These healthy ground chicken sloppy Joes are the skinny weight watchers’ version of your favorite sloppy joe recipe. Sloppy Joes are quite simple to make and pretty easy to make healthy. I use ground chicken breast, vegetables and low sugar sauces to keep this healthy, yet enjoyable. This recipe is great to eat the meat on its own, but I also love making a sloppy Joe sandwich. Throw it on a light bun and top it with some coleslaw.
While I have tons of ground chicken recipes, this one is a must try! These ground chicken sloppy Joes are kid friendly, adult friendly, husband friendly, pretty much anyone would love these! In addition, these ground chicken sloppy Joes are a Weight Watchers friendly recipe.
Not only is this a healthy recipe, it is truly such an easy recipe. Only a few ingredients are required and it is ready in under 20 minutes. What could be better!? Plus, they make for amazing leftovers or a great meal prep.
Quick Tips from Allie Carte
- Use a different meat
- Substitute any of the ingredients
Since this is a healthy / skinny chicken sloppy joes recipe, I do use low sugar ingredients and sugar replacements. However, you are more than welcome to use the real deal if you do not want to use alternative sweeteners.
What You Need to Make These
No fancy equipment is required for this recipe. All you need is your stovetop and a pan!
- Minced garlic
- Onion
- Bell pepper
- Ground chicken
- Sugar free ketchup
- Brown sugar replacement
- Worcestershire
- Mustard
- Seasonings
Substitutions and Suggestions
This recipe has vegetables in it, it is a healthy recipe after all. If you have kids or husbands, or yourself, I am not judging, who do not like vegetables, they will be totally fine with this recipe. I call this a hidden veggie meal because you barely notice the vegetables. If you want to make this spicier, add some jalapeño peppers too!
These sloppy Joes are weight watchers friendly by using ground chicken breast. If you are not following Weight Watchers, this is still just a healthy sloppy Joes recipe made with chicken, we will leave it at that. For my WW people, this is a really low point dish as chicken is free (at least for me and a lot of people) and it combines vegetables (another freebie) and very low point sauces. Pair it with a low point bun, if you have the points, or it the meat on its own. To get the exactly points value, you can click this link and it will automatically calculate the points for you!
However, if you are not looking for this to be too extremely healthy, you can substitute the ground chicken for other types of ground meat. This recipe is great with ground beef. You can also use extra lean ground beef (96% lean) to keep is still on the healthy side.
I use sugar free ketchup and brown sugar replacement. However, I know a lot of people are not comfortable with sugar free items and sugar alternatives. You are more than welcome to use whatever you have in your kitchen. Also, you can skip the sugar if you want more of a savory sloppy Joe as opposed to a sweeter one.
How to Make Ground Chicken Sloppy Joes
This recipe will be done in under 20 minutes. There is not much prep required and really all you have to do is cook the chicken, which does not take long.
Start by cutting up the onion and the bell pepper. You will need about 2-3 tablespoons each of diced onion and diced pepper. I buy already diced onions and peppers because I am lazy. They are a bit too big for this recipe, but I am not putting in any extra work!
Heat a medium sized pan over medium high heat. Grease it with cooking spray. Add the minced garlic, cooking for about a minute. Place the diced onion and pepper into the pan and cook for about 3 minutes, until softened.
Add in the ground chicken breast and start to break it up. Sprinkle on the seasonings and continue to mix up and break up until the chicken is fully cooked. I love using a meat chopper to get the perfect ground meat.
Once the chicken is fully cooked, reduce the heat to medium. Add in the remaining ingredients, the ketchup, sugar, Worcestershire and mustard. Mix everything together and bring to a slight simmer. Simmer the mixture for about 3 minutes, until slightly thickened. You can skip the sugar if you want a much more savory chicken sloppy Joe, as opposed to a slightly sweet dish.
Serve the ground chicken sloppy Joes as a sandwich with some coleslaw or just on its own! This meat is amazing however you want to eat it.
Video Tutorial
If you are more of a visual learner, watch me make these ground chicken Sloppy Joes then come back here for more detailed ingredients and instructions.
What to Pair with Ground Chicken Sloppy Joes
These sloppy Joes are great as a sandwich with coleslaw. You can also add some pickles or a slice of cheese on top as well. I really enjoy this meat on its own, just with a fork or spoon. Typically, I will pair it with some roasted potatoes, air fried French fries or Mac and cheese, you cannot go wrong with any of those. You can play up the brown sugar flavoring by adding my candied carrot chips or my crunchy crack broccoli. Alternatively, just try this with a simple salad for a truly skinny chicken sloppy Joes recipe.
If you are making this for a crowd, you can make them into mini sliders. They make for an amazing appetizer to please the entire crowd. Plus, you can easily double or triple this recipe depending on how many people you are feeding. This is also a great idea if making them for younger children who do not eat as much.
Ground Chicken Sloppy Joes
These healthy ground chicken sloppy Joes are the skinny weight watchers’ version of your favorite sloppy joe recipe. Sloppy Joes are quite simple to make and pretty easy to make healthy. I use ground chicken breast, vegetables and low sugar sauces to keep this healthy, yet enjoyable.
Ground Chicken Sloppy Joes
Equipment
- Stovetop
Ingredients
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- ⅛ cup diced white onion
- ⅛ cup diced bell pepper
- 1 pound ground chicken breast
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ cup sugar free ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar replacement
- 1 tablespoon mustard dijon
Instructions
- Start by cutting up the onion and the bell pepper. You will need about 2-3 tablespoons each of diced onion and diced pepper.
- Heat a medium sized pan over medium high heat. Grease it with cooking spray. Add the minced garlic, cooking for about a minute. Place the diced onion and pepper into the pan and cook for about 3 minutes, until softened.
- Add in the ground chicken breast and start to break it up. Sprinkle on the seasonings and continue to mix up and break up until the chicken is fully cooked.
- Once the chicken is fully cooked, reduce the heat to medium. Add in the remaining ingredients, the ketchup, sugar, Worcestershire and mustard. Mix everything together and bring to a slight simmer. Simmer the mixture for about 3 minutes, until slightly thickened. You can skip the sugar if you want a much more savory chicken sloppy Joe, as opposed to a slightly sweet dish.
Nutrition
Want to know how many Weight Watchers points this is? Click the link and your points will be automatically calculate for you! It is one point for me because I have chicken as a zero point food, so the sauce is one point! Remember, it does not include the bun, this recipe is for the meat. However, if you want to make this a sandwich, you can add a bun into the recipe builder.
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