Slow Cooker Smothered Hamburgers
Slow Cooker Smothered Hamburgers are such a classic comfort food and easy to make right in the slow cooker.
These Slow Cooker Smothered Hamburgers are such a great family-friendly weeknight meal. Ground beef, onion soup mix and seasonings mix together to form flavorful patties that cook up in a delicious gravy made with gravy mix and cream of mushroom soup. This is fabulous over mashed potatoes, rice or noodles!
I always love finding easy but comforting dinners that the whole family will love and that is why I love these Slow Cooker Smothered Hamburgers. This is such an easy weeknight dinner that is always a family favorite. These flavorful beef patties slow cook in a delicious gravy and make the most perfect classic comfort dinner.
Hamburger steaks get seasoned up and quickly pan-fried until browned and popped in to the slow cooker with a delicious rich brown gravy made from cream of mushroom soup and brown gravy mix.
These tender beef patties are amazing on pile of creamy mashed potatoes with some roasted carrots. But we also love them over egg noodles or white rice, they make the perfect bed for the rich gravy.
You can also add sliced onions or mushrooms to add to this to make onion gravy or mushroom gravy.
This is such a warm, comforting, hearty meal using simple ingredients that takes minutes to prepare and slow cooks until nice and tender all day. Your house will smell amazing.
These Slow Cooker Smothered Hamburgers are going into our weekly rotation for sure!
These are basically a version of crockpot salisbury steak and everyone loves that!
You have to try this slow cooker salisbury steak recipe I know you will love it!
You will love this dinner recipe because it is
- Easy and fast
- Crowd-pleaser
- Perfect for parties
- Great weeknight meal
- Family-friendly
- Slow Cooker meal
- Easy slow cooker recipe
- Perfect meal
How to make these Slow Cooker Smothered Hamburgers
- Full recipe below.
- Combine the ground beef, onion soup mix, worcheshire sauce, steak seasoning, egg and bread crumbs in a large bowl.
- Mix well and divide the meat mixture into 4 patties.
- Brown the patties 2-3 minutes on each side over medium-high heat until they are browned in a large skillet.
- Remove from pan and place into the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Combine the cream of mushroom, water and brown gravy mix and pour into slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low 6 hours or high 4 hours.
- Serve this delicious meal!
Ingredients you need
- Lean ground beef- I like to use lean because it shrinks less while cooking.
- Dry onion soup mix- This is the secret ingredient to the flavor of these ground beef patties.
- Worcestershire sauce- Gives the burgers their savory flavor.
- Steak seasoning- I use McCormick but use your favorite!
- Egg- To help bind everything together.
- Bread crumbs- Helps keeps the patties formed.
- Cream of mushroom soup- Gives the gravy it’s base.
- Water- To make the gravy you could use beef broth if you prefer.
- Brown gravy mix- Thickens the gravy ingredients up.
- Fresh parsley- just there to add a pop of color
This is the slow cooker I like to use – Hamilton Beach Slow Cooker
Can I use any other meat?
Yes! You could use ground turkey or pork if you like.
Can I use another soup?
If you don’t like mushroom you can substitute the cream of mushroom for cream of chicken or cream of onion or even cream of celery would be great in this.
What can I add to this?
You can add sliced onions to the slow cooker or fresh mushrooms.
How to store the leftovers?
Just store this in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
How should I serve These Slow Cooker Smothered Hamburgers?
I like to serve this over mashed potatoes, rice or egg noodles. We love to have glazed carrots or green beans on the side.
Want more Slow Cooker recipes? Check out these!
Slow Cooker Smothered Hamburgers
These Slow Cooker Smothered Hamburgers are such a great family-friendly weeknight meal. Ground beef, onion soup mix and seasonings mix together to form flavorful patties that cook up in a delicious gravy made with gravy mix and cream of mushroom soup. This is fabulous over mashed potatoes, rice or noodles!
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 envelope dry onion soup mix
- 1 tablespoon worcheshire sauce
- 1 teaspoon steak seasoning
- 1 egg
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 1 (10.5 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 cup water
- 1 (0.87) envelope brown gravy mix
- Parsley for garnish, optional
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the ground beef, onion soup mix, worcheshire sauce, steak seasoning, egg and bread crumbs.
- Mix well and divide into 4 patties.
- In a large skillet over medium high heat brown the patties 2-3 minutes on each side until they are browned.
- Remove from pan and place into the bottom of your slow cooker.
- In a bowl combine the cream of mushroom, water and brown gravy mix.
- Pour the gravy mix over the burgers.
- Cover and cook on low 6 hours or high 4 hours.
- Serve!
Notes
- You can use ground turkey if you like.
- You can use cream of onion soup or even cream of chicken soup if you don’t prefer mushrooms.
- You can add sliced onions and mushrooms to the slow cooker as well.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Going to try this One….