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A square photo of a sandwich topped with minced meat in a delicious sauce, sloppy joe, with lettuce and red onion.

Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes

Andréa
Learn how to prepare Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes for a tasty home-cooked meal. Comfort food or fast food? I don't know, but this recipe for Crock Pot Sloppy Joes is a total hit. Discover an easy recipe to make them yourself!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Slow Cooking 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 20 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 4 persons
Calories 434 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 shallot finely chopped
  • 2 stalks celery finely chopped
  • 1¼ pound ground beef
  • ½ cup barbecue sauce
  • 2 cups sieved tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon sweet paprika powder
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder

Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oil in a skillet and add the shallot and celery.
    1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 shallot, 2 stalks celery
  • Bake on medium heat for about 3 minutes.
  • Add the ground beef and bake until it's brown.
    1¼ pound ground beef
    A frying pan with onion, garlic and celery, and minced beef.
  • Add the meat and veggies to the slow cooker.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk the barbecue sauce, sieved tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, sugar, and spices. 
    ½ cup barbecue sauce, 2 cups sieved tomatoes, 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon white vinegar, 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar, 1 teaspoon sweet paprika powder, 1 teaspoon dry mustard, 1 teaspoon garlic powder
    Stir the ingredients for the sauce together in a glass bowl.
  • Add the sauce to the slow cooker.
    A slow cooker with ground beef, on which the sloppy joe sauce is poured
  • Put the lid on the slow cooker and turn on low heat for 4 hours.
    Sloppy Joe in the slow cooker, lid goes on
  • Serve the Sloppy Joe on a bun with a green salad.

NOTES

1. Barbecue sauce: You can buy ready-made. But you can also make BBQ sauce yourself and precisely the way you like it.
2. TIP: Serving the meat on a bun makes the entire bun soggy and juicy (and that's where the name comes from, of course). That's why I often place the buns on a piece of baking paper, so you can eat them out of hand.
3. Substitutes
  • You can replace the barbecue sauce with ½ cup (120 ml) ketchup and a dash of Worcestershire sauce. It then becomes a heartier recipe.
  • If you don't want ground beef, you can also replace it with ground chicken.
4. Serve with:
  • Delicious with iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and pickles in a hamburger bun.
  • Make it a big Mac Sloppy Joe by placing a slice of Cheddar cheese on the minced meat. The heat melts the cheese. Very tasty.
5. Storage
  • Refrigerator: Allow to cool and store covered in the fridge for two days.
  • Freezer: You can also freeze the meat in a freezer container. First, you cool it, and then you freeze the meat. This can be kept in the freezer for up to 2 months. Allow to thaw in the refrigerator.
  • Reheat: Place the sloppy Joe in a saucepan and add two tablespoons of water. Heat over medium heat while stirring until hot.

Nutrition

Calories: 434kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 443mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 913IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Iron: 5mg
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