Last night I made my MIL's recipe for barbeque. I've always wondered...why do some people say barbeque and some say sloppy joes? And Justin informed me that some people call them taverns. That one just doesn't even make sense to me. What do you call it? Anyway, we grew up eating barbeque. I never liked it :P It wasn't that my mom made bad barbeque. I never liked any barbeque. It just wasn't appealing ot me to eat a pile of beef on a bun with some sauce. So when I make this I just make it for Justin. Maybe some day I'll like it. This is a super easy and quick recipe. But I don't like that it uses canned soup. I had one can of chicken gumbo soup left in the pantry to use up. And I don't intend to buy any more. Maybe I'll have to come up with my own version next time...subsitute some chicken broth (with organic BTB) or something for the soup. So here's the original recipe. I'll update the next time I make it with a healthier version. Both Justin and Rebecca love the original version :) At least they had it on homemade whole wheat buns and it was made with good quality beef.
*Edited 6/27/10 - I made a batch of barbeque last week that I modified to make it healthy/get rid of the can of soup. I made homemade chicken noodle soup for lunch. Then I used some of those leftovers to make the barbeque for dinner. Worked great!!! Even I ate a bunch...and I've never like bbq. Definitely a great way to make it...soup for lunch, use leftover soup for bbq for dinner. Works very well.
Barbeque
1 lb. ground beef
1 can chicken gumbo soup or
homemade soup (any kind will do...you just need the broth really. Chicken noodle works very well.)
3 Tbsp. ketchup (I usually add a little more than this)
2 tsp. mustard
Brown beef. Drain. Stir in soup, ketchup and mustard. Simmer for 10 min.
I grew up calling them sloppy joes. BBQ for me is like pulled pork BBQ.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of chicken gumbo soup, let alone using it in sloppy joes. That's very different.