Easy Slow Cooker Meatballs
These sound very good, feel free to use ground beef, ground pork, bulk Italian sausage, or even ground chicken. Several shortcuts here to cuts costs as well. Links to the shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 750 grams ground beef, OR minced pork, OR bulk Italian sausage, OR ground chicken
- 1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs, OR make from a shortcut on this site
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 cups tomato sauce, OR make from a shortcut on this site
- 2 cans whole peeled tomatoes, chopped, with juice from one can
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
Instructions
- In your slow cooker pot, add the tomato sauce, chopped tomatoes, dried parsley, Italian seasoning, and dried oregano. Mix this up a bit.
- In a large bowl mix the ground beef, bread crumbs, fresh parsley, garlic, onion, and egg together. Form into 16-20 meatballs. Place meatballs in the slow cooker and gently stir to coat them all in the sauce. Cook on High setting for 1 hour, then change to Low setting for another 3-4 hours. IMPORTANT, every few hours, use a spoon and skim the fat off the top of the sauce. Serve over pasta of your choice.
Notes
The ground beef will cost about 200-250 Baht/kilo. Figuring 200 Baht, for 16 servings (I think this is quite high and I will adjust when I make this), is about 37 cents per serving, less if using pork or chicken.
Shortcuts: Italian Sausage, Seasoned Breadcrumbs, Tomato Sauce.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
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