One of my favorite ground beef recipes to make in the crockpot when it's comfort food season.
Another family favorite is this easy chicken and Andouille sausage gumbo, an authentic Louisiana recipe!
Slow cooker salisbury steak is covered in rich gravy. You'll need some homemade bread to sop it up!Jump to:
❤️ Why you'll love it
- A true dump-and-go meal so that you don't have to stand over the stove.
- This is an old-fashioned no-fuss meal that the whole family will love.
- This family favorite recipe is made with tender beef patties smothered in a delicious gravy
Crockpot salisbury steak is one of our favorite recipes because it's hearty and comforting but doesn't take much effort. It's easy on the budget, too!
🧾 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
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- Lean ground beef
- Dry onion soup mix
- Breadcrumbs
- Milk
- All-purpose flour
- Cream of mushroom soup
- Beef bouillon
- Oil
🔪 Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions for the slow cooker salisbury steak recipe. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.
You can make the ground beef patties bigger if you like. I divide them into 8 because the girls, my husband, and I eat one each but my sons eat more - it just works best for us.
You could divide them into 6 for larger portions.
Salisbury steak is easy to make - just follow these easy steps.- Mix ground beef with breadcrumbs, soup mix, and milk and shape into patties.
- Stir together the cream of mushroom soup, bouillon, and water until smooth.
- Dredge the patties in the flour mixture and then brown on both sides.
- Add to slow cooker and cook for 4 ½ to 5 hours.
🍲 Oven Instructions
Follow preparation instructions above.
Bake salisbury steaks, covered, in a 350F oven for 45-50 minutes, or until an insta-read thermometer registers 160F.
Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
🥄 Equipment
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🎥 Video
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🥫 Storage
Store leftovers in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
You can freeze for up to 3 months.
📖 Variations
- You can use unflavored non-dairy milk or beef broth in place of the milk but add about a tablespoon of butter or oil to make up for the fat in the creamy gravy.
- Make Salisbury steaks gluten-free by using crushed Chex instead of bread crumbs and gluten-free flour for dredging. As ALWAYS if you are on a special diet check your ingredients to make sure they don't contain dairy or gluten.
- Some people prefer using cubed steaks for Salisbury steak instead of the ground beef mixture - that works, too!
- Or, make with ground turkey instead of beef.
- Use cracker crumbs instead of breadcrumbs.
- Not a fan of mushrooms? Use cream of celery soup instead.
- Use a package of au jus instead of the bouillon.
- Make this with meatballs - just add the meatballs right into the gravy no need to dredge or precook.
💭 Tips
- This classic recipe is best in a 4 or 6-quart slow cooker.
- You can double it and make it in the same crockpot - just stack the beef patties on top of each other.
- Double or triple the patties and freeze them for another time.
- Mix the ground beef with ground pork, ground turkey, or ground chicken if you like.
- If your family likes mushrooms definitely add as many as you'd like!
- Leftovers will be fine for 3 days or so when tightly covered and refrigerated.
- Serve leftovers over toast as a hot, open-faced sandwich.
Expert Tip: Crockpot Salisbury steaks made with cream of mushroom soup freeze well after they're cooked. Make your own "frozen dinners" by using meal prep containers and covering with plastic wrap and then aluminum foil. OR freeze a batch in a casserole dish.
👩🍳 FAQs
You may have mashed the ground beef together too densely when you were forming the steaks - or you may not have cooked them in a good amount of gravy.
Salisbury steak is usually made with beef. It's typically served in a thick mushroom gravy. Hamburger Steak is typically not cooked in a gravy.
Make sure the ground beef has a good amount of fat and moisture. Milk or eggs is best for holding together a Salisbury steak.
Yes you can! You can assemble the dish up to two days ahead of time and keep refrigerated.
📚 Related recipes
- Chicken Fried Steak or Chicken Fried Chicken is a Texas classic made with cubed steaks. Serve with gravy, mashed potatoes, and biscuits!
- Slow Cooker Steak Sandwiches fall apart in the sandwich rolls and the au jus soaks right in.
- Classic Swiss Steak in a Slow Cooker or Oven is another vintage recipe made with minute steaks slow-cooked in a tomato-based gravy.
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🍽️ Serve with...
- Copycat Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes are creamy, buttery, and make for a delicious side dish to pair with this meal.
- Nothing says classic comfort food like crispy and flavorful Southern Fried Cabbage.
- Southern Green Beans are a staple side dish that the family loves.
- You can never go wrong with a classic dessert like Blackberry Cobbler.
📞 The last word
I love diner food.
Maybe it's part of growing up in the 1960s but there's something about these classic comfort foods that soothes my soul like nothing else. And... it doesn't hurt that they're usually budget friendly.
Salisbury steaks, poor man's steaks, hamburger steaks... this recipe goes by many different names but once you learn to make it in the slow cooker you'll just call it "dinner".
Hearty dinners the whole family will love.
So easy any time of the year!
If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need. Don't forget that you can click on "add to collection" to save it to your own, private recipe box!
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📖 Recipe
Crockpot Salisbury Steak
Equipment Needed
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef, 90/10 is best but use your favorite
- 1 ounce dry onion soup mix, 1 envelope
- ½ cup breadcrumbs, Panko, or dried/toasted
- ¼ cup milk
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 21.5 ounces cream of mushroom soup, 2-10.5 ounce cans, undiluted
- 1 tablespoon beef bouillon
- ½ cup water
- 1-½ tablespoons oil
Instructions
- Add crumbs, soup mix, and milk to the ground beef.
- Mix well - you'll probably need to use your hands.
- Divide evenly into 8 parts. Form into patties about the size of your palm. Set aside.
- Mix the cream of mushroom soup, the bouillon, and the water until smooth. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in the frying pan or multi-cooker.
- Mix the flour and any seasoning you want to use for dredging. Dredge the patties in the flour covering both sides.
- Brown the patties on both sides. Add to slow cooker if you've used a frying pan.
- Pour soup mixture over the beef in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 ½ to 5 hours.
Notes
- This recipe is best in a 4 or 6 quart slow cooker.
- Mix the ground beef with ground pork, ground turkey, or ground chicken if you like.
- If your family likes mushrooms definitely add as many as you'd like!
- Leftovers will be fine for 3 days or so when tightly covered and refrigerated.
- Serve leftovers over toast as a hot, open faced sandwich.
- You can use unflavored non-dairy milk or beef broth in place of the milk but add about a tablespoon of butter or oil to make up for the fat.
- Gluten free? Use crushed Chex instead of bread crumbs and a gluten free flour for dredging.
- As ALWAYS if you are on a special diet check your ingredients to make sure they don't contain dairy or gluten.
- Some people prefer using cubed steaks - that works, too!
- You can use ground turkey instead of beef.
- Use cracker crumbs instead of breadcrumbs.
- Not a fan of mushrooms? Use cream of celery soup instead.
- Use a package of au jus instead of the bouillon.
- Make this with meatballs - just add the meatballs right into the gravy no need to dredge or precook.
Nutrition Facts
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Etta Miller
What would be the best replacement for the cream of mushroom soup? We have a lot of folks that come into the VFW for our dinners but don't like mushrooms. I thought this would be a great dinner for them.
Marye
Cream of celery would probably be best.