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Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak is one of our favorite comfort foods. Tender beef patties simmered in rich brown gravy with mushrooms and onions. This crockpot salisbury steak is perfect served over mashed potatoes, rice or pasta!
Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak
This easy Salisbury steak one of our favorite family meals! I love using my slow cooker any time of year! We serve this on top of garlic mashed potatoes or rice but my all time favorite is serving it over cooked macaroni noodles. Add a side salad and you’ve got the perfect meal!
Since I’m the one who does most of the cooking, I love coming home to a ready meal and this easy slow cooker Salisbury Steak recipe tops my list.
The beef patties simmer all day in a rich gravy with mushrooms and onions resulting in a really flavorful dish and making them extra tender.
A lot of people confuse Salisbury steaks (which is a combination of ground beef in gravy) with Swiss Steak which is generally minute steak with a tomato-based sauce. (You can find my favorite Swiss steak recipe here).
Tips for Crockpot Salisbury Steak
This Easy Salisbury Steak can be prepared in a skillet but I love it in the slow cooker since it can be prepped ahead of time and it’s ready right when we get home from soccer practice.
- Homemade patties: it doesn’t take long to make the beef patties homemade, and they taste absolutely delicious.
- Sear the Patties: The simple step of searing the beef patties just helps them to hold their shape without falling apart plus browning meat always adds extra flavor!
- Freeze Option: I often double the beef patties in this recipe and freeze half of them (without browning them first) for next time. If you happen to have pre-made frozen beef patties they can be used in this recipe as well with great results.
- Ground Turkey Option: We have also made this recipe with ground turkey (I also add a bit of celery to the mixture) and a turkey gravy with great results. The patties always come out flavorful and fork tender.
Once seared the patties are layered in the Crock Pot with sliced onions and mushrooms. Next, I combine the gravy ingredients and pour it over the patties. While some recipes do call for cream of mushroom soup, I prefer this version with a richer darker gravy.
Easy Salisbury Steak Leftover Idea
Should you be lucky enough to have leftovers (we rarely do), this reheats perfectly and makes a great messy sandwich in a hamburger bun topped with sliced tomatoes and mayonnaise.
This easy salisbury steak recipe reheats perfectly and freezes well too!
What to Serve with Easy Salisbury Steak
- The BEST Mashed Potatoes– So creamy!
- Mashed Cauliflower “Potatoes”
- 30 Minute Dinner Rolls
- Easy Baked Zucchini – Family favorite!
- Garlic Butter Rice
- Easy Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits – So fluffy!
Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 ounces mushrooms sliced
- ½ medium yellow onion sliced
- 1 ½ cups beef broth or low sodium beef broth
- 1 ounce brown gravy mix 1 packet
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 4 tablespoons water
Beef Patties
- 1 ½ pounds lean ground beef
- 1 egg yolk
- ¼ cup minced onion
- ⅓ cup Panko bread crumbs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Place mushrooms and onions in the bottom of your slow cooker.
- Combine beef patty ingredients and form 6 patties. Brown over medium high heat (about 3 minutes per side).
- Layer beef patties over mushrooms. Combine remaining ingredients except water and cornstarch. Pour over beef and cook on low 5 hours.
- Once cooked, remove patties and set aside.
- Turn slow cooker onto high. Combine cold water and cornstarch. Stir into the broth and let cook a few minutes until thickened. Add beef back into the sauce to coat.
- Serve over mashed potatoes or rice.
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Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Entree, Main Course, Slow Cooker
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Made this for my husband and I and substituted the beef for ground turkey. Came out amazing! Cooked everything else as is in the recipe!
This recipe is wonderful. However, my family does not care for mushrooms. What kind do you recommend using? I used the sliced mushrooms in a jar.
Hi Charlotte, you can omit the mushrooms if you wish. Enjoy!
I’m I used fresh mushrooms and fresh onion very good
Simple to make and absolutely delicious!!! Another great recipe, Thank You!!!
This turned out wonderful! So much flavor. Next time I’ll probably double the recipe so there are more leftovers.
My family loved it and can’t wait for me to make it again.
Seriously this dish is so yummy so easy. Holly is my new best friend. Love it on a hamburger bun as a sloppy hamburger too. Thx so much
This was amazing. Thanks so much for the recipe!
Awesome recipe. The beef was so flavorful and tender. Gravy tasted great. Easy to prepare. Set and forget it, come back in 5 hours to thicken up the gravy and bam, your done.
Delicious! My patties fell apart in the pot which gave me the idea to make it next time with crumbled meat instead of patties – even faster to make.
What can I do to substitute brown gravy mix?
I have only made this recipe as written Ginger. You could possibly try onion mix or mushroom mix but it will alter the flavor.
Easy, fast, absolutely delicious!!! Loved it
I’m trying this tomorrow, but what can I use if I don’t have cornstarch? I can’t wait to taste this!
Hi Oderra, you can thicken your gravy with flour in place of cornstarch.
Easy to make and my family loves it! I serve it with garlic mashed potatoes.
Loved this. It was easy to make and flavorful and moist. Thanks for sharing this nice keeper.
I doubled the mushrooms and added a packet of Lipton mushroom and onion soup mix but this recipe is amazing!
What a fantastic recipe , you outdid yourself on this one ! Absolutely delicious
But you did miss an important step after frying the patties, all the drippings were left in the pan ( I doubled the recipe in order to freeze some ready to go meals)
So had lots of delicious goodness leftover so I deglazed the pan with a can of beer and it just added another element to that wonderful gravy
Will definitely be making again and again
Thank you for posting absolutely love your recipes
So happy you enjoyed this recipe, Janine! Deglazing the pan sounds like a delicious way to get every last bit of that deliciousness!
Can I make this with cube steak? What would be the time adjustment?
We cook cube steak on low for 8-9 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.
I make this regularly. It’s great!
Finally a Salisbury Steak the other half loves. I got a ‘that was delicious’ from a man who rarely notices his food. This recipe is now on rotation. Thank you so much!
This looks really good. I’m going to try it today. I have a package of aux jus, would it be okay to use that instead of the brown gravy mix?
I haven’t personally tried this recipe with au jus instead of gravy mix but I think that would be delicious! We would love to hear how it turns out for you, Manette!
This was absolutely delicious! I used 80/20 ground chuck and it came out moist and tender, not greasy at all. Served with mashed potatoes and green beans. Will definitely be making this again. Thanks for a great recipe!
Excellent recipe, thank you!
You’re welcome Tabbitha!
Could you use frozen beef patties instead of making your own for a bit of time saver?
Hi Sherri, you definitely can. Just defrost and then brown following step 2.