BBQ Sloppy Joes on the Traeger
Flavorful, meaty and with a hint of sweet from the BBQ sauce, this recipe for Sloppy Joes cooked on the Traeger are the ultimate comfort food from your childhood with a backyard twist.
Equipment
- Traeger grill
- Lodge cast iron skillet
Ingredients
- 1 bottle of Head Country BBQ Sauce- we used the Original variation
- Head Country sweet & spicy seasoning
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small can of tomato sauce
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 sweet white onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp butter
- 4 hamburger buns
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ cup shredded white cheddar cheese
- ¼ cup crispy green chilis for topping- we use these!
Instructions
- Preheat the Traeger grill to 450*
- Place a cast iron pan in the grill to get very hot while you prep the other ingredients
- Finely chop the onion and red bell pepper and press the garlic
- In the hot pan, melt half of the butter and saute the onion, pepper and garlic until translucent
- Add the ground beef to the pan, sprinkle with seasoning and cook until brown on one side
- Using a spatula or spoon, break up the meat and continue cooking until brown all over
- Drain the meat on paper towels and return to the pan
- Add the sauce ingredients– BBQ sauce, tomato sauce and seasonings
- sCombine the meat and sauce and close the grilll and simmer the mixture for an additional 10 minutes or so
- Let sauce reduce and thicken, continuing to stir the meat mixture until cooked through
- Toast the buns by brushing the insides with melted butter
- When toasted, sprinkle with garlic powder
- Assemble the sandwiches: several spoonfuls of meat on the bottom bun, lots of shredded cheese, then topped with chile crisps
- Put the top bun on the sandwich and serve hot!
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Notes
For this recipe, we used the Traeger Ranger grill. But if you crank up the heat on any Traeger model, you can create the same results!