Slow Cooker Hamburger Hash
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Hamburger hash in the crockpot has tender potatoes, beef, and corn in a creamy mushroom sauce. It’s finished off with melted cheese just before serving. It’s a stick-to-your-ribs meal that you’ll want to make over and over.
We love a good meat and potato dinner recipe that doubles as a stick-to-our-ribs meal and absolutely delicious comfort food. Try our Steak and Potato Soup, Crockpot Ribs, or our Slow Cooker Pot Roast.
Why this hamburger hash recipe works
This ground beef potato hash recipe uses pantry staples and a dump and go method that makes prep easy and cooking time quick. The only prep you’ll need to do is dice the white onion and potatoes, brown the ground beef, and shred the sharp cheddar cheese.
You can start this meal early in the day and have it on the table by dinnertime. If you’re looking for a good meal for busy weeknights (or weekends), this is it. If you love this recipe, also try my crockpot corned beef hash recipe!
Recipe Ingredients
- Ground Beef: A pound of beef is plenty for this slow cooker meal. If you want less fat content, go for more lean ground beef.
- Russet Potatoes: This kind of potato holds up very well during the slow cooking process. They’re cooked to fork tender and won’t be too mushy at all.
- Cream of Mushroom Soup: Condensed soups are typically used as a base ingredient in soups and casseroles. It’s perfect for dinner recipes like this hamburger hash.
- Vegetables: White onion is sauteed with the beef and corn is added to help make a hearty meal.
- Sharp Cheddar Cheese: It’s best to use a fresh block of cheese versus the pre-shredded bagged kind.
- Seasonings: Garlic powder, salt, and black pepper add just the right amount of flavor.
Step-by-Step Directions
Step One – Add washed, dried, and diced potatoes to the slow cooker along with the corn, mushroom soup, one cup of shredded cheddar cheese, and the seasonings.
Step Two – Brown ground beef and onion together in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain the fat before adding it to the crock pot.
Step Three – Pour the meat and onion into the slow cooker over the potato mixture.
Step Four – Stir everything together until well combined. Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours (not opening the lid at all during cooking time).
Step Five – Add the remaining shredded cheese evenly over the hash.
Step Six – Cover and let the cheese melt for about 10 minutes. Scoop the ground beef hash onto plates and enjoy!
How to serve
- Although this is an easy beef and potatoes one-pot meal, you can still serve a variety of sides with it such as skillet green beans, a side salad, steamed vegetables, fried eggs, or fruit like slow cooker applesauce.
- When it comes to toppings, you can’t go wrong with chopped green onion, a dollop of sour cream, a dash of red pepper flakes, fresh parsley, or freshly chopped tomatoes.
Recipe FAQs and Variations
Yes. Ground turkey, ground sausage, and ground chicken all make good substitutions.
You can always add more vegetables such as bell pepper (think green pepper or red bell pepper), sliced green onions, green beans, and/or chopped carrots.
Store any remaining hash in an airtight container and keep it in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Red potatoes are the next ideal potato to use in a slow cooker meal like this. To give it a twist, you could try sweet potatoes.
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“Absolutely delicious and was an instant hit with my husband. Adding to my recipe rotation. Thank-you for another great recipe!”
– Brenda
Slow Cooker Hamburger Hash
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Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 cup white onion,, diced
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 21.5 oz. cream of mushroom soup, (two 10.75 oz. cans) do not add water
- 15.25 oz. can corn,, drain well
- 1 1/2 lbs. russet potatoes, (about 5 cups diced, cut into SMALL 1/2 inch cubes)
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheese,, divided
Instructions
- Brown the beef and onion together in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain the fat.
- Wash and dry the potatoes. Cut them into cubes, leave the skin on. Add the potatoes to the slow cooker. Pour over the meat and onion into the slow cooker. Add the soup, salt, pepper, garlic powder, corn and half of the cheese. Stir. Spread out the hash into a flat layer.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Add the remaining shredded cheese evenly over the hash. Cover and let the cheese melt for about 10 minutes.
Sarah’s Notes
- Store any remaining hash in an airtight container and keep it in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Russet potatoes are my favorite potatoes for this, use those if possible. If red or gold potatoes are all you have, they will still work fine.
- You can always add more vegetables such as bell pepper (think green pepper or red bell pepper), sliced green onions, green beans, and/or chopped carrots.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
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Followed exactly – potatoes were HARD 🙁
Your slow cooker must cook slow. You’ll need to adjust times on any recipe you make.
Hi Sarah, love your recipes. I was looking for the comment box, but couldn’t find it, so I’m replying to your comment, lol. My question is, can I use smoked, skinless sausage in place of ground beef? Thank you.
I think that would work great. I think that’s a great variation.
Or maybe you cut your potatoes to large.
Great recipe. Very adaptable. I am vegetarian so I used Impossible brand beef and added it a bit later in the process. I also skipped the corn. It tastes incredible. I think I will try this with bell peppers the next time I make it and maybe add a touch of spice with some red pepper or jalepeno.
OH and I forgot to add, instead of the corn, I used sliced mushrooms. I added them about halfway through and it was perfect timing.
This recipe is better with cream of chicken as weird as that is it gives it a creamier, richer taste.
I’ve switched out plain Cream of Mushroom for the Cream of Mushroom with Garlic variety in most of my recipes – and it’s even better. Will try that here too!
u are so right about the cream of mushroom with garlic.
Thank you for all the great recipes. You have saved the day when I didn’t have a clue what to make for dinner. When I say your recipes saved the day, I mean your recipes have saved my butt many times! I’m in the market for another
Slow cooker to make more than one meal at a time. I made the hamburger hash today and it was terrific!
Very easy and very good! Had frozen cooked hamburger threw it in frozen and sauted the onions by themselves. Husband really liked it too said maybe to add cooked bacon next time.
used my instant pot on the slow cooker mode for this recipe and found the potatoes didn’t cook, they are still crunchy as they were when i first chopped them up. otherwise this recipe is delicious but the crunchy potatoes ruin it for us. will try it again but try setting the slow cooker on high. (used in instant pot as I got this recipe from a instant pot Facebook page)
It was delicious
I think I am going to try this with frozen country style potatoes instead of dicing the potatoes and sub 1 can cream of onion and 1 can of cream of celery. Thank you for sharing this!
I made this and it was darn good. Your recipe had enough slack in it he had other ingredients and make it my own slack in it to make enough to make it my own. I have never heard of a tater tot casserole until you sent me a recipe on it. Understand these recipes are very common in the Midwest. For us to be used in the south that has to have something fried in it and somehow it has to have grits. But I really enjoyed this and I’ll try it again sometime. Thanks for all your recipes I appreciate it.