our favorites.
Quick and easy meal that even our picky 3 year old loved!
This recipe was super easy to make for dinner and delicious! Will definitely be making it again! And having leftovers for lunch!