Sloppy Joes for 100

Ingredients

• 20 pounds ground beef
• 4 large onions, chopped
• 4 large green peppers, chopped
• 4 cups celery, chopped
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup spicy brown mustard
• 4 cups ketchup
• 2 12 ounce cans tomato paste
• 4 15 ounce cans tomato sauce
• 6 cups water
• 1 cup vinegar
• 2/3 cup Worcestershire sauce

Steps

• In a large Dutch oven, brown beef in 2 pound batches with a portion of onions, celery and peppers
• When all beef is browned, mix in remaining ingredients and simmer for 1 hour

Tips

• Don't add all the water at once.  Add only enough to thin out the mixture like you'd like it
• Since this recipe make about a hundred Sloppy Joe sandwiches, it is best to put it in one of those large roasting ovens
• This recipe scales up or down well.  If you don't need to feed an army, just scale everything back

Recipe from Craig Kennedy - December 1999, adapted by Jim Beletti

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Copyright (C) 1999 J. D. Beletti, All rights reserved

Last revised: November 09, 2004