Make up a big batch of Crock-Pot Loose Meat Sandwiches to feed a crowd with this delicious mid-western recipe. Serve on buns with chips and pickles!
Crock-Pot Loose Meat Sandwiches
Loose meat sandwiches are a classic mid-western dish that is kind of hard to explain to someone who has never had one before.
They are kind of like sloppy joes, but without the tomato based sauce. There is a nice beefy flavor from the ground beef and beef bullion, and little tang from the vinegar and Worcestershire sauce and just a little sweetness from the brown sugar and cooked onion.
To start with you brown your ground beef (extra lean preferred) and onion in a skillet on the stove-top. Then add the meat and everything to your slow cooker and let it cook on LOW for just a few hours. This really allows the flavors to meld together. And, if you are serving a lot of people you can just flip the slow cooker to the WARM setting, set out buns, rolls, cheese and other toppings and let folks make their own sandwiches.
When ground beef goes on sale at the grocery store I will often make a double (or even triple batch) of loose meat and bag it up in freezer bags so that I have dinner or lunches that I can just pull out of the freezer and just heat up.
I have even been known to take a frozen bag, a package of hamburger buns and some cheese on over to a sick friend so that they don’t have to cook dinner. Always a hit.
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| Servings | 12people |
| Prep Time | 20minutes |
| Cook Time | 2hours on LOW |
- 1 pound Extra Lean Ground Beef
- 1/2 medium Yellow Onion
- 1/2 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 1 tablespoon White Vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Beef Bouillon Granules
- 1 tablespoon Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 1/2 cup Water
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- In a large skillet set on medium-high heat on the stove-top, cook the ground beef with the onions, crumbling the meat and cooking until no longer pink. Drain off excess fat and add meat to a 5 quart or larger slow cooker.
- Add remaining ingredients to slow cooker and mix well to combine.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 2 hours.
- Turn slow cooker to WARM setting to keep warm while serving.
- Serve on buns with american or cheddar cheese and pickles on top!
This recipe lends itself to being cooked ahead of time and reheated later so feel free to make up a batch and store it in the refrigerator or freezer for easy to make lunches or dinners. You can also easily double the recipe if you are cooking for a larger crowd.
Nutrition information (including Weight Watchers points) are calculated based on the full recipe as written but does not include any buns, rolls, cheese or other toppings you may serve it with.
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Melanie says
January 25, 2019 at 8:24 AMWhy would you go to the trouble of cooking hamburger on the stove, and then dirty a crock pot when you could be done in about 15 minutes on the stove?
Also, I’m NOT a fan of yummly. I linked to the recipe in an email, the directions link said the recipe had been moved, I searched, it sent me to the wrong place. Redid it and FINALLY caught up to it here.
Heidi says
January 28, 2019 at 8:14 PMThe slower cooking time makes for a more flavorful meat in our opinion. It allows the flavors to meld a little bit.
I am also not a fan of Yummly…that is why we don’t have Yummly sharing links on our site. Sorry it took you a while to get to the recipe.
Rosemary says
February 28, 2019 at 3:48 PMHow does 1 pound of lean hamburger feed 12 people/or make 12 sandwiches on hamburger buns ????
Or are these supposed to make 12 “slider “size Sandwiches ????
Heidi says
March 1, 2019 at 11:34 AMSliders