Texas toast sloppy joes are huge, open-faced sandwiches that will satisfy even the heartiest eater.
These sloppy joes have lean ground beef, chopped onion, store-bought sloppy joe sauce, frozen Texas toast, and shredded mozzarella cheese.
These simple ingredients come together for a cheesy, hearty twist on a classic sandwich.
Holly’s Recipe Highlights
- Flavor: These are so savory and slightly sweet with a rich, tangy sauce and melty cheese on buttery, crispy toast. So delish!
- Difficulty: Sloppy joes on Texas toast are an easy dinner recipe that’s ready in minutes.
- Time Saving Tip: It’s so convenient since several servings can be cooked and served from a single baking sheet. Double the sauce and freeze it for future meals.
- Serving Suggestions: Ssloppy Texas toast is the best as a fun group activity for parties and sleepovers – everyone can build their own!
- Budget Tip: Sloppy Joe sauce is very cheap to make. Perfect for stretching the food budget.
Ingredients and Variations
Ground Beef: Any ground beef will do. This recipe is also a great way to use leftover taco meat or meatloaf. Ground sausage will add more flavor, but any leftover meat can be added to the skillet.
Sauce: Store-bought sloppy joe sauce is a real time-saver. But a packaged mix can be added to the ground beef with a can of tomato paste and a little bit of water. Or make a homemade version with tomato paste, brown sugar, mustard, onion, and Worcestershire sauce.
Toast: Texas toast is thick, so it’s perfect for this recipe. Burger buns, dinner rolls, or thick slices of a baguette will also work.
Toppings: Make a sloppy joe bar and offer bowls of extra cheese, sliced jalapenos, diced avocados or tomatoes, and some salsa.
How to Make Texas Toast Sloppy Joes
- Cook beef and onion and then add sloppy Joe sauce (full recipe below).
- While the sauce is simmering, bake Texas toast in the oven.
- Remove toast from oven, top with sloppy joe sauce and mozzarella, and bake again.
What Goes with Sloppy Joes?
Side dishes for sloppy joes are only limited to the imagination! Serve with some air fryer home fries, Cajun fries, or some sweet potato fries. Or make this deliciously creamy potato salad, some tasty Mexican corn salad or simply open a can of creamed corn to serve on the side!
Recipe Tips!
- For extra Texas toast flavor, rub a clove of garlic over the baked bread before adding the sloppy joe mixture.
- Keep the leftover sloppy joe mixture separate from the Texas toast.
- To serve leftovers, simply toast fresh slices of bread and reheat the meat mixture on the stovetop.
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Texas Toast Sloppy Joes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ½ cup onion finely chopped
- 15 ounces sloppy joe sauce or 1 batch homemade sauce
- 6 pieces frozen Texas toast
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- In a skillet, cook beef and onion until no pink remains. Drain fat.
- Add sloppy joe sauce and simmer 5-7 minutes.
- Place frozen Texas toast slices on a large baking sheet. Bake in oven for about 5 minutes or until golden.
- Divide the sloppy joe mixture over the toasted bread and top with cheese.
- Bake 5 minutes more or until the cheese is melted.
Notes
- Alternately, after cheese is added to the sloppy joe mixture, broil for 1 minute until cheese is melted.
- Try rubbing a clove of garlic over the baked bread before adding the sloppy joe mixture for a delicious flavor.
- Refrigerate leftover sloppy joe mixture separate from the toast. It will keep for 3-4 days.
- Sloppy Joe sauce is perfect for freezing. It will keep in an airtight container in the freezer for 2-3 months.
- Reheat sloppy joe mixture on the stovetop and repeat from step 4 for a quick lunch or dinner.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
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Try it today it was good and simple to make. Will have again
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