Easy, homemade Sloppy Joes made in the slow cooker!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword Sloppy Joes
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 4 hourshours20 minutesminutes
Total Time 4 hourshours25 minutesminutes
Servings 5servings
Author Jayme
Ingredients
2clovesgarlic, minced
1poundground beef
1/2onion, diced
1/2green pepper, diced very small (optional)
8ouncestomato sauce
1/2cupketchup
1teaspoonmustard
1/4cupbrown sugar
2tablespoonsWorcestershire sauce
1/2teaspoongarlic powder
1/4teaspoononion powder
salt & pepper, to taste
1/8teaspoonred pepper flakes(optional)
Hamburger buns
Instructions
Brown beef with garlic and onion. Add in the green pepper, if using. Cook until beef is done and drain grease. (Or grab a pound of already cooked beef from the freezer!)
In slow cooker, combine the beef/onion/green pepper mixture with the tomato sauce, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, Worcerstershire sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, salt & pepper. Add in the red pepper flakes, if using.
Cook on low for 2-4 hours, stirring every once in a while.
Serve on hamburger buns.
To freeze, put into individual freezer-friendly bags and let cool. Once cool, lay them flat in a freezer until frozen, then you can stack them. Make sure you label them!