Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes | Lite Cravings | WW Recipes (2024)

These 20-minute Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes are the quickest way to satisfy your burger cravings. Added bonus? It’s a healthy, one-pot meal!

This recipe happened by accident. I had planned on making my All-in-One Burgers but realized I didn’t have bacon. Well, I got lazy, too, if I’m in being honest. I didn’t feel like forming everything together and flipping burgers, so I just threw what I had in a skillet. Boy, am I thankful for my laziness! 🙂

Dinner doesn’t get much easier than this! Now, I like to keep this recipe as a backup when I’m menu planning. I usually have all of the ingredients in my refrigerator anyway, so if a recipe doesn’t work out, or if I just run out of time, I can pull this together quickly.

How to make cheeseburger sloppy joes

The steps are as easy as it gets. All you’re going to do is brown your meat and onions, add in the condiments, simmer to thicken, then melt in your cheese. Done!

I like that you can also make this completely vegetarian by using any kind of soy crumbles that you like. I absolutely love the beef-less meat crumbles from Trader Joe’s.

12 ounces of the crumbles is the equivalent to 1 lb of regular meat, cooked. Since the crumbles are already cooked, you just need to brown them a bit. Even easier!

And the Lucerne brand of Reduced-Fat Cheddar is my absolute favorite. It tastes great and melts well. Some other brands that I’ve tried can get too gloppy and congealed. I find Lucerne cheese at Pavillions/Vons/Albertsons.

Once the meat mixture is done, slowly add in your cheese to melt through. It will start off looking like this:

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It’s important to add the cheese on very low heat so that it melts evenly. Once your mixture looks like this, you’re ready to eat!

It’s so cheesy and flavorful that you don’t even need to add extra cheese to the top. I just did that for the picture. Lol. The best toppings for this, in my opinion, are lots of iceburg lettuce and some dill pickle slices. They cut through the richness of the meat mixture beautifully!

Keep in mind these are *sloppy* joes, so make sure you have lots of napkins nearby. This is totally kid-friendly and fun to eat.

If you really want to up your burger game, serve this on my Light Brioche Buns. It doesn’t get much better than that! NO matter what kind of bun you use, make sure you toast it so that it can stand up to the messiness of the meat.

I hope you love this recipe as much as we do! If you make it, be sure to tag me on Instagram or Facebook (@litecravings) and use the hashtag #litecravingsrecipes. I sometimes miss a tag here or there, but I always check in on the hashtag.And don’t forget to add the image to your Pinterest boards!