To be fair, when you add Worcestershire sauce, cider vinegar, and mustard to almost anything it’s going to taste amazing. Throw in mushroom powder, miso, soy sauce, lemon juice, and/or malt vinegar and you have a slate of ingredients to pick from that will make all food delicious

Oh, NOT counting the meat. I was very confused at this for a while.

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Don’t sleep on tossing in some red bell peppers into mix while sauteeing… takes it up a whole level.

Yup, surprised me too when I first learned. Especially cause I’m not a big fan of ketchup, even the fresh, real stuff that isn’t processed. And yet sloppy joes are delicious. The other added flavors make all the difference.

Replace the ketchup with some salsa.

In the ones I have made from scratch, I try to avoid using that much ketchup and will use tomato paste or sauce and spice it up. I still add ketchup, but at least then you don’t need nearly as much.

226 kcal? Doesn’t seem right. The quarter pound of beef alone would be around 400.

And it’s f’n as good as evah!!!

Here’s the ingredient list of my favorite mix:

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped

• 1 medium green bell pepper, seeds removed, chopped

• 3 cloves garlic, minced

• 3 teaspoons kosher salt, divided

• 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, divided

• 1 1/2 pounds ground chuck

• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika

• 1 teaspoon ancho chili powder

• 1 teaspoon ground cumin

• 1 teaspoon onion powder

• 1 teaspoon dry mustard powder

• 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar

• 2 tablespoons yellow mustard

• 3/4 cup ketchup

• 2 tablespoons tomato paste

• 2 tablespoons malt vinegar

• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

• 10 dashes liquid smoke

• 1/2 cup chopped dill pickle

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How did you calculate 75%?