A sloppy taco is a crockpot creation that is part sloppy Joe and part taco. Drippy, gooey, and delicious beef filled with that distinctive taco flavoring served in a crusty sub roll and topped with melted cheese!

finished sandwich on a round white plate with sour cream and shredded cheese in the background

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❓❔What Is A Sloppy Taco❔❓
🔪How To Make This Taco Hybrid
🍽Serving Suggestions
😉Hints And Hacks
📖 Recipe

❓❔What Is A Sloppy Taco❔❓

Do you love sloppy Joes? Do you also love the flavor of tacos? If so, you have come to the right place!!

This hybrid dish takes all of the wonderful flavors of tacos and marries them with the consistency and serving style of a sloppy Joe sandwich. Great for those days when you just need something different but don't want to stray too far from the familiar.

finished sandwich on a long roll sprinkled with shredded cheese

🔪How To Make This Taco Hybrid

Sloppy tacos are made from browned ground beef mixed with enchilada sauce, taco seasoning, salsa, garlic, and onion powder. That's it! Just mix it all together in your slow cooker, put the lid on top, and walk away.

At the end of the day, take a big spoon, plunk some of that mixture on a roll and dinner is ready! Easy delicious and fun!

🍽Serving Suggestions

Bread is an important part of any sandwich. To absorb all of the great sauce that makes up this dish, thick rolls such as a hoagie roll or a kaiser roll work well.

Since the meat in this sandwich has a taco flavor, all the toppings you love with your tacos would fit perfectly here. Some suggestions are:

hot sauce
jalapeno peppers
diced green peppers
corn
cheese
sour cream
shredded lettuce
tomato

close up of seasoned beef on a round sesame bun topped with sour cream and decorated with hot sauce

If you love this recipe, please let me know in the comment section below!

😉Hints And Hacks

This taco sandwich recipe is great if your people will be eating at different times. After the cooking time, turn your slow cooker to low and everyone can have a warm and filling meal, no matter what time they are ready to eat.
The most labor-intensive part of this recipe is browning the ground beef. I am so lazy, that I even do that part in my slow cooker prior to starting this chili recipe (this is how I do it).
Sloppy taco meat freezes really well. I like to freeze leftovers in meal-sized containers for easy reheat-and-eat meals.
I always recommend the use of a slow cooker liner. This is, of course, an optional step. I like to purchase my liners in bulk for a less expensive per-piece price.
In the market for a new slow cooker? I love mine!

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