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A slow cooker full of browned ground beef being stirred with a wooden spoon
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Lazy Browned Ground Beef (or turkey)

Use your crockpot to brown ground beef in large quantities then freeze it in meal sized containers for use in future dishes. Little clean up, lot of time saved!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 5 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: browned ground beef, browning ground beef is a slow cooker
Servings: 24 servings
Calories: 288kcal
Author: The Lazy slow cooker

Equipment

  • slow cooker 6 quart or larger if making 6 pounds
  • Large wooden spoon or potato masher
  • slow cooker liner (optional)
  • slotted spoon and/or fine mesh strainer For draining off excess fat

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place ground beef in to slow cooker, cover and cook on high.  Check in every half hour or so and stir/break up any clumps.  Sometimes a potato masher can be helpful
  • Continue until all meat is thoroughly cooked.  Time shown above is just a rough estimate.
  • Freeze in portion sized containers for future use!

Notes

calorie information based on lean ground beef.  
Ground beef is considered safe to eat when it reaches an internal temperature of 160ºF.
Ground turkey is considered safe to eat when it reaches an internal temperature of 165ºF

Nutrition

Calories: 288kcal | Protein: 19g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 76mg | Potassium: 306mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 2mg