Bubba's Sloppy Joes

Name: Bubba's Sloppy Joes
Total time: 95
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter; 6 cloves garlic, minced; 1 large sweet onion (such as Vidalia®), chopped; 1 large green bell pepper, chopped; ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro; 2 pounds ground beef; ¼ cup brown sugar; 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard (such as Colman's®); 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning; 1 teaspoon onion powder; ¾ teaspoon Greek seasoning (such as Cavender's®), or more to taste; ½ teaspoon hamburger seasoning (such as McCormick® Grill Mates®), or more to taste; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon smokehouse maple seasoning (such as McCormick® Grill Mates®), or more to taste; ¼ teaspoon hickory smoked salt (such as McCormick®), or more to taste; 2 pinches ground nutmeg, or more to taste; 2 cups barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray's®); 1 cup ketchup; 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 12 hamburger buns

Recipe by Pudgee Beaver from allrecipes.com

Dinner,Lunch 2 Hr. 35 Mins.

Ingredients

12 servings

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3 tablespoons butter
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6 cloves garlic, minced
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1 large sweet onion (such as Vidalia®), chopped
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1 large green bell pepper, chopped
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¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
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2 pounds ground beef
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¼ cup brown sugar
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2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard (such as Colman's®)
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1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
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1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
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1 teaspoon onion powder

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¾ teaspoon Greek seasoning (such as Cavender's®), or more to taste
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½ teaspoon hamburger seasoning (such as McCormick® Grill Mates®), or more to taste
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½ teaspoon garlic powder
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½ teaspoon ground black pepper
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½ teaspoon smokehouse maple seasoning (such as McCormick® Grill Mates®), or more to taste
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¼ teaspoon hickory smoked salt (such as McCormick®), or more to taste
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2 pinches ground nutmeg, or more to taste
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2 cups barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray's®)
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1 cup ketchup
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2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
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12 hamburger buns

Instructions

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot butter until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir onion, green pepper, and cilantro into garlic; cook and stir until the onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
Cook and stir ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until browned, 5 to 10 minutes; drain fat. Increase heat to medium-high. Stir brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, onion powder, Greek seasoning, hamburger seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper, smokehouse maple seasoning, smoked salt, and nutmeg into ground beef mixture; cook until boiling, 4 to 6 minutes.
Stir onion mixture into beef mixture; reduce heat to simmer.
Pour barbeque sauce, ketchup, and apple cider vinegar into beef mixture; stir, cover, and simmer until sauce is thickened, 30 minutes. Scoop beef into hamburger buns and serve.