From-scratch sloppy joes are so easy to make, there’s no need to use a canned sauce. Plus you can control the ingredients and the sodium level.

Sweet and Tangy Sloppy Joe Mixture

These hot dogs are like chili dogs with a sweet and tangy chili. Browned ground beef, onion, and green pepper are cooked with tomato sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and chili powder. Combined with hot dogs it’s a match made in heaven.

Cook the hot dogs in the microwave, oven, gill or in a pot. However you like to cook them.

Make It Spicy

This sloppy joe mixture is sweet and tangy. If you want to make it spicy, add 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes.

Add Some Toppings

You can eat these hot dogs just topped with the sloppy joe mixture or you can serve them fully loaded with shredded cheddar cheese, finely diced onion, ketchup and mustard. Or kick them up with some pickled jalapeno slices.

Hot Dogs topped with Sloppy Joe mixture on a wood serving board.

Recipe Tip

If you like chili or spaghetti sauce with the meat really finely broken up, you need one of these meat chopper gadgets. They are inexpensive and so handy in the kitchen.