Ultimate Sloppy Joes

 Adapted for Dutch oven from "Dinner, then Dessert"

Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons yellow mustard
• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Warm 25 briquets and place all of them under the Dutch oven.
2. Add beef to Dutch oven and brown.
3. Remove all but about 1 tablespoon of the fat and remove meat from Dutch oven.
4. Add in onion and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5-10 minutes.
5. Add beef to the Dutch oven and then add garlic, mustard, ketchup, brown sugar, salt, and pepper.
6. Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 15-20 minutes.
7. Serve with cheese on hamburger buns.

Notes:

• You will want to keep the lid off for most of this recipe so you can easily stir and moisture can evaporate.
• If you want to prep things beforehand, you can chop the onions and bell pepper and put them in a container together (when you remove the beef, you can put it in this container if you push the beef to the side, add the veggies, and then take the beef out). You can also mix all the sauce ingredients (garlic, mustard, ketchup, sugar, salt, and pepper) together in one container.
• Homemade buns make these sloppy joes great! For an easy homemade bun recipe, use https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/beautiful-burger-buns-recipe  I make them into sliders!

Browning the beef

Beginning of step 5

Done cooking!

Finished product