Grilled Cheese Sloppy Joe

I’ve loved making Sloppy Joe’s ever since I was a kid.  My parents always used to let my sister and I cook dinner on Friday nights, which tended to mean either pizza or Sloppy Joe’s, so over time I have developed my own recipe for it.  Since I’ve been making this dish for so long recently I decided I would see if I could figure a way to reinvent it a little bit.

Sloppy Joe Ingredients

• 1 can of brown beans in tomato sauce
• 1 pound of lean ground beef
• 3 tbsp of ketchup (or whatever a decent squirt out of the squeeze bottle would be)
• 2 tbsp of mustard (a little less mustard then ketchup
• 1/2 cup of frozen corn
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tsp chili powder

Grilled Cheese Ingredients

• Sliced Bread
• cheese slice, or whatever cheese you might have kicking around the house
• Margarine or Butter

Brown the ground beef in a frying pan and drain off the excess fat.  Add the rest of the ingredients and heat at a medium temperature for about 10 – 15 minutes.  If while cooking it gets a little dry add some more water in.

If you happen to have a George Foreman Grill or something similar, get that pre-heated.  While the sloppy joe is cooking get out some slices of bread and butter both sides and add a cheese slice to one half of each pair.  On the other side put some sloppy joe on, then put the slice with the cheese on top.  Slap it together, then throw it onto the the foreman for 5 minutes.  Once that is done, put it on the plate and throw another layer of Sloppy Joe on top and you’re good to go.