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Big Juicy Burgers
Merle, Phyllis’ husband, grills all year round here in Pennsylvania despite snow, sleet, and hail.
Some of us aren’t that die-hard.
But even if you don’t use your grill when the cold winds begin to blow, that doesn’t mean you have to deprive yourself of a good burger.
Sure, you can fry burgers on the stovetop or cook them under the broiler, but when our grill goes into hibernation for the winter, we also pull out our trusty slow cooker and the recipe for Big Juicy Burgers. Then we call the kids into the kitchen because, well, this recipe is so simple, the kids can make it with very little supervision. (And they love doing it because they can use their hands to mix up the hamburger patties.)
Usually the kids make the hamburger patties the night before, let them refrigerate overnight, and then pop them in the slow cooker in the morning before school. When the burgers are ready, the kids put them on the table beside their favorite toppings and dinner is served.
It sure beats standing in the cold to flip a burger. (Unless you like the cold and snow, of course.) And boy, are those burgers big and juicy!
Big Juicy Burgers
Fix-It and Forget-It Kids’ Cookbook, pg. 30
Makes 8 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 7-9 hours
Ideal slow cooker size: 4- or 5-quart
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped onions
¼ cup chopped celery
2 lbs. ground beef
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
2 cups tomato juice
2 tsp. minced garlic
1 Tbsp. ketchup
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
½ tsp. salt
1. Place chopped onions and celery in your slow cooker.
2. Place the beef, 1 tsp. salt, and pepper into a large mixing bowl. Use your hands to mix the salt and pepper into the beef. Divide the dough into eight balls, each the same size.
3. Flatten the eight balls of beef so they look like hamburger patties. Place the patties in the slow cooker on top of the onions and celery. Try not to stack them. If you have to, stager them so they don’t lie exactly on top of each other. Wash your hands well.
4. In a medium-sized mixing bowl stir together the tomato juice, minced garlic, ketchup, Italian seasoning and ½ tsp. salt. Pour this sauce over the patties in your slow cooker.
5. Cover your slow cooker. Cook the Burgers on Low for 7-9 hours.
Serving Suggestion: To serve, place each Big Juicy Burger with a bit of the sauce on a hamburger roll. Feel free to add toppings of your choice: cheese, pickles, lettuce, tomato or mustard if you wish. Serve with crackers, chips, or fries if you wish.
Tip: You can buy chopped onions and celery in the grocery store. You can also buy minced garlic in the grocery store.
sounds super good, I would have it as a Salisbury steak or maybe mini meatloaf. Trying to stay away from the carbs
i’m going to try this recipe as Salisbury steak this week using turkey instead of the beef.>
Love the Idea must try
i’m also mixing in a can of golden mushroom soup and i used 1# of lean ground beef and 1# of lean ground turkey. topped the meat mixture with onions and put in the crockpot. my fingers are crossed that this will turn out well.
Putting your grill into hibernation is cruel and inhuman treatment to such a wonderful buddy, helper, a tool that with no want of praise can make you a hero to everyone. So Argggggg to wimps says I.
Going for months without that wonderful flavor, the enjoyment of new recipes gone right (or even bad), the anxiety of wanting to lift that lid to peek when you know you shouldn’t, the fun of coal targeting ( the art of shooting untamed flareups with an old fashion ketchup bottle filled with water yet leaving them hot), etc etc etc would drive me bonkers. And just how do you make a Thanksgiving turkey without charcoal and a rotisserie, or a New Years standing rib roast for hours as the snow flies and I watch the football games thru the sliding glass doors? Hmm?
HOWEVER, given the great recipe above, I will begrudgingly consent to making this to the best of my indoor ability. Now the question is, can I convince my honey’s 16 yr old to put down the texting long enough to enjoy making this with me??? Ah, if only learning teenage was as easy as putting together a 6 burner grill with no instructions, eh?
Now I have to admit that this post has blown me away. I NEVER thought for one moment that you could cook hamburgers in the crockpot. This is something that I will definitely try out.
This sounds simply delicious! I never thought of putting burgers in the slow cooker..I love this site and will definitely try out this recipe…
Hey! Sounds so great, except it reminds me a lot of meatloaf, which my family HATES. Instead of all the tomato sauce, would it work if I used a can of french onion soup? Thanks!
i’m gonna try it right now! i hope its good. i hardly cook but want to learn w/the crock pot! i bet its gonna be great! isnt this fun??!!
this sounds great I will def try this
Sounds great, I must try this.
Angel, this does sounds a lot like meat loaf so I think i will try it but will use french onion soup I love that…I bet golden mushroom soup would be good also.
gonna try with ground turkey. Might help to moisten it up a bit.
Going to try this tomorrow since it’s late in the day to cook the full time on low.
As to watching carbs….for the burgers, have you thought of using lettuce leaves in place of the bread?
As to moisten the burgers up, have you considered using some applesauce in with the meat?
Just ideas.
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Seems like this recipe would be INCREDIBLY greasy. Where does the grease drain?? I would LOVE to make burgers in my crockpot, but even with chili the ground beef must be slightly cooked and drained… If it just stays in the burgers, sorry but it sounds like it would be a pretty awful fatty burger.
The grease drains down into the opinions and celery you put the patties on top of. That is the whole purpose of those types of vegetables when cooking with crockpots–gives the meat leverage to drain the fat.>