Description
This Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes recipe is a flavorful, hearty dish that embraces Whole30, Paleo, and Gluten-Free diets, perfect for an easy, hands-off meal with tender ground beef and a savory sauce.
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Ingredients
- 1–1.5 pounds ground beef
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 green pepper, stem and seeds removed and finely diced
- 1 white onion, finely diced
- 1 cup Primal Kitchen Ketchup
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 2 tablespoons coconut aminos
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Brown and Sauté: In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the ground beef, minced garlic, diced green pepper and diced onion. Begin to crumble and brown the ground beef and sauté the vegetables
- Mix Sauce Ingredients: While it’s browning, add the ketchup, beef broth, coconut aminos, tomato paste, dijon mustard, salt and pepper into a slow cooker. Mix to combine
- Drain Excess Liquid: After about 6-8 minutes of the beef browning and vegetables sautéing, transfer it to a strainer and drain the liquid in the skillet. The beef does not need to be fully browned, and still having remaining pink is fine. You do not want to spend a lot of time cooking it on the stovetop, just enough to draw out enough of the grease and excess water from the vegetables so it can be discarded
- Combine in Slow Cooker: Transfer the beef and vegetables from the strainer into the slow cooker. Stir well to mix it with the sloppy joe sauce that’s already in the slow cooker
- Slow Cook: Place the cover on the slow cooker and cook on low for 3-4 hours. In the last 45 to 30 minutes of cooking, slightly tilt the lid off of the slow cooker insert so there is a gap that allows the slow cooker to vent. The excess steam will be drawn out so it doesn’t get watery
- Serve: Serve over baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, spaghetti squash, sweet potato (or sweet potato sliders), a “sloppy salad”, or buns
Notes
- Do not fully brown the beef; some pink is fine to avoid overcooking.
- Tilting the slow cooker lid at the end helps prevent watery sloppy joes by venting excess steam.
- Serve on a variety of bases including baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, or even a salad for versatility.
