I'm not sure why this recipe is only three stars. Everyone loved this, even my picky 3-yr old. Best sloppy joes I've ever had. Plus, it was SO easy, it took maybe took 30 seconds more time to make this than the canned (yuck) version.
Why does Real Simple think that just because a recipe has "messy" in the name, kids will like it? Most kids don't like chopped up onions in a dish, at least two of mine don't. I do have one child that would probably try it, and it sounds good to me personally, but I feel like RS recipes are almost always unnecessarily complicated and use expensive and/or hard to find ingredients. Not really that "simple" at all.
Why is the sodium so high. Also to reduce the calories....do you really need barbeque sauce and brown sugar. Kind of wasted calories.
Fab recipe, quick, easy and very tasty.