Sloppy Josephs are the grown-up version of sloppy Joe’s! With crispy bacon, sliced avocado and completed with a fried egg (with the delicious runny yolk!) on top!
Don’t laugh at the name. I know you want to.
This isn’t a sammich that should be messed with. I mean look at it one impressive sloppy j.
First it all starts with my family’s sloppy joe recipe that I’ve been making for years.
The sauce is sweet and savory and perfect. It does call for ketchup, which I know some of my friends have strong feelings about it. But I of course will share with you my homemade ketchup recipe and you can feel free to use in place of reg-o ketchup.
It all comes together so quickly. While the sauce simmers you can crisp up the bacon, fry up some eggs and slice up an avocado. Then pla-dow! It’s done.
And of course I served with an adult beverage.
Then I happily shoved this sandwich into my face and gave myself the ultimate sloppy j stache. Because why not?
Enjoy! And if you give this Sloppy Josephs recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!
Sloppy Josephs
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon bacon fat, or olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 1½ pounds ground beef chuck
- 1½ cups ketchup
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3/4 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika
- 6 sturdy buns, or crusty rolls
- 6 slices bacon, cooked until crispy
- 1 large avocado , sliced
- 6 eggs, fried
Instructions
- Heat bacon fat (reserved from cooking the bacon) or oil in a dutch oven over medium heat.
- Add the diced onion and saute for 8 minutes or until soft and translucent.
- Next add in the ground beef, using a spatula to break it into crumbles. Cook until no longer pink. Drain and discard any excess fat.
- To the onions and beef, add the ketchup, water, sugar, mustard, salt, pepper and paprika. Stir until combined.
- Bring to a simmer, reduce to low and cover and cook for 20 minutes, stirring ocassionally.
- Divide sloppy Joseph mixture onto toasted buns or crusty rolls. Top with bacon, avocado and fried egg.
This recipe was inspired by damndelicious.net.
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I just made homemade sloppy joe’s Sunday night. Why didn’t I think to add bacon, egg and avocado! Genius!
I saw this on the Tablespoons a few days ago and was like, “WHOOOOAAAA. NEED.” I still feel that way. 🙂
you put a perfectly gorgeous runny yolk on top of a perfectly bada** sloppy joe (my childhood FAV!) and now I want to hug you through my computer screen
My husband would flip for this sandwich. We love a good ole sloppy joe but this looks like the ultimate! Yum
Oh my word. This looks amazing. I, too, have a sloppy joe recipe that I have been making for years. This is an awesome way to vary it up!
I love that you put a fried egg on top….I could put a fried egg on pretty much everything. Fantastic recipe!
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Over the top amazing!!
It it weird that the second I saw the hunk o’ wich, I immediately thought about how desperately I wanted a sloppy j stache?? This is the ultimate of ultimates…I NEEEEDS it on my face…err…I mean, in my life 😉
Ok seriously. This sandwich is the shiznit. Seriously.. And I’m laughing because my husbands name is Joe..hahah
Haha! Thank you Samantha!
After seeing this pictures, I wonder why i haven’t been eating all my sloppy jos with bacon, a fried egg and avacado!
This looks scrumptious!
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Way to make a sloppy Joe look sexy!
Thanks Risa
HI Looks Amazing, Maybe its my computer, But the ingredient and amounts are not showing up.