Crock Pot Loose Meat Food

LOOSE MEAT SANDWICH (MAID-RITE COPYCAT)

Steps:

• In a large skillet, combine beef, water, mustard, and sugar. Simmer over medium heat until the beef is cooked through, about 5 minutes, breaking up clumps of meat with a spoon.
• Drain the fat if desired (I don't, and it is closer to the original recipe if you don't, but you can if you want). Stir in onion and season to taste with salt and pepper (I like 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper).
• Serve meat on buns with toppings on the side such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, and pickles.

MAID RITE CROCK POT LOOSE MEAT SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Set your slow cooker on high.
• Add your beef to the slow cooker, chop well.
• Add all other ingredients and stir to combine until beef is completely covered and mixed in.
• Cover and cook on high for one hour.
• Uncover after 1 hour of cook time and break up meat to small pieces.
• Turn on low and continue cooking on high for 2 ½ - 3 hours with the lid off
• Continue to stir occasionally and break up any chunks of beef.

MESSY, SAVORY LOOSE MEAT SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Turn crock pot on high, add dried onion and 1 tbsp warm water. Allow to rehydrated a bit while assembling other ingredients.
• Add ground beef, 1 1/2 cups water and all other ingredients. Stir well to break up ground beef and distribute ingredients. Cover and cook on high 4 hours or until ground beef is cooked, stirring occasionally to prevent beef from clumping. The goal is a smooth-ish texture.
• Serve on hamburger buns with pickled tomatoes, onions, pickles, or any topping you please. These are messy so use plenty of napkins!

MAID RITES (LOOSE MEAT SANDWICHES)

Steps:

• 1. Start slow cooker on high, add dried onion and 1 T. warm water. (Allow to rehydrate a bit while assembling other ingredients.)
• 2. Stir ground beef, 1 1/2 cups water and all other ingredients well. Stirring well to break up ground beef and mix all ingredients.
• 3. Cover. Cook on high 4 hours or until ground beef is cooked, stirring occasionally to prevent beef from clumping. Serve on hamburger buns.

SLOW COOKER HEAVEN: LOOSE MEAT SANDWICHES

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. Gather your ingredients
• 3. Reconstitute the dried onions by combining them with 1 cup of the hot beef stock.
• 4. Chef's Note: Allow them to absorb the hot stock for about 20 minutes.
• 5. Chef's Note: Why dried chopped onions? For some reason I love the flavor they impart to this recipe. Dried onions that have been reconstituted with beef broth do have a different depth of flavor. You could, of course try it with fresh chopped onions.
• 6. Place a pan over medium heat, and add the ground beef.
• 7. Cook, breaking up the beef with a wooden spoon until almost cooked through.
• 8. Chef's Tip: The reason we are precooking the beef is because the proteins in raw beef act like little hooks to bind the beef together as it cooks. If you put the meat in raw it will come out like a big round meatloaf. Precooking breaks that bound and allows the beef to cook without binding together.
• 9. Add the onions, salt, garlic, sugar, cumin, mustard, vinegar, and the additional beef stock to the slow cooker.
• 10. Mix until combined.
• 11. Add the partially cooked beef, and combine.
• 12. Set the slow cooker to low, and allow the ingredients to cook for 4 hours.
• 13. After 4 hours, remove from the slow cooker.
• 14. Prep/Prepare
• 15. Use a slotted spoon to remove a generous amount of the loose meat, and place on a nice soft bun. Add mustard, pickle, or whatever you fancy. Enjoy.
• 16. Keep the faith and keep cooking.