Sloppy Joe Hot Dogs- two childhood favorites combine to make a wonderfully delicious All-American lunch or dinner. Easy to make and perfect for busy weeknights, game days, cookouts, and family gatherings. Don’t forget plenty of napkins!
From-scratch sloppy joes are so easy to make, there’s no need to use a canned sauce. Plus you can control the ingredients and the sodium level.
Sweet and Tangy Sloppy Joe Mixture
These hot dogs are like chili dogs with a sweet and tangy chili. Browned ground beef, onion, and green pepper are cooked with tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and chili powder. Combined with hot dogs it’s a match made in heaven.
Cook the hot dogs in the microwave, oven, gill or in a pot. However you like to cook them.
Make It Spicy
This sloppy joe mixture is sweet and tangy. If you want to make it spicy, add 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes.
Add Some Toppings
You can eat these hot dogs just topped with the sloppy joe mixture or you can serve them fully loaded with shredded cheddar cheese, finely diced onion, ketchup and mustard. Or kick them up with some pickled jalapeno slices.
Recipe Tip
If you like chili or spaghetti sauce with the meat really finely broken up, you need one of these meat chopper gadgets. They are inexpensive and so handy in the kitchen.
Make Ahead
The sloppy joe mixture can be made a day in advance and reheated. Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 4 days.
What To Serve With Sloppy Joe Hot Dogs
- Easy Macaroni Salad
- Southern Potato Salad
- The BEST Way To Cook Corn on the Cob
- Air Fryer Onion Rings
More Sloppy Joe Recipes
- Root Beer Sloppy Joes
- Sloppy Joe Grilled Cheese
- Sloppy Joe Crescent Squares
- Tex-Mex Sloppy Joes
- Sloppy Joe Potato Skins
- Texas Toast Sloppy Joes
Sloppy Joe Hot Dogs
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1/2 green bell pepper, diced
- 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 hot dogs, cooked
- 8 hot dog buns
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup finely diced onion
Instructions
- Brown and crumble the ground beef in a large nonstick skillet. When it is about halfway cooked, add onion and bell pepper and continue to cook until they are softened.
- Add tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, chili powder, black pepper, and salt. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Place hot dogs in buns. Top with sloppy joe mixture, cheddar cheese, and onion.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
