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 sliced mushrooms
- ½ onion , sliced
- 1 ½ cups beef broth (low sodium)
- 1 ounce package brown gravy mix (dry)
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 teaspoon dijon
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- 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
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place mushrooms & 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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Can you prep the night before and put it in the morning?
Definitely. That sounds like a great idea, Missy!
Thank you Holly for the quick response!!!!
My family went crazy over this. My son in law called me up afterwards to tell me how much he loved the leftovers I sent home for him!!!
we love this recipe with mashed potatoes. so easy so delicious. Thanks for the recipe.
Delicious, will make when kids come over. old school delicious
This is one of our favorite recipes!!! Making it for dinner tonight!!! Serving with carrots and mashed potatoes. I also put more fresh mushrooms than you say because we LOVE mushrooms!!
This was so delicious. Only thing I added was some Adobo along with the Salt and pepper.
I had to leave for a few hours, after it was done so put it on the warm setting. Since I was gone for over an hour or so, I added some more beef broth (about a 1/4 to 1/2 cup to the gravy.
It was still great tasting. Served over mashed potatoes placed beef patties over it and gravy on top with a side of buttered string beans. Melt in your mouth delicious.
This was SO good! I kept most of the stuff the same, but added Worcestershire. I also was out of brown gravy, but subbed turkey gravy. We had mashed potatoes, corn, and biscuits as the sides. I will be making this again.
I am doing that one tonite. Can’t wait.
This recipe was very good. I added a Tbls. of Worcestershire Sauce to the meat mixture, otherwise I followed it to a T. I served it alongside Mashed Potatoes and Broccoli My family loved it.
Just the best comfort food! So good!
Followed recipe. No changes. In-Laws loved it.
Made this today with one minor addition, I sautéed some pancetta in the pan prior to browning the patties. These are definitely on my make again list
Very good, but do not add any extra salt. Way to salty if you do, but otherwise very good. My husband loved the mushrooms cooked in the gravy…I will double mushrooms next time
I made these after sports practice but without the slow cooker. cooked patties on stove, set aside, added mushrooms, onions to pan and sprinkled with 2Tbs. flour, cooked till browned, added beef broth and made the gravy; didn’t add the ketchup and Dijon (I forgot it) and then put the patties back in to simmer in the gravy. Added the parsley at the end. It came out FANTASTIC. From start to finish, it took less than 30 minutes to make. My family has asked this to be on the regular rotation of weeknight dinners. My daughter asked that this be the replacement for meatloaf; and she doesn’t like mushrooms. I guess this is a winner all around! Thank you for a great slow cooker recipe that can be altered for stovetop so easily!
So happy to hear that, Heidi!
If I freeze the extra patties do I defrost them or put them in frozen when I want to use them. Thanks!
I would defrost them first before adding to the slow cooker.
Getting ready to try this recipe! I was wondering if a doubled the recipe would the cook time be different? For how long!
You can double this recipe in a 6qt slow cooker, it will cook for the same amount of time :)
This was SO good! I added broccoli, extra mushrooms, peppers, and Worstershire and served over red mashed potatoes with sour cream and dill.
One of my favorite recipes! Always delicious!