Sloppy Joes with red bell pepper, onion, and seasonings made in the Instant Pot for a family favorite meal.
Making your own homemade Sloppy Joe mixture is super easy to do and so delicious! Often when people think about Sloppy Joes they only think of sandwiches. But this seasoned and sauced ground beef is great on a salad, in a baked potato, or even on top of some French fries.
To Make This Recipe for Sloppy Joes You Will Need:
- ground beef
- onion
- red bell pepper
- onion powder
- garlic
- Italian seasoning
- hot paprika
- dry mustard
- tomato sauce
- tomato paste
- apple cider vinegar
- coconut aminos
- honey (omit for keto)
- salt
- pepper
- knife
- cutting board
- slotted spoon
- Instant Pot
Watch Me Make This Recipe:
This all begins with browning your ground beef in the Instant Pot.
Then you’ll sauté the diced pepper and onion until they are just slightly tender.
Then you’ll return the ground beef to the Instant Pot, along with some garlic, Italian seasoning, hot paprika, and a few other things.
This recipe can be made with any ground meat. You could use ground pork, turkey or chicken, even ground venison, or a combination.
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Close up the Instant Pot and cook it for 35 minutes on high pressure. Afterwards, you can do a quick release or let the pressure come down naturally.
Serve your Sloppy Joe mixture any way you like.
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Healthy Sloppy Joes in the Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 2 lb ground beef
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 15 oz tomato sauce, 1 can
- 2 Tb tomato paste
- 1 Tb coconut aminos
- 1 Tb apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tb honey, omit for honey
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon hot paprika
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- To begin, sauté the ground beef until it is browned using the sauté setting on the Instant Pot. Once is is browned, press the "cancel" button.
- Scoop the ground beef out with a slotted spoon to a dish and set it aside for now.
- Cook the onion and pepper together on the sauté setting until they just begin to get a little tender. About 2 minutes. Press the cancel button.
- Add all of the remaining ingredients, including the browned beef to the Instant Pot. Stir to combine.
- Cover and seal the Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 35 minutes using the manual option.
- Once it has completed its cycle, let the pressure come down naturally or you can do a quick release.
- Serve the Sloppy Joe mixture on buns, baked potatoes, or any way you like.
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Notes
Nutrition
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Made these last night. Super easy and mostly hands off which is great with two toddlers 😆. The whole family loved them and I am happy to say I won’t be buying manwich again!!