Shake Shack Sloppy Joes are made with a perfect copycat Shake Shack sauce. A sloppy burger filling topped with melty cheese on a potato bun.
Copycat Recipes for fast food eats are always a hit. From the creative adaptation Big Mac Sloppy Joes to long-time favorites like KFC Original Chicken, readers love these drive-thru classics.
Sabrina’s Shake Shack Sloppy Joes
Shake Shack has a particular style when it comes to their burgers. They keep it simple with the toppings: just American cheese, tomato, lettuce, and that Sauce. Each bite is pure delicious, get the double burger so you can have twice the goodness. One thing that sets Shake Shack apart is their crinkle cut fries, but you can make your own meal with Shoestring Fries (or just baking some frozen fries while you’re making the sloppy joes). Smother them in cheese and bacon for an extra special side!
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef (85/15)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 4 Martin’s Sandwich Potato Rolls
- 4 leaves green leaf lettuce
- 8 slices tomato
- 4 slices American cheese
- 3/4 cup Shake Shack sauce , divided (about 1 full recipe's worth)
Instructions
- Brown your ground beef halfway, about 3-4 minutes, in your large skillet then mix in salt, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce.
- Cook the beef until fully browned, about 3-4 minutes.
- Turn off the heat then mix in ½ cup of the Shake Shack sauce.
- Serve on Potato Rolls with cheese, tomato, lettuce, and remaining Shake Shack sauce.
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Chef’s Notes
In just a few short years, Shake Shack has grown from a single food cart in New York to an international phenomenon. Their Shake Shack Sauce is amazing by itself, but combined with their burgers it creates something truly special. Even after years after opening, the lines haven’t died down at many Shake Shack locations. Instead of trying to fight the crowds during the dinner rush, you can make these Shake Shack Sloppy Joes at home. Made as simply as the Shake Burger itself, they just as tasty. Plus you don’t have to pay extra for seconds.
How to Serve & Store
- Serve: You can keep your Shake Shack Sloppy Joes for up to 2 hours at room temperature.
- Store: Keep your Sloppy Joes in the refrigerator for 3 days in an air-tight container.
- Freeze: Cool meat completely before freezing up to 3 months in a sealed container.
Variations
- Shake Stack: Top your Shake Shack Sloppy Joes with fried mushrooms and muenster cheese to get the same tastes as the Shake Stack Burger.
- Smoke Stack: Make these Smoke Stack Sloppy Joes by adding Applewood Smoked Bacon and cherry peppers. You can pick up pickled cherry peppers, also called sweet peppers or piquante peppers, in most grocery stores near pickles and olives.
- Meat: This recipe uses 85/15 ground beef but you can swap it out with ground turkey or chicken. If you want a vegetarian version, try Beyond Beef, a plant-based ground beef substitute that is refrigerated instead of frozen that cooks up really well in Sloppy Joes.
- Hot Dog: Pay homage to the Shack’s humble beginnings by topping an all beef hot dog with your Sloppy Joe Mix. Of course you want to slather the bun in Shake Shack Sauce too.
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Whole family loved these! Super easy to make. Only tweak I made was to add half a diced onion to the meat as it was browning because my family loves onions. Thanks, Sabrina!! We love your recipes ?
Huge hit with the family. Quite honestly everything I’ve made using Sabrina’s recipes have been a hit – and easy!! Can’t beat that combination. Thank you for this!!!
These look and sound wonderful! I’m having a casual pool party with 7 guests. What would you serve with the Sloppy Joes? Would you triple the ingredients?
Corn on the cob, fries or potato chips, or coleslaw would all be great sides. I’m not sure if you’d need to triple but I would at least double. I always like having more than not enough. Have fun!
Where do you get the Shacky sauce?
Is there a recipe for it?
Here’s the direct link
https://dinnerthendessert.com/shake-shack-sauce/
Enjoy!
This was awesome! My husband loved this burger & sauce. Thanks for sharing!
Wow! My tummy is rambling! I will seriously try this out soon. Thank you for your ah-mazing recipes. I love them all.
You’re welcome, Indhu.
Oh my gosh this recipe makes me so happy! I love sloppy joes and these were the bomb. I just had one at Shake Shack a few weeks ago for the first time. These taste exactly the same! Yea!
So glad you enjoyed it, Cyndy.
Burgers are always yum but sloppy joes is an absolute favorite. The meat in here looks so juicy and loaded with simple spices. Cheesy and delicious !!
It’s fun to change up the normal dinner routine. So glad you enjoyed it!
I tried their burger once and loved it. Never knew I should have tried the sloppy joes instead. Now I need to recreate this in my kitchen ASAP. 🙂
Thanks for the 5 stars, Anita.
I have never eaten at Shake Shack but this looks too delicious not to try! Sloppy joes are a family favorite!
It’s such a fun twist! Enjoy!
I have never had a sloppy Joe like this. This sounds so delicious and I cannot wait to make this for my family.