Slow Cooker Italian Style Meatballs
Slow Cooker Italian Style Meatballs

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, slow cooker italian style meatballs. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

These slow cooker meatballs are Italian style and made with ground beef, parmesan cheese, herbs and spices. They're slow simmered to tender perfection in the crock pot and are perfect served over spaghetti or as a hearty appetizer. Especially when they are cooked low and slow in a Turkey Meatballs with Arugula and Mushrooms.

Slow Cooker Italian Style Meatballs is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Slow Cooker Italian Style Meatballs is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooker italian style meatballs using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Italian Style Meatballs:
  1. Take Meatballs :
  2. Make ready 1 lb. lean ground beef (or lean ground turkey)
  3. Make ready 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
  4. Make ready 1 large egg
  5. Take 2 tbsp. milk
  6. Get 1 tsp. each dried basil, dried parsley
  7. Get 1/2 tsp. each garlic powder, onion powder, pepper
  8. Take 1/4 tsp. salt
  9. Take Sauce :
  10. Prepare 1 can (28 oz.) crushed tomatoes
  11. Make ready 1 can (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained
  12. Prepare 1 can (6 oz.) tomato paste
  13. Make ready 2 tsp. dried basil
  14. Take 1 tsp. each dried parsley, granulated sugar
  15. Get 1/2 tsp. each dried oregano, Italian seasoning, pepper, salt
  16. Take 1/2 yellow onion, diced
  17. Take 2 cloves garlic, minced

They taste great on their own as an appetizer, but also work well with pasta or on sub sandwiches with melty cheese. They're freezer-friendly, too — meaning you can make a double-batch now and save some. This easy slow cooker meatball recipe uses a blend of beef and Italian turkey sausage for a lightened-up version that still makes a flavorful, juicy meatball. Meatballs should be two things: juicy and flavorful.

Steps to make Slow Cooker Italian Style Meatballs:
  1. Grease your slow cooker. Place in all of the sauce ingredients and stir together.
  2. In a large bowl, place all of the meatball ingredients. Use your hands to thoroughly combine it all together.
  3. Roll out the meatballs, using about 1 tbsp of meat per ball. Place the meatballs into the sauce in the slow cooker.
  4. Make sure to spoon the sauce over the top of the meatballs. Then place the lid on and cook on low heat for 5-7 hours, until the meatballs are no longer pink in the center.
  5. Serve however you'd like and refrigerate any leftovers.

This recipe meets both criteria, and the best part is, you make them in the slow cooker. Meat cooked in a slow cooker retains its moisture and gets infused with the flavors that are with it in the slow cooker. And as much as I love meat sauce, I love meatballs probably twice as much. So my recipe changed for the better again. Then, they go into the slow cooker with the chicken broth and sugar-free marinara.

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