Sloppy Joe Grilled Cheese Casserole is a hearty dinner recipe loaded with ground beef and onions tossed in homemade sloppy joe sauce and oozing with melted cheese.
PREP TIME 15 minutes
COOK TIME 30 minutes
TOTAL TIME 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 1lb lean ground beef
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 12 slices bread
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 4 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Cook ground beef and diced onions in a large frying pan over medium-high heat with a dab of butter or margarine.
- While the beef is cooking, dump the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, and onion powder into a small mixing bowl. Stir well.
- Once the beef is fully cooked, drain the grease from the frying pan.
- Pour the sauce over the ground beef and stir until all of the meat is coated in sauce.
- Spread one side of each of the twelve slices of bread with margarine.
- Cut each slice of bread in half.
- Place half of the bread slices, margarine side down, in the bottom of a greased 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
- Sprinkle 2 cups of the shredded mozzarella on top of the bread.
- Spoon the meat mixture over the cheese and spread it out evenly.
- Sprinkle the remaining 2 cups of shredded mozzarella on top of the meat.
- Place the remaining pieces of bread, margarine side up, on top of the cheese.
- Place the dish in the oven and bake until the bread is golden brown on top. 26-30 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!