Sloppy Joe Soup
Simple ingredients you just might have on hand can make a quick and hearty soup that tastes a lot like sloppy joes. No bun needed! If you are on GAPS, you can still enjoy something pretty close to sloppy joe flavor with this GAPS beef soup that your friends and family not on GAPS will also love!
Ingredients
- 3 lbs ground beef
- 2 onions
- 2 bell peppers
- 6-8 cloves garlic
- 1 quart meat stock
- 1 jar pasta sauce mine was 23.5 oz, but no need to be exact
- 2 tsp caraway seeds
- 3 T honey or sugar
- 1 T apple cider or red wine vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large pot over medium heat, brown the ground beef.
- Chop the onions, peppers, and garlic and add to the beef once it is mostly cooked through.
- Stir in caraway seeds and cook until the veggies soften and the beef is fully cooked.
- Add the meat stock, pasta sauce, honey and vinegar and heat thoroughly.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.
Notes
Substitutions:
Use a different ground meat.
Any meat stock will work fine. It doesn't have to be beef. Chicken, turkey, etc., will do fine. You won't really notice the taste of the stock very much.
Instead of pasta sauce, you could use tomato sauce and add a couple teaspoons of Italian seasoning.I would use 2 cans in this case, which would be a bit more than the jar of sauce. You may want to increase the garlic, salt, and pepper if you use tomato sauce.