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Crockpot Cowboy Casserole (Slow Cooker Meal)

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Beef, potatoes, onions, kidney beans and CHEESE feature in this Crockpot Cowboy Casserole! Quick to prep, this is a real family pleaser!

Cowboy casserole collage of finished dish in white bowl at top and individual ingredients at bottom.

 

Ever have a day where you just want dinner to be DONE and not worry too much about it? Yeah. Me too. Except that’s EVERY day… enter, the Crockpot Cowboy Casserole.

Some good slow cooker ground beef recipes is fantastic to have in the inventory! One of my favorites is my Poor Man’s Stew, but this Cowboy Casserole has a very different flavor. Both are awesome!

Cowboy casserole in a white bowl on a wooden table.

This recipe DOES contain a cardinal sin of the foodie world – cream of xxx soup. Which, honestly, I do tend to avoid if I can. However, in this case, simplicity and “get ‘er done” was the goal. If you really cannot handle the idea of canned soup, you can use my homemade version.

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Cowboy casserole ingredients separated into individual glass bowls on a wooden table.

How to make Crockpot Cowboy Casserole:

  • Combine all ingredients in the crockpot, no pre-cooking necessary!
  • Cook on high for 4 hours
  • Add cheese.
  • Devour.
  • (ta da!)

Closeup of cowboy casserole in a white bowl on a red and white chevron table cover.

Family Friendly 

This is a hit with the family. It made enough that there was plenty for everyone, including seconds and even a little leftover.

Got a bigger crowd to feed? No problem! Add another can of beans, and another can of tomatoes to stretch this meal! (adjust the seasonings).

As this recipe stands, it fed 1 husband, 1 toddler, 1 mother, and 1 Kylee with seconds and leftovers.

Cowboy casserole in a white bowl on a wooden table with another bowl and red and white chevron sheet.

Variations for Cowboy Casserole:

  • Add a can of black beans, stretch out the meal
  • Make Crockpot Cowboy Casserole with red potatoes (don’t peel!)

Closeup of cowboy casserole on fork with two bowls in background.

Want to see something fun? Here’s the original picture from when I published this many moons ago! eek.

Cowboy casserole ingredients in Crock Pot ready to be cooked.

(Crockpot) Cowboy Casserole

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Cowboy Casserole (Crockpot)

Beef, potatoes, onions, kidney beans and CHEESE feature in this slow cooked Cowboy Casserole! Quick to prep, this is a real family pleaser!
4.79 from 46 votes
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Course: Crockpot, Dinner
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 1 minute
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 1 minute
Servings: 6
Calories: 909kcal
Author: Kylee Cooks

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place all of the ingredients except the cheese in a crock pot (slow cooker) and combine well.
  • Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours.
  • Sprinkle cheese on top, cover.
  • Serve when cheese is melted (about 10 minutes).

Nutrition

Calories: 909kcal | Carbohydrates: 118g | Protein: 42g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 115mg | Sodium: 4008mg | Potassium: 4413mg | Fiber: 17g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 75.8% | Vitamin C: 143.8% | Calcium: 66% | Iron: 104.8%
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    4. I feel that way every day too. And I don’t really have a problem using cream of xxx soup. Sometimes it just makes things easier, which is great when you’re busy. Anyways, this is like ultimate comfort food!!

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    8. This is the kind of food I grew up with. I made this for my brother who came to dinner and he and I DEVOURED it all! So so good!

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    13. This Cowboy Casserole has all the ingredients that my family loves! This is a winner! I am sure my family will go crazy over this dish!

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    15. You kinda had me at cowboy! 😉 Seriously though, Kylee, this sounds and looks delicious! I love a good casserole, but I very rarely find one that includes steps to cook and drain the ground beef first. I bet this step eliminates that unwanted excess grease. Speaking of grease, if the ground beef is being drained, can I not substitute the ground beef for vegetarian crumbles to make this casserole a vegetarian dish?

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    25. I’m making this tomorrow morning you bring to a pot luck at work. I’m adding 1 lb ground chicken, 1 can of black beans and an additional can of diced tomatoes. Depending on how all that looks once it’s all in the crockpot I may add an additional can of cream of *** soup. I’m looking forward to serving this to my coworkers.

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