Hot And Spicy Sloppy Joes

Ingredients

700 gr beef
1 clove garlic
170 ml style tomato juice
120 ml catsup
120 ml water
28 gr brown sugar
18 gr jalapeno peppers
16 ml prepared mustard
6 gr chili powder
5 ml worcestershire sauce
8 hamburger buns

Instructions

Shredded cheese In a large skillet cook ground beef, onion, and garlic till meat is brown and onion is tender. Drain off fat. Meanwhile, in a 3.5 or 4 litre crockery cooker combine tomato juice, catsup, water, brown sugar, jalapeno peppers, mustard, chili powder and Worcestershire sauce. Stir in meat mixture. Cover; cook on low heat setting for 10-12 hours or high heat setting for 3-5 hours. Toast buns; spoon meat mixture over buns and sprinkle with cheese. Serves 8. For 5 or 6 litre crockery cooker: Double all ingredients. Prepare as above. Makes 16 servings. For 1 litre crockery cooker: Omit water. Use 1 pound ground beef; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 small clove garlic, minced; one 6 oz can hot-style tomato juice; quarter c catsup; 1 TBSP brown sugar; 1 TBSP chopped canned jalapeno peppers; 2 tsp prepared mustard; 1 tsp chili powder; half tsp Worcestershire sauce; 4 or 5 hamburger buns; and shredded cheese. Prepare as above. Cook for 6-10 hours. Makes 4-5 servings.