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Dinner

Easy and Spicy Sloppy Joes in the Crockpot

For me, it doesn’t get much better than a nice meal made in the crockpot. Coming home from work or running weekend errands while dinner is cooking? Yes please! This recipe does require a little prep before tossing everything in and walking away, but it’s worth it.

It has been pretty cool and rainy out the last few days and I was really craving a nice crockpot meal. This is one of my go-to crockpot meals for autumn and winter, but they are great to have year round.

We did end up getting a little sun in the afternoon today and Rocky was really enjoying it!

I love my spicy foods, and this is a great recipe to experiment and add different kinds of spices. An absolute must though, is the celery seed! I can’t tell you how many dishes that I use celery seed in and it just makes it that much better.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds ground beef
  • 1 yellow onion finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 green bell pepper finely chopped
  • 1 jalapeño seeds removed and diced
  • 1 6oz can vegetable juice, I used V8
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire
  • 1 tablespoon Tabasco (or any other hot sauce of your liking)
  • 1/2 tablespoon horseradish
  • 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon celery seed
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 6-8 burger buns

Directions

  1. Cook your ground beef in a large pan until its about halfway cooked, then add in your onion, garlic, bell pepper, and jalapeño and cook until ground beef is fully cooked, and your onions and peppers are softened.
  2. Drain the fat off of your ground beef and place in the crockpot.
  3. Add the rest of your ingredients into a bowl or large measuring cup and whisk to incorperate. Then pour over your ground beef mixture,
  4. Cook in the crockpot on low (recommended) for 8-10 hours, or on high for 3-4 hours and enjoy!

Notes: Everything is fully cooked so you can eat it whenever you like, I personally think that the longer it sits the better! So next day leftovers are always my favorite.

Amazon has a lot of great options for crockpots so here are some of my favorites: Crockpot 1 Crockpot 2 Crockpot 3 Crockpot 4

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