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Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

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BBQ meatballs are always a hit in my house, it never fails that everyone will eat all there is, there will not be one leftover meatball in the house by the time the meal is over. They tend to be my go to when Gauge hasn’t been eating well at supper time, which is exactly why I dug out this bbq meatball recipe the other day.

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

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Normally I would rather buy pre-made meatballs because I hate to touch raw meat, plus it makes the throwing something together that much easier and faster. However, one I didn’t have any pre-made in the freezer, and we are trying to eat a little healthier right now, so homemade meatballs it was, and wow, so great!

What you need:

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
  • 2 egg whites or 1 egg
  • 2 cups of onion divided
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 cloves of garlic minced
  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
  • 1/2 cup beef broth

How to make Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs:

Toss together, your ground beef, bread crumbs, egg whites, Worcestershire sauce, 1 cup of thinly diced onions, and garlic.

Mix it really, whether with your hands, or with a potato masher like I use.

Easy BBQ Meatballs

Form into 2″ balls. Set aside. I do wish I had thought to use my food processor for the onions in the meatballs, didn’t think of it until later.

Easy BBQ Meatballs

In your slow cooker mix together BBQ sauce of your choice, beef broth, and the remaining onions.

Drop your meatballs into the sauce, give them a gentle stir to make sure they are fully covered in sauce.

Cook on low for 3-4 hours. Depending on how tightly you pack your BBQ meatballs together, they shouldn’t fall apart.

Enjoy with some delicious mashed potatoes, some veggies. Over some rice.

Easy BBQ Meatballs
Easy BBQ Meatballs

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

Yield: 16
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
  • 2 egg whites or 1 egg
  • 2 cups of onion, divided
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
  • 1/2 cup beef broth

Instructions

  1. Toss together, your ground beef, bread crumbs, egg whites, Worcestershire sauce, 1 cup of thinly diced onions, and garlic. Mix it really, whether with your hands, or with a potato masher like I use.
  2. Form into 2" balls. Set aside.
  3. In your slow cooker mix together BBQ sauce of your choice, beef broth, and the remaining onions.
  4. Drop your meatballs into the sauce, give them a gentle stir to make sure they are fully covered in sauce.
  5. Cook on low for 3-4 hours.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

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There is one meal that my kids are all guaranteed to eat, and that meal is meatballs. It doesn’t matter what kind, but these honey garlic meatballs have had the best reaction from my own whole family. It doesn’t matter whether or not they are cooked in the oven or the slow cooker, they are still going to taste great!

Honey Garlic Meatballs

Honey Garlic Meatballs

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This is a simple recipe, leaning on the side of frugal, the most expensive thing being the darn meatballs themselves because I don’t like to handle raw meat, plus these save a lot of time for you. I buy a bag of meatballs from Walmart or get them from Costco.

What you need:

  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 28 oz. fully cooked frozen meatballs

How to make Honey Garlic Meatballs Sauce

Toss your meatballs into your slow cooker or casserole dish.

Mix together the honey, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar and garlic. Tip don’t use brand name ketchup for cooking like this, instead get the store brand and save a little money, plus there really isn’t a taste difference.

Pour over your meatballs, stir it around a bit.

Honey Garlic Meatballs

Either cook them in your slow cooker or in your oven:

Slow cooker – low for 3-4 hours.
Oven – in a covered casserole dish at 30 for 45 minutes.

Either way you chose to cook them, they really don’t take long to go from the freezer to your plate. Especially when using pre-made meatballs, which makes these a great meal to serve to your family during the week.

Honey Garlic Meatballs - crockpot honey garlic meatballs

Personally I prefer to make these in my slow cooker. The reason behind this is because then the meatballs really take on the honey garlic flavor from the sauce.

These honey garlic meatballs are definitely a family pleaser.

Honey Garlic Meatballs

Honey Garlic Meatballs

Yield: 5 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 28 oz. fully cooked, frozen meatballs

Instructions

  1. Mix together the sugar, honey, ketchup, soy sauce, and garlic together in a small bowl.
  2. Pour over meatballs and toss to coat.
  3. Either cook them in your slow cooker or in your oven:
  4. Slow cooker - low for 3-4 hours.
  5. Oven - in a covered casserole dish at 30 for 45 minutes.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

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Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

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Sometimes when my husband decides to venture into the kitchen I get scared, I think my children do too. To be fair, the man can cook. It’s just not always a hit with everyone, he likes way more salt than us for example. These mozzarella stuffed meatballs, however, were a hit.

It helps that my kids love cheese so of course they would love mozzarella meatballs right?

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

Crockpot Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

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What you need:

How to make Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs:

Take your block of mozzarella cheese and cut it into small pieces. Put them in the freezer until your ready to use them.

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

Mix together the bread crumbs, egg, spices, and ground beef. Use your hands (there is a reason that I don’t make meatballs, and this is it).

Get your cheese out of the freezer and start rolling small amounts of the meat mixture, about 4 tablespoons worth. Form a ball, push a piece of cheese in to the meat, roll into a ball so the cheese is completely covered.

Amazon also sells a meatball maker that you can use to make stuffed meatballs.

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

Place into a greased slow cooker, or on a baking sheet if baking.

Hubby choose to pour our favorite pasta sauce over the meatballs in to your crock pot.

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

These smell amazing while their cooking! And of course they smell great once they are finished and you’re digging into them.

With the holidays, maybe you’re looking for something you can make ahead and freeze, these work! Instead of putting in a slow cooker or in the oven, place them evenly on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and freeze. Once frozen through you can put them in a freezer bag. Perfect for Christmas Eve evening as an appetizer.

You can serve with your choose of dips, for dipping: Alfredo, marinara sauce, pasta sauce, or even a variety for your guests.

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

Yield: 6 servings
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 cup bread crumbs, panko or regular, Italian seasoned or plain
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic, or 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • block of mozzarella cheese

Instructions

  1. Chop each cheese stick into half inch pieces (about 6-8 pieces for each cheese stick). Place on a plate and chill in the freezer until ready to use.
  2. Add ground beef, bread crumbs, egg and egg yolk, garlic, onion powder, Italian seasoning and salt and pepper to a bowl. Mush the ingredients together with your hands until everything comes together.
  3. Remove cheese from freezer. Scoop out about 4 tablespoons of meat mixture and roll into a ball. Gently push a piece of chilled mozzarella into the middle of the meatball. Roll the ball in your hands to cover the hole where the mozzarella cheese was pushed in. Place inside a greased slow cooker and repeat with remaining meat and cheese.
  4. When all meatballs are in the slow cooker, cover and cook on high for 1-2 hours or on low 3-4 hours until meat it cooked through (no longer pink). The cheese may start melting out of the meatballs, that's okay. OR Place meatballs 1 inch apart on a greased baking sheet and bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes until browned and cheese is melty.
  5. If desired, when using your slow cooker you can pour your favorite pasta sauce over them as we did.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

Can you freeze mozzarella cheese?

The answer to your question is, yes you can freeze mozzarella cheese. You can freeze the whole block, or you can grate or shred it before freezing it. The block of cheese that you freeze, when you take it out, will be more crumbly. The crumbliness is great for topping your pizza.

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