Comforting Sloppy Joes

Ingredients

• drizzleolive oil
• small sweet onion, diced
• pound slean ground beef
• 1/4 cup sketchup
• 1/4 cup prepared yellow mustard
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• teaspoon garlic powder
• teaspoon onion powder
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• hamburger buns, split

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a large pan, skillet, or Dutch oven over medium high heat. Saute onion in the hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Add beef; cook and stir until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain off any excess fat.
2. Stir ketchup, mustard, vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper into the pan; mix until thoroughly combined. Let simmer over low heat, 15 to 20 minutes. Adjust salt and pepper to your liking.
3. Serve on hamburger buns.

Tips

You can use vegetable oil instead of olive if you like. Depending on personal tastes adjust the sugar amount up or down. As written it is somewhat on the sweet side.