• Home
• Pastry
• Dinners
• Soups
• Salads
• Holiday Recipes

Sloppy Joes

1 lb hamburger
1 chopped onion
Brown in skillet together and drain
Add:
1 can tomato sauce (8 ounces)
1/4 cup catsup
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce

Simmer for 15 minutes. Scoop onto buns, add cheese if you like

Sloppy Joes for a Crowd

10 lb hamburger
14oz catsup
1 qt. tomato juice
2 tsp. chili powder
2 tsp. pepper
3 tsp. salt
6 Tbsp. onion flakes

Brown hamburger prior to putting in crock pot. Drain grease, add ingredients. Let simmer in crockpot for at least 2 hours, the longer the better and more seasoning to taste.

Sloppy Janes

1 pkg. (about 10) frankfurters, sliced
1 (28oz) can baked beans
1 tsp. prepared mustard
1 tsp. instant minced onion
1/3 cup chili sauce
5 to 6 hot dog buns, toasted

In slow cooking pot, combine frankfurters with beans, mustard, onion and chili sauce. Cover and cook on low for 2 to 3 hours. Spoon over toasted buns.

Taverns

Taverns are very popular in Southern South Dakota

2 1/2 lbs. ground beef
5-6 stalks celery, chopped
1 lg onion, chopped
1 c. catsup
1 can tomato soup
1 can chicken gumbo soup
2 tbsp. prepared mustard
1 tsp. chili powder
2 tablsp. vinegar
2 tblsp. brown sugar

Brown meat. Add onion and cook until tender. Mix rest of ingredients into meat and onion. Cook at 300 degrees for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs. or until celery is cooked. Serve on hamburger buns.
Recipe from Parkston SD (SD Special Olympics Cookbook)

Easy Taverns

1 c. water
1 tsp. chili powder
3/4 c. catsup
2 T. prepared mustard
1 sm. onion
2 lbs. ground beef

Bring all the ingredients to a boil except for ground beef. Add beef and boil for 5 minutes. Simmer for 15 or 20 minutes more. Serve on hamburger buns.
Recipe from Platt SD Hospital recipe book

Here's another Taverns recipe that is similiar.

Amy's Taverns

2 lbs hamburger, browned
1 c. catsup
1 c. water
Dash of salt
Pinch of pepper
1 onion, chopped
2 tsp. chili powder
2 tsp. prepared mustard

Boil catsup, water, salt, pepper, onion and chili powder. Pour over browned hamburger and bring to a boil. Add mustard.

Barbecue Burgers

1/2 lb ground beef
2 tablespoons chopped onion
2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
1 rib of celery diced
1/2 cup catsup
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoon Worchesterchire sauce
1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon allspice

Lightly brown ground beef; drain excess grease. Add onion, green pepper, and celery. Sauté. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over meat. Cover pan tightly; simmer for 30 minutes. Serve on hot toasted buns. Makes 6 to 8.
Recipe from 1974 Family Circle Cookbook