Grown Up Sloppy Joes

Summary by Krater

The video demonstrates how to make a gourmet, balanced sloppy joe using baking soda to tenderize the beef and a rich homemade sauce. It concludes with a flavorful, savory, and moist sandwich served on a toasted brioche bun.

From the video

Answers: How do you make a gourmet sloppy joe from scratch?

• Sloppy joe recipe
• Ground beef tenderization with baking soda
• Homemade sloppy joe sauce
• Pan-toasting brioche buns

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 g baking soda
• 150 g onion
• 100 g poblano pepper
• null olive oil
• 5 g salt
• 5 g onion powder
• 5 g garlic powder
• 2 g black pepper
• 5 g paprika
• pinch chile flakes
• 10 g all-purpose flour
• 50 g tomato paste
• 50 g ketchup
• 15 g yellow mustard
• 15 g brown sugar
• 50 g Worcestershire sauce
• 20 g red wine vinegar
• 10 g Better Than Bouillon beef paste
• 350 g store-bought stock
• 1 brioche bun
• null melted butter

What it concludes

• Adding 1g of baking soda to 1 lb of ground beef inhibits protein bonding during cooking, making the meat tender rather than tough and gristly.
• Using 4g of baking soda instead of 1g raises the sauce pH too much, causing excessive caramelization and an unwelcome dark, unpleasant flavor.
• A meat masher does a much better job at crumbling ground beef than a spatula or potato masher and is worth the cost.
• Small ground beef particles provide more surface area to catch sloppy joe sauce and are better to eat.
• Stirring in flour helps thicken the sauce and emulsify the beef fat later on, preventing the sloppy joes from being overly greasy.
• Store-bought brioche buns are exceptionally soft and far superior for this sandwich than stale dry hamburger buns.