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 this recipe
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
Ingredients for the slow cooker hamburger steaks in gravy- Breadcrumbs are best if they are toasted or use Panko. I use plain but seasoned would be fine, too.
- Ground beef should be relatively low in fat - a 90/10 will be delicious without a lot fat floating on top.
- Homemade white sauce or gravy and sliced mushrooms can be substituted for soup.
- I like bouillon paste but you can use beef stock in place of the water in the recipe if you prefer.
🔪 Instructions
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.- Add crumbs to ground beef.
- Add in the soup mix.
- Now the milk.
- Mix well - usually this is best done with freshly washed hands.
- Divide and form into patties.
- Mix flour and any seasoning you may want to use (smoked paprika, cajun seasoning, etc) and mix . Dredge the patties in the flour, covering both sides.
- Heat the oil in the frying pan or multi-cooker.
- Brown the patties on both sides.
- Mix the soup, bouillon, and water until it's smooth.
- Pour over the patties in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
- Uncover and enjoy.
🍲 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.
🎥 Video
Click on the image to watch me make this recipe from start to finish with extra tips! (Video opens in a new tab).
💭 Tips
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.
- This classic hamburger steak 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.
📖 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.
- Make salisbury steaks gluten free by using 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 for salisbury steak - 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.
👩🏻🍳 Frequently asked questions
Here are the most commonly asked questions about this recipe. If you don't find the answer to yours here leave a comment below or email me - I'll get back to you as soon as I can!
Swiss steak is an actually steak that has been "swissed" a method of tenderizing it - like a cube steak. A salisbury steak is made with ground beef formed into a patty.
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.
Yes you can! You can assemble the dish up to two days ahead of time and keep refrigerated.
Classic southern buttermilk biscuits are almost essential.🧾 Equipment
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🍽️ Serve with...
This hearty dinner recipe doesn't need much to go with it.
- Mashed potatoes are good with this - save time by picking them up at the deli.
- Green beans
- Drop biscuits are super easy and no kneading!
- Homemade chocolate pudding takes minutes in the microwave. It unbelievably creamy!
Enjoy 30 quick weeknight dinner recipes!
📚 Related recipes
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".
So easy any time of the year!
📖 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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