Sloppy Joe Biscuit Cups
Sloppy Joes meet flaky biscuits in this dairy-free, kid-loving, crowd-pleasing favorite!
Equipment
- 1 6 cup muffin pan
- 1 large skillet
- 1 Rolling Pin
Ingredients
Meat and Sauce
- 1 pound ground turkey or ground beef
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp mustard bottled, not dry mustard
- 3/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped onions OPTIONAL, depending on the kids you are feeding :)
Biscuit Cups
- 1 package refrigerated biscuit dough make sure it's dairy-free if eating d-f
- 1/2 cup flour for your surface, to roll out the biscuits
- cooking oil spray to spray the muffin pan
- 6 slices cheddar cheese regular or dairy-free
Instructions
Make the Meat and Sauce
- Preheat oven to temp as instructed on biscuit package (usually 375 degrees F)
- Brown the meat in a large skillet on medium-high heat, breaking up the meat so you don't have large chunks (if you want onions, add the chopped onions now); drain the grease if using a fattier beef
- Add the ketchup (1/2 cup), brown sugar (2 Tbsp) and mustard (1/2 tsp)
- Add the garlic powder (3/4 tsp) and black pepper (1/2 tsp)
Make the Biscuit Cups ... and Bake!
- Spray a large 6-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking oil
- Open your package of refrigerated biscuits
- Spread a little flour on a flat, clean surface
- Pick up 1 biscuit dough piece and place on the flour then flip so the top has some flour on it
- Use a rolling pin to flatten the biscuit dough until it's a little larger than a corn tortilla (it needs to be large enough to fit in the large muffin pan such that once it's filled with meat, a little hangs over all the way around the top
- Place your flattened biscuit in the muffin cup and put enough meat mixture into the biscuit to fill it almost to the top. NOTE: you want to fill them one at a time to prevent the dough from shrinking back.
- Repeat until you run out of biscuits or meat (note: most biscuit dough you buy contains 8; you can make 8 if you have 2 pans or re-use your one; or you can make 6 and bake the extra 2 biscuits at the same time you make your cups)
- Top each with 1 slice of cheese (regular or dairy-free)
- Bake in the oven for lowest amount of time shown on the biscuit package or until the biscuits are golden brown (usually 10-11 minutes…watch them; the amount of time needed depends on your oven)
Notes
- Flatten and fill each biscuit one at a time to prevent the dough from shrinking back.
- If you want to make these using 12 smaller muffin cups you can; cut each biscuit in half before rolling out and follow the other directions as provided.
- You can substitute cheese slices with shredded cheese if you prefer or that's what you have on hand.
Nutrition
Calories: 404kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 18gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 55mgSodium: 807mgPotassium: 320mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 248IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 137mgIron: 3mg
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