Tender biscuits filled with a saucy Sloppy Joe ground beef filling make Sloppy Joe Pockets a delicious game day food for your Super Bowl party, on-the-go snack or hot lunch that’s fun for kids! An easy homemade Sloppy Joe filling makes every bite of these portable pockets ever so tasty!
Sloppy Joe Pockets Recipe
Do you love those saucy juicy Sloppy Joe sandwiches from your childhood? Me too! But I’m not a fan of that canned beef mixture. Our homemade ground beef filling is so delicious and easy to make you won’t know why you ever used that canned stuff. Ground beef combines with just a few basic kitchen ingredients to make a saucy beef mixture that fills these tender biscuit pockets.
You will love our Sloppy Joe Pockets with biscuits for this weekend’s Super Bowl get together and they’re fun for kids as an on the go hot mess-free lunch. And you can make the filling ahead, refrigerate and then bake into pockets when you’re ready!
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What is a Sloppy Joe sandwich?
The sloppy joe sandwich is a mixture of ground beef,cooked with onions, tomato sauce or ketchup and Worcestershire sauce and other seasonings too. This saucy beef mixture is typically served on a hamburger bun.
Where does Sloppy Joe originate from?
Also referred to as a “loose meat sandwich”, the sloppy joe’s origin is said to be associated with a cook named Joe in Souix City, Iowa. Back in the 1930’s, Joe added tomato sauce to his loose meat sandwiches and the “Sloppy Joe’ was born. Although there are several stories of the origin of this sandwich making it’s origin somewhat “sloppy” and who really knows the true origin?
This recipe is part of Meal Plan Monday and The Weekend Potluck
Ingredients you will need to make this recipe
- ground beef
- onion
- garlic
- tomato sauce
- brown sugar
- Worcestershire sauce
- kosher salt
- pepper
- biscuits
- butter
- sesame seeds
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I’ve turned the comfort food favorite of Chicken Parmesan into trendy Chicken Parmesan Sliders for your Super Bowl party! A seasoned mini chicken burger coated in crunchy panko breadcrumbs is topped with melty mozzarella cheese and seasoned sauce and served on mini slider buns.
Tender biscuits filled with a saucy Sloppy Joe filling make Sloppy Joe Pockets a delicious on-the-go snack, fun for kids lunch or game day food for your Super Bowl party! An easy homemade Sloppy Joe filling makes every bite of these portable pockets ever so tasty!
- 1 lb. ground beef
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 2 Tbs. packed brown sugar
- 2 Tbs. Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp. kosher salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 1 tube (16.3 ounces) refrigerated Grands biscuits
- 1 Tbs. butter, melted
- ½ tsp. sesame seeds, optional
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Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and cook ground beef, onion, garlic, kosher salt and pepper until beef is browned, stirring occasionally.
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Stir in tomato sauce, brown sugar and Worcestershire and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Remove from heat and let mixture cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. I recommend transferring mixture to a bowl to cool faster than keeping it in the skillet.
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Preheat oven to 350F.
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On lightly floured surface, roll each biscuit dough into a 5 1/2″ diameter circle.
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Arrange filling (about a heaping ¼ cup per pocket) in lower center of each dough circle to within 1-inch of edge.
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Fold dough over filling to make a pocket and seal edges with fork.
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Arrange pockets a baking sheet. Brush tops with melted butter and sprinkle with sesame seeds, if desired.
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Bake 15-18 minutes or until golden and baked through.
Mary says
February 3, 2019 at 3:52 pmThank you so much for sharing your awesome recipe with all of us at Weekend Potluck, Gywnn! Your Sloppy Joe Pockets are perfect for Super Bowl parties today, both kids and adults would go crazy for them, We hope you stop by again to share more of your great recipes. Have a great week!
GG says
February 3, 2019 at 11:29 pmThank you for your kind words Mary. I enjoy sharing my recipes at Weekend Potluck and look forward to sharing more. Thank you for taking the time to stop by Swirls. Savor the moment, Gwynn
Kelly says
June 22, 2019 at 2:07 pmI think I’m going to make these for dinner!
Do you cook your onions while browning the meat or do you wait and add them in step 2?
GG says
June 22, 2019 at 2:14 pmHi Kelly, thank you so very much for your question. That was actually a typo and I just went in and corrected it! I cook the onions together with the ground beef, garlic, kosher salt and pepper, in the first step of the recipe. I am so happy that you pointed that out to me! It’s all fixed now. Happy cooking and I’d love to hear how they turn out for you! Savor the Moments, Gwynn