Chipotle Sloppy Joes

 

Ever since I was a little kid, I have loved sandwiches. Ever since I was an adult, I have loved YouTube star "Sam the Cooking Guy". So imagine my delight this week when Sam came out with a brand new cookbook "Between the Buns"....an entire book dedicated solely to sandwiches.

I find Sam interesting because he has a really dry sense of humor, swears like a sailor and is a brilliant cook. He owns a slew of restaurants in San Diego, but he does all of his YouTube videos on his home patio. He primarily cooks on an EVO flat top grill....which is something like giant, upside down cast iron pan, albeit 36" wide.

If you have time, check out his YouTube videos. If you like sandwiches, snarf yourself a copy of "Between the Buns". And enjoy his take on Chipotle Sloppy Joes. Becky, my son Sean and I did last Wednesday night and they were awesome! (served chili-lime Tater Tots on the side)

INGREDIENTS

1 tablespoon olive oil 

1/2 onion, diced

1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced

1 pound ground beef

1 large garlic clove, minced

Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

6 ounces tomato paste

1 cup really good beer

4 chipotle peppers, finely minced

4 hamburger buns

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oil in a large skillet. Add onion and bell pepper and cook for 3 minutes. 
2. Then add ground beef and cook until no red remains. Add garlic and cook for one minute.
3. Season with salt and pepper. Then add Worcestershire, tomato paste, beer and chipotles. Mix throughly and then let simmer over medium low heat for 10 minutes until thickened.
4. Serve on hamburger buns.

Pairing: An ice-cold Pacifico