Kid Friendly Sloppy Joe Recipe

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In my house, my kids are I am very picky about certain things in my food.

First lettuce never, ever is allowed to touch a sandwich.

Second, celery is not even allowed in my kitchen.

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Third, I like onion flavor but I hate onions.

I’m a 40 year old child with texture issues.  But I’m ok with it.

The onion thing has really been tricky for us.  Onion powder usually does not replace onions in a recipe – ever.  It just does not taste the same.  But if I SEE an onion in my food I will pick around it, and for sloppy joes, it is messy enough.

The recipe below was adapted and improvised from 2 different recipes I discovered, neither of which would fly in my house because of the chunks of onion and peppers (I noted 3 examples above – just know that those are just a sampling of my pickyness).

It’s easy to make plus it’s kid friendly and picky adult friendly.

And it tastes great too!

I used my homemade taco seasoning mixture for this recipe which is very versatile and can be used with tacos, chili, sloppy joes and more!

I was not overly optimistic that these would taste that great because I didn’t use real onions but they were really, really good.  I went with the 1/2 cup ketchup and they were quite crumbly so if you want them more sticky, I would definitely increase it.

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Kid Friendly Sloppy Joes Recipe

Easy to make a super-kid friendly!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Servings 6

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 to 2/3 cup ketchup
• 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp homemade taco seasoning link provided below
• 6 hamburger buns we used Rudy's Organic

Instructions

• Brown ground beef in a skillet.
• Add onion powder, garlic powder and black pepper during browning.
• Remove from heat.
• Drain.
• Add water, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes and taco seasoning to beef mixture and stir.
• Cook until boiling, stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.

Notes

Using 1/2 cup of ketchup will make for a more crumbly joe, 2/3 cup should make it more sticky.

I use all organic ingredients, it's certainly not required but makes for a healthier sandwich because you know there is nothing fake in it!

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