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Today is the day.
The day I will finally make my oldest brother proud.
I made Sloppy Joes!
Yes, this is my very first Sloppy Joe. Not first that I have ever made, like first ever!
I know this is probably unfathomable to Sloppy Joe lovers.
Growing up my dad never made them, therefore I never had one, and if I am being honest the thought of a pile of ground beef on a bun does not actually sound all that appealing to me. I don’t know, something about a bun full of meat and nothing else? Just not my thing.
But then there is Creighton, my oldest, wisest (ahh…ok Kai is the wisest, sorry Creigh), happiest meat loving brother. Remember I talked a little about him yesterday?
He is a total guys, guy. Die hard football lover (Go Browns!), major carnivore (loves it), loyal to all his buds, goes to the gym, drinks those weird protein shakes, drives a pick-up, insanely protective of his sisters and totally lazy on his days off.
I love him to death, but we could not be more different.
And you know what’s funny?
Even though he lives 1500 miles and five large states away, he still begs me to make certain foods. Meatloaf, chili, chicken, korean beef, burgers, tacos and Sloppy Joes. Granted I have made most of them with no complaining at all, but I mean he is not even here. Why beg me to make them?
No idea. He does not cook and when he does he puts steak in a frying pan with water. WATER. Not oil, water. Who the heck cooks steak in water?
Anyway, this meal is totally a Creighton meal. Everyone said it. No they really did, the minute we sat down for dinner everyone goes, “oh this is a Creighton meal”. And it is, he would go crazy for it and with good reason.
It is good.
It’s like a healthier cheesesteak, but with chicken in the form of cute little Sloppy Joe sliders. The cheese sauce makes these though. It is crazy delicious and I am finding myself adding it to everything. I almost added it to a dish today, but had to stop myself. Not sure why, I am kind of regretting it now. Plus, oh my gosh I actually think Creigh can make these. So easy. So quick. Dinner in twenty. YES!
20 Minute Chicken Cheesesteak Sloppy Joe Sliders
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken or turkey
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 sweet onion, sliced thin
- 1 green pepper sliced thin
- 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms, optional
- 2 tablespoons worcestershire
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 16 whole wheat slider buns or 4 regular whole wheat buns, toasted
Cheese Sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 tablespoon butter
- 3/4 cup milk, I used 2%
- 1/4 teaspoon mustard powder
- 1 1/2 cups shredded provolone cheese
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- In large skillet over medium-high heat add the olive oil, brown the ground chicken, about 5-6 minutes. Add the onion, mushrooms and green pepper, cook another 5-10 minutes, until the onions start to get tender. Stir in the worcestershire, soy sauce and ketchup and season with salt and pepper, bring up to a bubble and cook about 2 minutes.
- While the chicken is cooking, make the cheese sauce. Melt the butter in a small sauce pan over medium-high heat. Stir in the flour and cook about 1 minute. Whisk in milk and mustard powder, bring up to a bubble and let thicken, about 2 minutes. Turn off heat and stir in the provolone cheese, parmesan cheese and a pinch of salt and pepper, stir until the cheese has melted.
- To serve, place a scoopful of the chicken + pepper mixture onto the bottom of the slider buns, then top with the cheese sauce and add the top of the bun.
Nutrition
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Hi! Hoping to make this and wondering if bbq sauce would work as well as ketchup? Or another alternative? Thanks!
Hey Anna,
I wouldn’t do bbq sauce for the ketchup:) Tomato paste would work nicely. I hope you love this recipe!
This was amazing! I needed a recipe to feed a crowd and tripled the recipe. Made it with beef instead of chicken. Everyone loved it and I was kinda sad that there weren’t any leftovers. I’ll be saving this one for the regular rotation!
Hi Hayley,
Happy Monday! I appreciate you trying this recipe and your comment, love to hear it was a winner!!
This was okay. I used ground chicken & included the optional mushrooms. I didnt have any provolone so i used cheddar. I also didnt have slider buns so i used whole-wheat loaf bread. It was easy and relatively fast.
Hi Marsha,
Thanks for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, sorry to hear you didn’t love it! xx
I made this for lunch today & it was delicious! I’ll definitely be making it again. Thanks for a great, easy recipe!
Hi Kas,
So glad to hear this recipe turned out well for you, thanks a lot for making it! Xx
Hi Tieghan! This recipe sounds delish. I am planning to make it this weekend, do you think it would be possible to make the meat portion a day ahead and then heat it up on a crockpot for a crowd without drying out? I would make the cheese part the day off, i think. Thanks so much.
Hey Bree,
Sure, I think that would be just fine for you to do! Let me know if you have any other questions, I hope you love this recipe! xx
We made this tonight wtih ground turkey and it was SO GOOD! Thanks for the awesome recipes!!
Thank you Caitlin! I am really glad this turned out so well for you! xTieghan
Delicious recipe! I very rarely comment on any recipe but this one definitely deserves 5 stars! I doubled the recipe to feed 5 adults and the pan was scrapped clean – it made plenty but it was so good that the guys finished it off. Dinner received rave reviews and they told me to keep the recipe and put it into our rotation (unlike a dessert recipe I had found on another site recently and they told me to scrap it. LOL). Anyway, we highly recommend this one!
Wow that is amazing! Thank you for trying this and leaving a comment! xTieghan
This was delicious. Definitely adding to my quick favorite recipes for our busy nights! Thanks.
I hope you love this Rachel!
Hi Tiegan
I have tried several of your recipes and love them all! It is a rainy day today thought I would try this recipe! They were excellent!
Thanks!!
Shawn 🙂
Awe! Thank you! So happy you enjoyed this!! 🙂
this is awesome! used curry powder instead of mustard and threw in a cup of fresh chopped parsley and basil into the cheese sauce yum! 🙂
That sound awesome! So happy you loved these, thanks Dan!