Sloppy Joes is a quick and easy meal that can easily feed the entire family and leave enough for leftovers.

The name “sloppy” says it all as you might need a fork to eat this amazing sloppy sandwich. To make it even sloppier, I like to add a slice of American cheese on top of my sloppy joe sandwich. Trust me, you will thank me later!

Since we always have a freezer full of deer meat on hand, I like to incorporate deer meat into any recipe that calls for ground meat. For this sloppy joes recipe I used half ground deer and half ground beef (73% lean).

Let’s get started! Here’s what you’ll need…

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1 green bell peppers, diced
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 ½ lbs. ground meat
• 1 tsp. Cajun seasoning
• ½ tsp. red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp. dry mustard
• 2 tsp. chili powder
• 2 tbsp. brown sugar
• 2 tbsp. tomato paste
• 1 ½ cups ketchup
• 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• ¼ cup water
• 2 packs of small hamburger buns
• American cheese slices (optional)
• 2 jalapeno peppers, sliced (optional)

Instructions:

1. In a large deep skillet or Dutch oven pot, sauté onions, bell pepper, and garlic in butter over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes, until soft.

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2. Add ground meat, Cajun seasoning, and cook until ground meat is cooked all the way through and no longer pink. Since I’m using a combination of ground deer and beef I mixed the two together with a meat masher before adding to the skillet.

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3. Add red pepper flakes, dry mustard, chili powder, and brown sugar. Stir until well combined.

4. Add tomato paste, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and water. Stir until well combined.

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5. Cover and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.

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6. Spoon meat mixture over hamburger buns, top with a slice of American cheese and sliced jalapeno peppers, and serve hot with a side of salty potato chips! Enjoy!