Manmade Gourmet’s Love It or Chuck It: Grilled Cheese Sloppy joes

The Manmade Gourmet, Tyler Ryan and Crysty Vaughan take a spin on a classic lunchroom favorite

LEXINGTON SC (WOLO) – Manmade Gourmet’s Love It or Chuck It: Grilled Cheese Sloppy joes

So who doesn’t fondly remember Sloppy Joe day at school…you know, the lunch lady with her hair in a net and a filterless Lucky Strike hanging out of her mouth?

Here is what you need:

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 2 tablespoons dried minced onion
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle chili sauce (such as Heinz®)
• 2 ½ tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon water, or as needed
• ½ cup salted butter, softened, or as needed
• 16 slices bread
• 16 slices American cheese

Here is how you make it:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef and minced in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add chili sauce and brown sugar. Rinse chili sauce jar with water to get the remnants of the sauce; add to the beef mixture. Stir, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Butter one side of 2 slices of bread. Place one slice, butter-side down, in a new skillet over medium heat. Layer with 1 slice of American cheese, a scoop of Sloppy Joe mixture, another slice of cheese, and the second piece of bread, butter-side up. Cook until sandwich is browned on the bottom and the bottom slice of cheese is melted, 3 to 5 minutes. Flip sandwich over and repeat on the other side. Repeat to assemble and cook remaining sandwiches.

THIS is  where the inspiration came from!

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/282657/grilled-cheese-sloppy-joes/

Lessons learned / tips:

• Bring down the temp of the cooking surface a bit

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ABOUT THE TYLER RYAN:

Tyler Ryan is an award winning television and radio personality, weather forecaster, writer, investigative journalist, and professional emcee.  He appears daily on ABC Columbia’s Good Morning Columbia, as well as hosting the syndicated radio program Carolina Cares on the South Carolina Radio Network, and the iHeart Radio Network.  Tyler also regularly appears as a criminal expert and journalist on regional and national crime based programs like Snapped and Killer Couples.  You can contact him directly via EMAIL Or on the socials: Tyler’s Instagram  // Tyler’s Facebook