Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes

A white basket with a hamburger bun with sloppy joes meat inside of it.

Your family will love these extra cheesy Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes for dinner! Oven toasted hamburger buns topped with American cheese, and then piled high with a perfectly seasoned ground beef cheeseburger mixture with dill pickles.

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Keyword cheeseburger sloppy joes, sloppy joe recipe, sloppy joes

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 356kcal

Author Jessica - Together as Family

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
white onion finely diced
1 pound lean ground beef
1 teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 clove garlic
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup chopped dill pickles
1 tablespoon yellow mustard
2 teaspoons dill pickle juice (from the pickle jar)
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon light brown sugar

Toasted Buns

6 hamburger buns
6 slices American cheese (I use Kraft singles)
spreadable/soft butter

Instructions

In a skillet pan, over medium-high heat, add the oil and chopped onion. Cook until softened and slightly translucent, about 3-4 minutes.
Add the ground beef, kosher salt, black pepper, and garlic. Cook and crumble until ground beef is no longer pink.
Drain the excess grease/moisture from the pan.
Add the ketchup, chopped dill pickles, mustard, pickle juice, worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar. Stir to combine.
Simmer for about 5-10 minutes, while stirring occasionally, so the flavors can develop and any extra liquid/sauce can thicken.
* Turn down heat as needed
While meat is simmering toast the hamburger buns. Lay out both sides of the hamburger buns onto a cookie sheet. Spread butter on each of them. Broil until toasted and lightly browned, about 2-3 minutes.
Place a slice of American cheese on each top side of hamburger bun and broil again for about 1 minute, or until the cheese is melted.
Serve a scoop of cheeseburger sloppy joe mixture onto each bottom bun and then place a cheesy top bun on it.

Notes

Ground Meat : Feel free to swap the ground beef with ground turkey for a healthier recipe.

Olive Oil : Regular olive oil has a very heavy taste to it so I always use extra-virgin 'light tasting' olive oil anytime a recipe calls for olive oil. It's a much more neutral oil taste. You can also use canola or vegetable oil, or whatever other cooking oil you prefer in place of the olive oil.

Garlic : Use a fresh garlic clove that has been minced or pressed. Garlic paste from a tube. Use chopped garlic from a jar. Any of them will work just fine.

Toasted Hamburger Buns : This is an optional step but I highly recommend doing it. The toasted bun with the melted cheese on it really makes these sloppy joes amazing. I just use spreadable butter from a plastic container. Feel free to use any spreadable or soft butter that you prefer. Even margarin from a tube will work great too.

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