Asian-Style Sloppy Joes

5 from 9 votes

These sweet and savory homemade asian-style sloppy joes are made with simple ingredients, are easy to customize to your tastes, and are ready in less than 30 minutes!

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Asian

Keyword: sloppy joe recipe

Servings: servings

Calories: 245kcal

Author: The Chunky Chef

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef I like to use 85/15 or 90/10
3 Tbsp sweet chili sauce
2 Tbsp reduced sodium soy sauce
2 Tbsp ketchup
1 Tbsp hoisin sauce
1 Tbsp packed light brown sugar
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
1 tsp rice vinegar
1 tsp minced dried onion
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tsp sesame seeds for garnish
hamburger buns for serving

Instructions

Toast buns (optional but recommended)

Heat a large skillet over MED HIGH/HIGH heat. Add a drizzle of vegetable oil, and once hot, add buns, cut side down. Cook for 30 seconds to a minute (this time will vary), or until golden brown on the bottoms.
Remove to a wire cooling rack, cut sides up.

Cook meat

Heat a small drizzle of oil in large skillet over MED-HIGH heat. Add ground beef and cook, breaking apart into crumbles as it cooks, about 5 minutes, or until cooked through. Transfer to colander to drain if necessary (depending on the leanness of your ground beef this may not be needed).
Return beef to the same skillet.

Add sauce

To the skillet, add sweet chili sauce, soy sauce, ketchup, hoisin sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, rice vinegar, dried onion, garlic powder, ground ginger, and black pepper. Stir well to combine.
Cook for 1-2 minutes on MED heat, until sauce has thickened a bit, to your desired consistency.

Garnish and serve

Remove skillet from the heat, and sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired.
Serve over the toasted buns as a sandwich, or however you'd like.

Notes

I've estimated this recipe serves 6 (just 1/6th of the skillet - not an exact measurement), but you're free to divide it up into as many servings as you'd like.
Calorie count provided (as a courtesy and is an estimate) does not include the buns, as this will vary from person to person (depending on the types of buns used, etc).

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