Skip the can with these homemade Crock Pot Sloppy Joes! Ground beef, tomato sauce and delicious seasonings make the best sloppy joes!
HOMEMADE CROCK POT SLOPPY JOES
Is there any food better than the food from our childhood? I bet all of us can name at least 5 foods that we ate as a kid that we will always love and remember. This is definitely one of them for me! Now, I don't have any problem with good ole Manwich in a can. I like it. But it's kinda like spaghetti sauce. Sometimes you want to make it up from scratch when you have time.
TIPS FOR MAKING THE BEST SLOPPY JOES:
- Leftovers can be frozen to re-heat later.
- The flavors really develop as this simmers gently in the crock pot but it can be made on the stovetop. Brown ground beef and onion in a large pot. Drain excess grease and return beef mixture to pot. Stir in the rest of the ingredients (omit the flour.) Bring mixture to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to medium low and allow it to simmer for about 30 minutes.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
ground beef
onion
tomato sauce
ketchup
water
light brown sugar
all-purpose flour
chili powder
garlic powder
apple cider vinegar
yellow mustard
Worcestershire sauce
salt & pepper
American cheese (optional)
hamburger buns
HOW TO MAKE CROCK POT SLOPPY JOES:
Put cooked ground beef mixture into your slow cooker. Add in the rest of your ingredients (except cheese and hamburger buns, obviously) 😉
Give it all a good stir. Cover and cook on low for about 4-6 hours.
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CROCK POT SLOPPY JOES
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 8 oz can tomato sauce
- ½ cup ketchup
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp yellow mustard
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- salt & pepper, to taste
- 8 slices cheese (optional)
- 8 hamburger Buns toasted
Instructions
- In a large pan, brown ground beef with chopped onion.
- Cook and crumble until no longer pink. Drain excess grease.
- Put ground beef mixture into your slow cooker.
- Add in the rest of your ingredients (except hamburger buns and cheese)
- Give it all a good stir.
- Cover and cook on low for about 4-6 hours.
- When ready to serve, place filling on buns.
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Notes
Then put in the buns and toast until golden brown.
Nutrition
Originally posted: September 2012
Updated & republished: December 2018
Best sloppy joe I've had to date. Just the right amount of spice and sweetness. Great balance of saucy but still has the "sloppy" part. This is a keeper in my home!!!!!!
Woo hoo! Love hearing that Dee!! Thank you SO much!
I see there is flour in this but it says only add if in crock pot & not on stovetop. Is the reason you add flour to the crockpot version is to help it thicken & to cook down so not runny ?? I'd love an answer because I'd like to try, hopefully for Labor Day. We like a thicker sloppy Joe :)) thanks so much 🙂
Hi Sandy - that's exactly right! Hope you love it!
So, so good - thank you!!
Huge hit! Soooo much better than out of the can.
Added 1 cup of beef stock and red pepper flakes.