Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes
Sloppy Joes get a fun facelift with the addition of buffalo wing sauce and a delicious blue cheese ranch sauce! They’re perfect for an easy weeknight dinner or add them to your game day menu!
Servings: 4 -6 servings
Ingredients
Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes:
- 1 pound lean ground chicken or turkey
- ½ of a yellow onion diced
- 2 carrots diced
- 2 stalk of celery diced
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ cup low sodium chicken broth or water
- 8 ounce can tomato sauce
- ¼ cup buffalo wing sauce I use Frank’s Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- Hamburger buns for serving
Blue Cheese Ranch Sauce:
- 1 cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
- 1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 3 tablespoons low-fat buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon dried parsley crushed between the palms of your hands
- ¼ teaspoon dried dill
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes
- Over medium high heat, spray a large skillet generously with cooking spray or add a tablespoon of oil.
- When the skillet is hot, sauté the onion, carrots and celery until they start to soften, about 3 minutes.
- Add in the minced garlic and sauté another minute.
- Add in the ground chicken and break it up into crumbles with a wooden spoon.
- Season with a teaspoon of kosher salt and black pepper to taste.
- Cook the chicken and vegetables until the meat is cooked through and no longer pink.
- Add in the chicken broth or water and scrape up any bits from the bottom of the skillet.
- In a small bowl or measuring glass whisk together the tomato sauce, wing sauce, Worcestershire and apple cider vinegar.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and vegetables and stir together until everything is coated.
- Turn the heat down to low and simmer for about 5 minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly.
- Serve on hamburger buns topped with the blue cheese ranch sauce.
Blue Cheese Ranch Sauce
- In a small bowl add in the Greek yogurt and crumbled blue cheese.
- Use the back of a fork to mash the blue cheese into the yogurt.
- Whisk in the buttermilk and remaining ingredients.
- Serve immediately on top of the sloppy Joes or cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
Nutrition
Serving: 0g | Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 1715mg | Potassium: 1072mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 5425IU | Vitamin C: 10.3mg | Calcium: 172mg | Iron: 1.8mg