If you love messy, saucy comfort food that’s quick to make and always a crowd favorite, sloppy joes are the perfect dinner solution.
This classic sandwich has been a family favorite for generations thanks to its rich, savory sauce and simple ingredients.
Whether you’re cooking for busy weeknight dinners, feeding hungry kids, or looking for easy meals to serve a crowd, sloppy joes are one of the easiest comfort foods you can make.
In this roundup of 28 quick and easy sloppy joe recipes, you’ll find everything from classic homemade sloppy joe sauce made with ketchup, tomato sauce, chili sauce, and brown sugar to creative twists like sloppy joe sliders, sloppy joe dogs, cheesy sloppy joe sandwiches, and fun comfort food mashups like sloppy joe mac and cheese.
With options using ground beef, ground turkey, ground chicken, and pork, these easy dinner ideas are perfect for families, picky eaters, parties, and casual gatherings.
Sloppy Joe Recipes
Turkey Sloppy Joes are an easy dinner recipe perfect for busy weeknights. These tasty sandwiches are loaded with ground turkey tossed in a homemade sloppy joe sauce.
Easy Homemade Sloppy Joes are a simple weeknight dinner recipe your whole family will love. These sandwiches are loaded with ground beef tossed in a sweet tomato sauce and topped with French's fried onions.
Big Mac Sloppy Joes are an easy ground beef dinner recipe perfect for weeknights. These sloppy joes are loaded with onions, pickles and cheddar cheese all tossed in a copycat Big Mac Sauce.
Chili Cheese Dog Sloppy Joes are an easy ground beef dinner recipe perfect for weeknights. These homemade sloppy joes are loaded with chopped wieners, shredded cheese, and onions all tossed in a chili sauce with a bit of a kick.
Dr Pepper Pork Sloppy Joes are an easy dinner recipe using ground pork sausage meat and diced onions cooked in Dr Pepper and BBQ sauce.
Cheesy Spaghetti Sloppy Joes are an easy ground beef dinner recipe loaded with spaghetti, marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Grape Jelly BBQ Sloppy Joes are a fun twist on the classic sandwich. These tasty sloppy joes are made with ground beef tossed in a mixture of grape jelly and BBQ sauce and topped with French's crispy fried onions.
Honey BBQ Chicken Sloppy Joes are an easy weeknight dinner recipe using ground chicken, tossed in honey and BBQ sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese and dill pickles.
BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes are a delicious ground beef dinner loaded with crumbled bacon, BBQ sauce, salsa con queso and cheddar cheese.
Honey Garlic Chicken Sloppy Joes are an easy weeknight dinner recipe using ground chicken coated in a sweet and savoury honey garlic sauce served on Brioche buns.
Cheesy Sloppy Joes are an easy weeknight dinner recipe using ground beef tossed in sloppy joe sauce, condensed cheddar cheese soup and shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese all piled on to toasted brioche buns.
Beef Nacho Sloppy Joes is an easy ground beef dinner recipe loaded with taco seasoning, salsa, chili sauce, crumbled nacho chips and shredded cheese.
Cajun Chicken Sloppy Joes are an easy dinner recipe using ground chicken and loaded with corn, red onions, cream of chicken soup, Cajun seasoning and shredded cheese.
Mac and Cheese Sloppy Joes are hearty ground beef sandwiches topped with macaroni and cheese.
Chicken Parmesan Sloppy Joes are an easy weeknight dinner recipe made with ground chicken tossed in marinara, basil pesto and Parmesan cheese topped with shredded mozzarella and served on a toasted garlic butter brioche bun.
Turkey Dinner Sloppy Joes are an easy weeknight dinner recipe made with ground turkey and loaded with gravy, stove top stuffing mix, cranberry sauce and Havarti cheese all on served on Brioche buns.
Butter Chicken Sloppy Joes are an easy ground chicken dinner recipe with a delicious tomato curry sauce served on Brioche buns with Havarti cheese and arugula.
Philly Cheese Steak Sloppy Joes are an weeknight dinner recipe using ground beef loaded with green peppers, onions and shredded cheese all served on toasted Brioche buns.
Instant Pot Sloppy Joes are an easy pressure cooker ground beef dinner recipe with a sauce made from diced tomatoes, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and spices.
Chicken Gumbo Sloppy Joes are an easy weeknight dinner recipe using lean ground beef and Campbell's chicken gumbo soup.
Texas Toast Sloppy Joes are an easy ground beef dinner recipe made with frozen Texas toast garlic bread slices and loaded with sloppy joe ground beef and shredded cheese.
Sloppy Joe Sliders are an easy ground beef recipe perfect for a family friendly weeknight dinner or as a party snack.
Shepherd's Pie Sloppy Joes are a hearty ground beef dinner recipe made with instant mashed potatoes, corn, diced onions, brown gravy mix and shredded cheese all served on toasted Brioche buns.
Sloppy Joe Tacos are hearty ground beef tacos with sloppy joe sauce and baked with cheese.
Chicken Alfredo Sloppy Joes are delicious sandwiches loaded with ground chicken and crisp bacon tossed in alfredo sauce and served on toasted garlic buttered brioche buns.
Transform your weeknight dinner game with this irresistible Garlic Parmesan Texas Toast Sloppy Joe recipe—a mouthwatering mashup of comfort food classics! This super easy dinner recipe is made with frozen Texas toast garlic bread slices loaded with ground beef in a creamy garlic parmesan alfredo sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese.
Air Fryer Sloppy Joe Dogs are a fun and easy recipe perfect for lunches or weeknight dinners.
These tasty hot dogs are loaded with a homemade ground beef sloppy joe mixture and shredded cheese and air fried until perfectly toasted.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sloppy Joes are a fun twist on a classic family dinner recipe.
These tasty sandwiches are loaded with ground beef tossed in a strawberry jam and BBQ sauce mixture and topped with a coconut milk peanut butter sauce with a bit of a kick from some Thai sweet chili sauce.
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