Who doesn’t love Sloppy Joes? Made with leftover brisket, this version is one your family will ask for again and again.
Smoked Brisket Sloppy Joes
Serves: 4-6 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ⅔ cup chopped onion
- 1½ cups tomato sauce
- ½ cup ketchup
- 3 tablespoons bread-and-butter pickle juice
- 2 tablespoons firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons yellow mustard
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon hot sauce
- 4 cups chopped smoked brisket
- ½ cup chopped bread-and-butter pickles
- Toasted hamburger buns, bread-and-butter pickle slices, and shredded Cheddar cheese, to serve
Instructions
- In a 10-inch cast-iron skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook until lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Add tomato sauce, ketchup, pickle juice, brown sugar, Worcestershire, tomato paste, mustard, onion powder, and hot sauce. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer for 6 minutes. Stir in brisket and pickles. Cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Serve on toasted buns with pickles and cheese.
My entire family loved this recipe (4 kids with all very different preferences). I was between making brisket stroganoff, brisket flautas or sloppy joes. My kids had already become tired of brisket tacos or just brisket so this was a great way to use my leftover brisket.