Name: Slow Cooker Meatballs Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 4 h 10 min
Total time: 4 h 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1½ lbs Ground Beef; ¾ cup Italian breadcrumbs; ¼ cup parsley; 1 tsp garlic; ½ cup onion; 1 egg; ⅓ cup parmesan cheese; 1 tsp salt; ¼ tsp pepper; Cooking spray; 28 oz marinara sauce; 16 oz tomatoes; 15 oz tomato sauce

How To Make Slow Cooker Meatballs

This meatballs recipe calls for slow-cooked ground beef, cheese, and various herbs and spices mixed with a hearty tomato sauce. Best served over pasta.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 4 hours 10 minutes

Total: 4 hours 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1½lbsground beef,use 90% lean
¾cupItalian breadcrumbs
¼cupparsley,fresh, chopped plus more for serving
1tspgarlic,minced
½cuponion,minced
1egg
⅓cupparmesan cheese,grated, plus more for serving
1tspsalt
¼tsppepper
Cooking spray
28ozMarinara Sauce
16oztomatoes,crushed
15oztomato sauce

Instructions

Preheat the broiler. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
Place the ground beef, breadcrumbs, parsley, garlic, onion, egg, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix until well combined. If it’s hard to get everything to mix together, add a little water, a teaspoon at a time until a smooth mixture forms.
Shape the meat into 1-inch meatballs and place on the prepared baking sheet.
Broil the meatballs for about 8 to 10 minutes until browned.
Place the meatballs in the slow cooker. Add the marinara sauce, crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce and stir gently to combine.
Cover the slow cooker and cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours or High for 3 to 4 hours.
Top the meatballs with a sprinkling of parsley and parmesan cheese, then serve.