Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Sandwiches
An easy, family friendly dinner that is ready when you are!
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs ground beef or ground chuck
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- salt and pepper
- 3 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp yellow mustard
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3/4 cup BBQ sauce I used Sweet Baby Ray's Sweet & Spicy
- hamburger buns
- cheddar cheese slices optional
Instructions
- Spray or line your slow cooker
- Add ketchup, BBQ sauce, mustard, Worcestershire, garlic powder, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Stir well to combine.
- Brown beef in skillet, crumbling as you cook and stir it.
- When beef is done, add minced garlic and cook an additional 1-2 minutes.
- Drain beef well and add to sauce in slow cooker
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours
- Just before serving, toast buns. Place a slice of cheese on the bottom of the buns and top with meat mixture, and then top with remaining halves of buns
Notes
Variations:
Chop an onion and brown in skillet and add it to beef and sauce if desired, or garnish with chopped raw onion when serving
Serve meat over a baked potato instead of a bun
For a low carb version wrap meat in a large lettuce leaf
If you want to cook this stove top, use the same directions and put the ingredients into a large deep pot and simmer on low heat for an hour to let flavors blend