Sloppy Joes

Remember when your mom used to make Sloppy Joes with Manwich, the sickeningly sweet canned sauce you'd add to ground beef? Yeah, me too. It was awful. It made me never want to touch anything remotely resembling Sloppy Joes again. That was before I discovered the Pioneer Woman, the queen of home cooking. She's got a recipe for pretty much everything you could ever want, and that includes Sloppy Joes. Once again, home cooking wins against processed, store-bought food!
 
Ingredients:
2 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 large green bell pepper, diced
1/2 large onion, diced
5 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 cups ketchup
2 TBSP. packed brown sugar
2 tsp. chili powder, or more to taste
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes, or more to taste
Worcestershire sauce to taste
Tabasco sauce to taste
Salt to taste
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
8 kaiser rolls
2 TBSP. butter

Directions:

1.  Brown ground beef in a large pot over medium-high heat, then drain off the fat.
2. Add in green pepper and onion. Stir, then add minced garlic, ketchup, and 1 cup water. Stir to combine, then add brown sugar, chili powder, mustard, red pepper flakes, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, salt, and pepper. Stir again, then cover and simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes.
3. To serve, spread the kaiser rolls with softened butter and brown them on a griddle or skillet. Spoon the meat mixture onto the bottom roll, then top with the other half.

Source: The Pioneer Woman