Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes
In my opinion, one of the best and tastiest comfort foods has got to be Sloppy Joes.
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“easy to make, didn't have anything in the house but a box of frozen hamburgers. Thawed them, browned it and followed the recipe all the way…add hot sauce according to household taste” – Kathleen from Pinterest
“Absolutely delicious. Will make again.” – Michelle from Pinterest
“We make this often. Sometimes I just make it in a pan on the stove instead of the crockpot.” – Londa from Pinterest
“We make this Once a month love this!!” – Julianne from Pinterest
“My new favorite sloppy joes! I added a can of baked beans turning it into a stand alone meal Came out great!” – Keven from Pinterest
This is my take on the traditional messy and delicious Sloppy Joe… using the slow cooker!
Slow cooker Sloppy Joes are so easy to make and they taste sooooo good!
These were always a favorite of mine and I can remember how satisfying they were to have after coming home from soccer practice as kid. 🙂
The meat is first browned up in a skillet and the fat is drained. Then I added the meat to the slow cooker and added the rest of the ingredients and gave it a good stir so everything was well coated. This cooked in the slow cooker for about 5 hours.
Once the Sloppy Joe meat is ready, we like to put it on toasted hamburger buns… sometimes with a little cheese on top. 🙂
The flavors for my recipe come out with a nice garlicky and slightly sweet tomatoey taste. To add a little kick, you can add a little hot sauce to the meat while it's doing its thing in the slow cooker.
I hope you enjoy this recipe!
Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes
- Yield: 8 Servings 1x
Ingredients
- 2 lbs lean ground beef
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 tbsp Worchestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1 1/2 tsp prepared yellow mustard
- 1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 –1/2 tsp hot sauce (optional)
Instructions
- In a large skillet on medium-high heat, brown up the ground beef.
- Once browned, drain any excess fat.
- Put the cooked ground beef into the slow cooker.
- In a measuring cup or mixing bowl, combine all of the other ingredients, including onion and garlic. Combine this well so everything is combined.
- Pour the sauce over the ground beef in the slow cooker and stir it around to coat everything.
- Set the slow cooker to cook for 5 hours on LOW.
- Once finished, stir the meat and sauce around.
- Serve on toasted hamburger buns.
Delicious go to recipe!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thank you!
I halved the recipe but it doesn’t look like there is much liquid in there. Is that right? I just put it in the crockpot.
More liquid from the meat should release as it cooks so you should be ok. 🙂 Let me know how it goes!
Do you think it would be ok to halve this recipe?
Yup! You can definitely halve this recipe. 🙂 Enjoy!
I’m going to try ground Turkey and add a little yellow onion to the meat while browning it. I’ll let you know how it turns out. Thanks for the recipe!
HI there!
I think ground turkey sounds great for this recipe! Let me know how it turns out for you! 😀
Thanks for commenting!
Michelle
Sound really tasty and super easy. I love crock pot cooking. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much! Using a crock pot makes things so much easier! 🙂
Michelle
easy and delicious, just the way I like my food. There is satisfaction in cooking a complicated, intricate meal, but there is also a lot in just throwing it in and then throwing it down a few hours later.
My kids are going to love this. The dish looks very delicious and yummy. I have never tried this one at home. Thanks a lot for sharing this spicy recipe idea .
I used to love sloppy joe’s. I don’t make them nearly enough for my kids. I’m going to try this crock pot version!
I love anything that can be made in the slow cooker! This one is going on the meal plan!
We’ve been talking about using our crockpot more often. We hate heating up the kitchen in the summer. Looking forward to giving these a try.
I love cooking in the slow cooker. It such a great way to prepare dinner early and have it ready right on time. These sloppy joes look delicious!
I love slow cooker meals. I will have to try this recipe. It looks so delicious and easy to make. I will have to try it this weekend.
My hubby and I really enjoy comfort foods like this. Sure sounds awesome. Can’t wait to have my hubby make it for us. I know my son will love it too. Thank you for sharing.
I love a good sloppy joe but I am very picky about mine. I like it with less tomato and more of a beef flavor with onion. I mix mine with an onion soup mix packet. So good. My mom dices up onions.
I really like that idea actually! It would be quite a bit different from what I usually make, but it sounds very tasty! 🙂
Hubby and I were just talking about how we haven’t had sloppy joes in forever!!!! Might just have to make yours! They look and sound so yummy
I haven’t had sloppy Joe’s in a very long time. I might have to try this recipe.
This looks so delicious! I love that it’s homemade…it’s obviously much tastier and healthier than the packaged stuff!
I’ll be book marking this page. Those are an awesome idea for when I want to b lazy.
Great looking and seems like great tasting too! This sloppy
joes really seem to call my name, eat me now!
Yum! I love making sloppy Joes. I always home them from scratch but I haven’t ever tried in the slow cooker. I will have to try this next! Looks and sounds amazing!
I have never made sloopy joe at home. My inlaws likes to make it and that’s when hubby get his fixed but me and the kids are not fond of it lol.
I like that it’s got a garlicy flavor to it. I think it sounds like something the fam. would like here.
I LOVE Sloppy Joes but have never made them from scratch before. These look yummy and I may need to try them!!
Yum! We love Sloppy Joes, too! I cannot believe I have never made them in the Slow Cooker. Thanks for the recipe!
Sloppy Joes, I can’t believe our family hasn’t had these in months. I really like this idea with the slow cooker. I’m making these this weekend.
This totally sounds and looks amazing indeed. I think sloppy joe meat taste better cooked in the slow cooker for sure and I am going to have to try your recipe. I always add a little brown sugar to my sloppy joes too. Thanks for sharing.
That looks delicious! I haven’t tried making Sloppy Joe from scratch. I will try your recipe one of these days.
We did the slow cooker sloppy joes some time back. They were absolutely delicious! I love slow cooker recipes, and I had not thought of sloppy joes in the crock pot before then. I wished that I had now!
This sounds like a great recipe! I just was talking to my husband about making Sloppy Joes.
We have meetings that we have to feed about a dozen kids after the meeting is over. This recipe would be great. Nice and easy and what kid wouldn’t love it.
Yum, I’d love to try this recipe. I get lazy a lot of the time and use a can but this sounds too good!
Slow cookers are the best, this sloppy joe without a doubt must be so tasty. This is something to try on the weekend for sure.
Crock pot dinners are the bane of my existence- my mealtime crutch! This looks delish!
This is so perfect for our family. We’re on the go all the time, so a hearty crock pot dish like this is definitely appreciated!
That’s my kind of dish! I love that I can throw it in the crock pot, come home, and serve up some deliciousness. Thanks!
Those sound SO good. Sloppy Joes are such an awesome comfort food. I will tuck this away for the winter when the crock pot comes back out of storage.