Buffalo Sloppy Joes

We love this recipe. Way lighter and better tasting than normal sloppy joes, especially from the kind with the sauce from a can. It's also spicy, too, which we love. You can make it as mild or spicy as you like, very easy to adjust. It's also a great way to use ground turkey or chicken, which I also love.  Hope you like it!

*We cut the recipe in half. Jared's cousin shared it with us and she has 5 kids so she cooks bigger batches than we need.*

Buffalo Sloppy Sliders
2 T. olive oil
1/2 onion, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 lbs. lean ground turkey or ground chicken (I used 1 lb. of each)
Dice the celery, onions and green bell pepper into small pieces. Place vegetables in a large saute pan with the olive oil and cook until the vegetables are slightly tender. Add to the vegetables the ground turkey or chicken and brown the meat until it is broken up and browned. Once the meat is cooked, drain the excess juices from the pan. Add the following ingredients to the meat and vegetable mixture:
1 c. Franks Hot Sauce (if you don't like your sliders so spicy, use more tomato sauce and less hot sauce)
1/2 c. tomato sauce
1/4 c. brown sugar
2 T. ketchup
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 T. red wine vinegar
1 t. salt
1/2 t. black pepper
1/2 t. garlic powder (or 2 cloves freshly minced garlic)
Simmer meat mixture until the flavors have combined and you are ready to serve the sliders.

If you half the recipe and use ground turkey and garlic powder (not minced garlic) you get:

752 calories total

assuming you get 6 servings (I think you get at least 6, maybe even 8) that makes:
125 calories per serving (not including hamburger buns, which we eat it with)