Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes
This is an easy recipe, brown the meat, and add that and all ingredients to a slow cooker for 4 to 6 hours, done. The time in the slow cooker lets the flavors blend, resulting in a better tasting meal, unlike cooking in a skillet. You can use ground beef, pork, or even chicken. I like Sloppy Joes, this is a must try for me. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 4 hours hrs
Total Time 4 hours hrs 5 minutes mins
Course Lunch, Main Dish
Cuisine American
- 500 grams ground beef, OR minced pork, OR ground chicken
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
- 3/4 cup tomato ketchup, OR make from a shortcut on this site
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Brown the ground beef (or pork, or chicken) in a pan with a splash of olive oil, along with the onion and garlic, brown it, no need to cook it all the way through. Drain fat and put into the slow cooker pot.
Add all other ingredients, mix well and cook on Low setting for 4-6 hours. Serve on toasted buns.
Ground beef will run about 75 Baht/500 grams, if using minced pork, that will cost about 60 Baht/500 grams, chicken even less. Everything else is minimal. For 4 servings this is 55 cents per serving, even less for 5-6 servings.
Variations, try 1/2 BBQ sauce and 1/2 ketchup. Added diced bell pepper.
Shortcut: Tomato Ketchup.
Adapted from an internet recipe.