Whether you call this recipe Manwich or Sloppy Joe, it’s sure to please a crowd! You’ll never buy that canned stuff again.
This is one recipe that comes together in just a few minutes and is really as easy as dicing up half a onion and green pepper!
When starting to cook from scratch, you may not realize how EASY Homemade Manwich is to make at home. Oh and do ya’ll call this recipe Homemade Manwich or Sloppy Joes? Leave a comment below and let me know! I’m curious to find out!
No matter what you call this recipe, it comes together in literally just minutes. Has very little clean up and can easily be doubled by adjusting how many people you are feeding to serve a crowd. If you are in need of a recipe to feed a crowd, on a budget, this is one of those recipes!
My Hubby enjoys his Manwich with a side of mac n cheese as well as a spoonful on his Manwich Sandwich! For me, I like a open sandwich with a little Mac N Cheese and lots and lots of fruit. I don’t know what it is, but, Homemade Manwich is comfort food at it’s finest!
How Do I Make a Manwich Sloppy Joe Sandwich?
Watch me make it live…
It’s really pretty easy.
Step #1: brown a pound of hamburger in a large skillet, breaking it down into ground pieces.
Step #2: while the meat is browning, chop up your peppers and onions, ensuring they are all bite size or smaller pieces.
Step #3: drain off any fat that is left in your skillet.
Step #4: saute the onion and pepper for 3-4 minutes, just to make tender before adding back in the meat.
Step #5: turn heat down to medium low and stir in tomato sauce, cumin, salt and pepper.
For me I enjoy just half of a piece of bread, open faced style. I eat it with a fork and avoid the extra calories that the top bun has! If you want to skip the carbs all together you can place a scoop in a piece of bib lettuce.
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Homemade Manwich Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef 80/20
- ½ yellow onion diced
- ½ green pepper diced
- pinch of ground cumin
- 1 ½ C Tomato Sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Brown Beef until halfway cooked.
- Add in onion, green pepper and cumin, stir.
- Once meat is browned and onions are translucent add tomato sauce to mixture, stir.
- Turn heat down to low and let simmer for 15-30 minutes.
- Serve on a hamburger bun, side of mac n cheese and salad for a complete meal your family will love.
How many servings do you estimate this makes? Maybe a better question is how many hamburger buns does it fill? Adding this to a recipe booklet for my sons heading off to college 🙂
Thanks!
Hey Tammy – what a great idea. Hopefully your son puts the booklet to good use. So this recipe makes the same amount as the canned stuff. We eat ours a bit differently. I would say it’s a safe bet that it would make 4 healthy sized sandwiches. Let me know how it turns out!
Thank you!
This looks yummy! What brand of tomato sauce do you recommend using?
I use Hunt’s and grab them when they are on sale. You can use whatever (they don’t pay me to say that!)…although, I wish they would!
Have you tried putting the open sandwich under a grill and melt cheese on top of the meat – so nice.
No! I have never thought to top Manwich with cheese! We may have to try that next time!