Salisbury steak is a good. What’s better? A shortcut crockpot version that can be easily made into a freezer prep crockpot dump kit. Now that’s just plain awesome!
I love this recipe because I can make the crockpot dump kit on a day when I’m cooking ground beef. I usually get two pans going, brown a bunch of hamburger, drain it, dump the ingredients into a ziplock and I’ve got a crockpot kit to put in the freezer for a super busy day.
Dinner comes together incredibly fast when you get home from your busy day as all you’ve got to do is whip up some instant mashed potatoes and steam some veggies or microwave a can of green beans.
On a budget? Who’s not? This recipe is the perfect meal to keep your food cost under control. The entire meal comes together for less than $10! You can feed the entire family for the cost of one person eating at a fast food restaurant. Prices based upon the Wal-Mart online grocery store app (without coupons or sales) as of November 2019 – Hamburger $4.44, mushroom soup $.50, French onion soup $.76, dry onion soup mix (.$75), sliced mushrooms ($1.48 or can $.87), instant mashed potatoes ($2.00) and a can of green beans ($.50). That comes to $9.82!
The kids love this recipe too! So how do you make it? Check out the recipe below:
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1 (10.5 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
1 (10.5 ounce total) can of french onion soup
1 packet of dry onion soup mix
3 Tablespoon all purpose flour
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 cup water
2 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1/8 teaspoon black ground pepper
sliced mushrooms (optional – fresh or canned)
2 packs of Idahoan Instant mashed potatoes
1 (14.5 ounce) can of cut green beans, drained
DIRECTIONS:
MAKE TODAY INSTRUCTIONS:
- Brown the hamburger meat in a skillet and drain any excess grease. Put it to the side.
- Dump the cream of mushroom soup, French onion soup, dry onion soup mix, flour, ketchup, water, Worcestershire sauce, mustard powder, pepper and mix it up.
- Add the cooked hamburger meat and mushrooms (optional) to the crockpot and stir it again.
- Sit back and relax or go about your business until the cook time elapses. Cook on high for 2 to 3 hours or low for about 4 to 5 hours. Note all slow cookers are different, so adjust accordingly
- When it’s done cooking, simply microwave the instant mashed potatoes and green beans and you’ve got dinner on the table in less than 10 minutes!
FREEZER PREP INSTRUCTIONS:
- Label a gallon ziplock bag – Salisbury Steak Casserole – Crockpot Low for 4-5 hours or 2 1/2 Hours on High – Make mashed potatoes and green beans.
- Brown the hamburger meat in a skillet and drain any excess grease. Put it to the side.
- Add the cooked hamburger meat and mushrooms (optional) to the zip lock.
- Dump the cream of mushroom soup, French onion soup, dry onion soup mix, flour, ketchup, water, Worcestershire sauce, mustard powder, pepper and mix it up by gently squishing the bag.
- Seal the bag and lay it flat to freeze.
- When you’re ready, pull the crockpot kit out of the freezer and thaw in the fridge overnight until it’s time to dump it in the crockpot.
- When it’s done cooking, simply microwave the instant mashed potatoes and green beans and you’ve got dinner on the table in less than 10 minutes!
This recipe is perfect for one of those busy nights when you’ve got to get dinner on the table fast. Simply dump the recipe in the crockpot, go about your business and when you get home, the crockpot is ready and the sides come together in a snap!
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