These Easy Sloppy Joes only take a few ingredients and are super easy to make on busy days when you don’t feel like cooking dinner. And they are always a family favorite!
Originally posted August 5, 2010 – I originally posted this recipe exactly 7 years ago. I think August must be a perfect time for the Easy Sloppy Joes – haha! It is the time of year when I’m struggling to get dinner on the table, and these are a go-to for those nights when I just don’t want to cook.
Now, if you read the original post below, you’ll know that these can be messed up. But rest assured – I have made these over and over with great success. So much that even after trying other sloppy joe recipes, I always come back to this one. That’s when you know they are a winner!
The original post from 2010 follows:
Does it ever seem like the recipes you know the best you are most likely to mess up? I’m usually pretty good at making a new recipe. Maybe it’s because it is new – and I follow the instructions better. And maybe when I make a tried and true recipe, I get a little lazy. I don’t know. But I’ve made this sloppy joe recipe many times before. (And I can’t believe I haven’t blogged about it yet!) But somehow, I really managed to mess it up this time.
Mistake #1 – I’ve been trying to recycle through some of my older food in the pantry, and I had a couple of cans of Healthy Request tomato soup. This recipe calls for a can of tomato soup, so I wanted to use one of those older cans instead of buying something new. That was definitely mistake #1. Do not use a healthy version of canned tomato soup for this recipe. The stuff doesn’t have very much flavor.
Mistake #2 – adding too much salt to make up for the fact that the soup from mistake #1 had no flavor. I took this a little too far, and what I ended up with were Salty Joes instead of Sloppy Joes. I couldn’t get my husband or my daughter to eat these!
But still, I am sharing this recipe with you today because I know it’s a good one. I promise it has worked for me many times before – as long as I use the right products!! Definitely a lesson learned!
More easy weeknight dinner ideas:
Easy Enchiladas
Chicken Pot Pie Ragu
Creamy Tomato Pasta with Shrimp
Crispy Lemon Chicken from Carlsbad Cravings
One Pot Goulash from Love Bakes Good Cakes
Garlic Beef and Veggie Ramen from Chelsea’s Messy Apron
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Easy Sloppy Joes
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Main Dish
Description
These Easy Sloppy Joes only take a few ingredients and are super easy to make on busy days when you don’t feel like cooking dinner. And they are always a family favorite!
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 can (10.75 oz) condensed tomato soup
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 6 hamburger buns
Instructions
Brown the ground beef in a large skillet until it is no longer pink. Drain if necessary.
Add the celery and onion to the beef. Cook until tender. Add the tomato soup, salt, and chili powder. Stir to combine, reduce the temperature and simmer uncovered for 20 minutes.
Serve on the hamburger buns.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts.
Nutrition
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 609 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 47 mg
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Patsyk says
I've had the same thing happen to me as well on recipes I have made many times. Consider it a lesson learned and make sure you have the right products in the pantry for next time! 🙂
Kim says
Sploppy Joes are almost always good! It's a fact the "healthy stuffs" aren't always tasting good…
Rosa's Yummy Yums says
A yummy speciality!
Cheers,
Rosa
kat says
It must be something in the air, you, another blogger & I all posted sloppy joes in the last couple of days
Susi says
Sloppy Joes are always a favorite with my crowd. Unfortunately the "Healthy Request" Soups are anything but good tasting, too bad it ruined your dinner.
scrambledhenfruit says
Sloppy joes were a standby meal here when my boys were teens- quick, easy and made lots! Your recipe sounds similar to mine- the canned soup gives it a little sweet taste. Maybe that's what the light version lacks. Thanks!
Joanne says
I totally know what you mean! Last night I made lumpy polenta because I was super hungry and in a rush. I didn't think I could mess it up.
I totally trust you though! I bet these are awesome.
The Comfort of Cooking says
Oh, these look SO yummy! Who doesn't love a messy, saucy sloppy joe… Mmmm!
teresa says
this always reminds me of snl's sloppy joe song, did you ever see that? these look great!
grace says
this is the second sloppy joe i've come across this morning. breakfast? perhaps. 🙂
Debbi Does Dinner Healthy says
I'll bet these are awesome too. Too bad about the salt, amazing how good it is to have salt but then how horrible it turns out if there is too much!!
Megan Davis says
I love sloppy joes! They are my favorite. By the way, this turned out to be my top best sloppy Joe recipe. Thanks a lot!
Jackie Pedersen says
My mom made these for the family back in the 1940’s. She had called them “Wimpies” They are the best! However, it is hard to duplicate Campbell’s condensed tomato soup if you want to use a healthy-type soup. The onions and celery are delicious in these. Thanks you for confirming my mom’s recipe! I shall keep trying to duplicate the soup if I can. Jackie
★★★★★
Deborah says
I’m so happy that you love this recipe! I make it ALL the time!
Christina Hunt says
My mom made these in the 60’s and also made chili from Campbell tomato soup. My son’s still love Grandma’s chili as they called it. I still make these sloppy joes for myself in 2019.
★★★★★
Helen s Bell says
I also use Chicken Gumbo soup in place of tomato.