4.9 from 21 votes
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!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings:
4
-6 servings
Calories:
282 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes:
- 1 pound ground chicken lean, or turkey
- ½ yellow onion diced
- 2 carrot diced
- 2 celery diced, stalk
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ cup chicken broth low sodium or water
- 8 ounce tomato sauce canned
- ¼ cup buffalo wing sauce I use Frank’s Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- hamburger buns for serving
Blue Cheese Ranch Sauce:
- 1 cup Greek yogurt plain, non-fat
- 1/3 cup blue cheese crumbled
- 3 tablespoons buttermilk low-fat
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice fresh
- ½ teaspoon parsley crushed between the palms of your hands, dried
- ¼ teaspoon dill dried
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
- black pepper to taste
- salt 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.
Cup of Yum
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 Information
Serving
0g
Calories
282kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
12g
(4%)
Protein
30g
(60%)
Fat
12g
(18%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
109mg
(36%)
Sodium
1715mg
(71%)
Potassium
1072mg
(23%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
5425IU
(109%)
Vitamin C
10.3mg
(11%)
Calcium
172mg
(17%)
Iron
1.8mg
(10%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 -6 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 282
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0g | |
| Calories | 282kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 30g | 60% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 109mg | 36% |
| Sodium | 1715mg | 71% |
| Potassium | 1072mg | 23% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 5425IU | 109% |
| Vitamin C | 10.3mg | 11% |
| Calcium | 172mg | 17% |
| Iron | 1.8mg | 10% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.