Ingredients
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3 lbs beef chuck
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1 large green pepper
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4 tablespoons butter
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1/2 cup brown sugar
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1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
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1 1/2 teaspoons salt
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1/3 cup prepared mustard
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2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
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1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
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1/2 teaspoon pepper
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1/2 teaspoon red pepper
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3/4 cup catsup
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2 medium onions
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hamburger bun
Instructions
- Simmer meat several hours until it falls apart when pierced with a fork; then remove meat from liquid and shred with a fork (liquid may be used as stock in other recipes).
- Combine onions, green pepper, butter, brown sugar, tomato paste and salt, and simmer 15 minutes,or until tender.
- Add mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, pepper, red pepper and catsup, and simmer 5 more minutes.
- Combine sauce with meat.
- Serve hot on hamburger buns to make sloppy joes.
- Note: It is also possible to use ground beef.
- Brown in frying pan; remove as much fat as possible, and stir in sauce.