Day 24: Philly Cheese Steak Sloppy Joes

Since I have had to alter my diet to try and avoid caramel coloring (do you have any idea how hard it is to avoid food that has caramel coloring in it)...well anyway I LOVE french dips/Philly cheese steak sandwiches but all that stuff has the dreaded coloring in it.  So when I found this recipe I thought I have found a sandwich to eat when I get that craving!!

The original recipe can be found at blogchef.net

Ingredients:
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 lb ground beef
1 medium onion
1 medium green bell pepper
1/4 c steak sauce
1 c beef broth
salt and pepper to taste
4 hamburger buns
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp flour
1 c milk
1 cup provolone cheese

I made only a few small changes, I used organic beef broth (no caramel coloring) and I used sliced provolone and skipped the cheese sauce.

Step 1:  Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.  Add ground beef and cook until browned.  Add green peppers and onion, cook for 3-4 minutes, until the onion start to become tender.  Drain off excess liquid.  Stir in steak sauce and beef broth, season with salt and pepper.  Bring to a boil and cook until mixture is thickened and bubbling.

Step 2:  While meat is cooking, split the buns and butter each side.  In a skillet place buns cut side down and cook until lightly browned.  Remove from pan and set aside.

Step 3:  I choose to take the easy way out and used slices cheese.  But if you want to make the cheese sauce here is the directions: melt butter in a medium sauce pan, stir in flour and cook for 1 minute.  Whisk in the milk and cook until the mixture is thickened and bubbly.  Remove from heat and stir in the cheese until its melted and incorporated into the sauce.

Step 4:  To assemble sloppy joes-pile meat on bottom bun, top with cheese sauce (or slices), place "lid" on top and enjoy!

I am rating this recipe a big..fat 0!!  Well its time to be seriously...brutally honest...this was the single, most horrible thing I have ever made or eaten that came out of my kitchen!!!  It tasted nothing like a Philly sandwich and tasted only like steak sauce!!  Mr. J usually eats anything I make...even if he doesn't really like it he'll eat it...this was NOT one of those cases!!  He took one bit, looked at me and said "That is horrible!" and processed to throw the rest in the garbage!!  This recipe too is going into the garbage!!  

Please try it out and tell me what you think or what you did to make it a little better!