Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes Recipe - (VIDEO!!) (2024)

4.56 from 45 votes

Author: Becky Hardin

• ▢ 1 pound ground beef I use 80/20, lean/fat ratio
• ▢ 2 tablespoons butter
• ▢ 1 medium yellow onion diced
• ▢ 1 green bell pepper stems & seed removed, diced
• ▢ ½ pound brown mushrooms minced
• ▢ 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• ▢ 1 cup beef broth
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
• ▢ 2 tablespoons ketchup
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
• ▢ ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ▢ ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
• ▢ 2-4 tablespoons Velveeta
• ▢ 4-8 slices Provolone cheese depending how cheesy you want
• ▢ 6 ciabatta rolls

• In a large cast iron skillet, place the ground beef and cook, over medium-high heat, until the crust is seared to a dark brown. Stir the beef and continue cooking it until about 50% of the beef is seared. Place a strainer over a large heat-resistant bowl and strain the beef. Set the beef aside.

• Add two tablespoons of the beef fat and butter to the skillet. Add the chopped onions, green pepper and mushrooms. Cook, over medium heat, for 1-2 minutes then stir. Cook another 2 minutes until vegetables are just tender.

• Add the beef to the vegetables and stir.

• In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and beef broth.

• Add the beef broth mixture, cider vinegar, ketchup, Worcestershire Sauce, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes to the beef/vegetable mixture.

• Bring to a boil, over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer until the mixture has thickened, 5-10 minutes.

• Heat oven to broil and while the mixture thickens; butter and toast the insides of the buns. Place the buns, buttered side up, on a foil-lined cooking sheet and broil the insides of buns until golden brown. Transfer the buns to a cooling rack.

• When the beef mixture has thickened, remove from the heat add the processed cheese. Mix until the cheese has incorporated. Season to taste, if needed.

• Remove the top buns from the cooking sheet.

• Place a large scoop of the meat mixture on top of each bottom bun and cover with 1-2 slices of Provolone cheese. Broil the sloppy Joes just until the cheese melts and transfer the tray to a cooling rack.

• Replace the top buns and serve.

• Enjoy!

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Really tasty! We made them with unsalted beef broth and unsalted butter, so they wouldn’t be salty, but didn’t change anything else. We like them even better than regular sloppy Joe’s, so they make for a nice alternative to those. We’ll be making double batches so we can freeze some portions for “no cook” nights. The mixture is great on brioche buns from Aldi’s! Thanks for an easy recipe we’ll be enjoying often!

Very very salty! Does not need the extra table salt with the Beef broth, worstershire suace and cheese. Family liked it and would make again without the extra salt.

My Mom use to make something like this. It sounds close enough to that I’m going to try it!!!1

Made this last night and it was delicious! Skipped mushrooms is was a big hit. Today for lunch we Put the meat mixture on top of romaine/tomato/avocado salad with salsa as a dressing and shredded cheese on top. Delish! Will make again. Thank you for a wonderful site. So user friendly ! Penny

Made this tonight for dinner for a house full of teenage boys. It was super delicious. Omitted the Velveeta cheese, but it was great without it.

5 stars!

I think I forgot to rate this! 5 stars for sure!

I don’t care for regular sloppy joes , but these were out of this world delicious! I have made them twice now. I follow the directions exactly, except I use 2 pounds ground beef, no need to double anything- except I do add a little more cider vinegar and ketchup. I also add garlic. The ciabatta rolls make this over the top! I get 8 generous servings using the 2 pounds of beef. I found Velveeta in single serving pouches, they come in a box of three and one packet is the perfect amount for this! Thank you so much for this recipe. It’s been added to my rotation.

Hi! This looks delicious! I need to use 2 pounds of ground beef , as I have big eaters in my family. Can you please give me the measurements for doubling this recipe? Thank you!

Im sure these sloppy joes are awsome but i love looking at Henry’s smile, to me that is more awsome!

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My family loved this. I used ground turkey instead of beef, red pepper instead of green and totally skipped the mushrooms (not a fan). We ate this on a lighter roll (snowflake rolls from food lion). Oh! And used shredded “macaroni and cheese” cheese instead of processed. will definitely be fixing this again. thanks!!

Oh my these look amazing!! I am going to try them this weekend. Do you think these could be made in an instant pot? obviously not the last part where you broil them on the bun but maybe the GOOEY goodness?