Not So Sloppy Joes

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 celery rib, minced
• 1/2 green bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon sucanat
• 1 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• tabasco sauce, to taste
• 4 rolls, halved and toasted

Recipe

• 1 heat the olive oil for one minute and then sauté the onion, celery, pepper and oregano for 4 minutes or until soft.
• 2 crumble in the ground beef, breaking it up with a spoon. cook until meat is brown.
• 3 stir in the remaining ingredients through the black pepper and cook for 6 minutes. add tabasco, if using, and cooked until bubbling and heated through.
• 4 spoon over toasted rolls and serve.