Thursday, November 30, 2006

Recipe -- Not So Sloppy Joes

Not sure if I mentioned this recipe before -- from Real Simple magazine, it's pretty easy, and pretty good.

Not So Sloppy Joes

1 T olive oil
1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
1 pound ground beef
6 oz tomato paste
1 1/2 t chili powder
1 t cumin
1/8 t ground black pepper
1/8 t cinnamon
1 t kosher salt
4 hamburger buns
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup sour cream

Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat
Add onion, garlic, pepper
Saute until fragrant, about 3 minutes
Add ground beef.
Brown the beef, about 5 minutes
Stir in tomato paste, chili powder, cumin, black pepper, cinammon, salt
Simmer, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens slightly, about 12 minutes
Toast hamburger buns (if desired)
Spoon mixture onto buns; top with cheddar cheese and sour cream.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mmm, sounds delish. I printed it to try sometime. Thanks! :)

Cerulean Bill said...

Our hand scrawled notes on the torn-out page say that it was easy to make and quite tasty.

BTW, are there metric equivilents to teaspoons and tablespoons?