{"id":1745,"date":"2012-09-15T14:15:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T14:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2017-12-02T23:11:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T06:11:06","slug":"sloppy-joes-from-scratch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/sloppy-joes-from-scratch\/","title":{"rendered":"Sloppy Joes from Scratch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 TBL olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 medium onion &#8211; chopped fine<\/li>\n<li>1 medium green bell pepper (seeded and chopped)<\/li>\n<li>2 clove garlic (minced)<\/li>\n<li>2 TBL brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>8 OZ can tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL chili powder or 2 TBL cayenne pepper sauce<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL Worcestershire<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL oregano<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp dijon mustard<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp apple cider vinegar<br \/>\n&#8211; then add<\/li>\n<li>1 LB lean 85\/15 ground beef &#8211; Mix in ONE EGG<\/li>\n<li>8 OZ crushed tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C pineapple or apple juice<\/li>\n<li>1 small can chopped mild green chilies (drained)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd CU ketchup (alt: Ms. T\u2019s Bloody Mary Mix)<\/li>\n<li>(Roux) Optional: \u00bd CU flour mixed with \u00bc CU water for thickening chili powder (use individually)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LET SIMMER AT LEAST AN HOUR<\/p>\n<p>OPTIONAL: Diced Jalapeno or Serrano chilies<\/p>\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat oil in skillet<\/li>\n<li>Brown your onion<\/li>\n<li>Add garlic and other items (about 30 seconds between each)<\/li>\n<li>Add the beef<\/li>\n<li>Add all other ingredients (except roux) and simmer for 20 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Mix in roux to thicken<\/li>\n<li>Spoon on top of bun<\/li>\n<li>Top with Chili powder to suit desire for heat<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 1 TBL olive oil 1 medium onion &#8211; chopped fine 1 medium green bell pepper (seeded and chopped) 2 clove garlic (minced) 2 TBL brown sugar 8 OZ can tomato paste 1 TBL chili powder or 2 TBL cayenne pepper sauce 1 TBL Worcestershire 1 TBL oregano 1 tsp dijon mustard 1 tsp apple &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/sloppy-joes-from-scratch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sloppy Joes from Scratch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,177,165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-dinners","category-book-lunches","category-sandwich"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9087,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions\/9087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}