I really don’t know what came over me. I took one bite of a one of these open-faced garlic toast Sloppy Joes and just smiled. I’ve always been a huge Sloppy Joe fan. I have several recipes for them here at Life’s A Tomato. And I love garlic toast, be it out-of-a-box or my favorite totally-loaded homemade version. Now I can enjoy both great things in bite-after-bite of downright yummy comfort food goodness. Nope, there’s nothing fancy going on here, but oh, does it ever hit the spot!
Customized For Your Tastes
One of the really nice things about this recipe for open-faced garlic toast Sloppy Joes is that you can really change it without creating a lot of fuss. There are a ton of different spaghetti sauces on your local grocery store. Try a mushroom sauce. Or maybe vegetable. Substitute Italian sausage for the ground beef and really amp up the Italian-inspired flavors. Kick it up with shredded pepper jack cheese instead! Add sauteed… something.. onions… mushrooms… whatever! Go crazy with it! Just make sure you keep one thing in mind. They have to be ‘sloppy’. If they aren’t dripping goodness when you pick them up you messed them up. Oh sure, you can eat them with a knife and fork if that’s your thing. But you’ll have to call them ‘Un-Sloppy Joes’ then!
Melty Ooey Gooey
I highly recommend that you shred or grate your own cheese at home. Don’t buy the pre-shredded or pre-grated stuff. It has stuff added to it to keep it from sticking together. I think they’re called anti-caking agents. What the heck? That ‘stuff’ affects how the cheese melts. Shred it yourself and use the good stuff. It doesn’t take that much time. I use my little shredder machine. It’s a cheese-shredding beast. And it goes into the dishwasher for easy cleanup too!
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Also try my slow cooker kid’s Sloppy Joe.
Open-Faced Garlic Toast Sloppy Joes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- kosher salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- 2 cups spaghetti sauce you might want more… or less
- Italian seasoning to taste, optional
- 8 slices frozen garlic toast
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- fresh parsley chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven according to the garlic toast package instructions.
- Meanwhile, crumble the ground beef into a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir and cook until done. Remove any excess fat.
- Stir in the spaghetti sauce and Italian seasoning, to taste.
- Bring to a simmer then reduce the heat to medium-low.
- Simmer another 5-10 minutes until sauce has thickened, stirring often.
- Bake the garlic toast per the package instructions.
- Spoon meat mixture over bread slices and top with cheese.
- Return to the oven and turn on the broiler. Broil 1-2 minutes to melt the cheese.
- Serve garnished with parsley.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
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