Mom's Sloppy Joes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar, can sub light brown
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh squeezed or the concentrate
• 1 1/2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1/2-1 teaspoon mustard, regular yellow table mustard to taste
• 4 -6 hamburger buns

Recipe

• 1 in frying pan, brown ground beef til no longer pink, breaking up into very small pieces as you cook. (if you leave it in larger pieces/chunks, the meat won't all get coated as much, and won't be as good. will also fall off the bun more easily.).
• 2 drain grease.
• 3 add rest of ingredients, stir well to mix.
• 4 simmer over low heat for 20 minutes or so, stirring ocaisionally.
• 5 serve on warmed hamburger buns.
• 6 *if using as a bbq sauce, simmer ingredients in a small saucepan over low heat for about 15-20 minutes, stirring ocaisionally. grill meat (chicken, etc.) til just done. baste well with sauce and cook 3-5 minutes longer. turning and basting.
• 7 if baking instead of grilling, the bbq-style sauce can be added to the raw meat and baked the entire time at 350 degrees til done.