Porcupine Meatballs (Slow Cooker)
Porcupine Meatballs (Slow Cooker)
Feel free to make this with a range of ground meats, such as pork, beef, chicken, or turkey. This sounds really good, and I made this on 17 May 2018, delicious! Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 500 grams ground meat, pork, beef, chicken, or turkey, (1 lb)
- 1 small brown onion, finely diced, divided
- 1 can condensed tomato soup, OR make from a shortcut
- 1 can water, if using the soup shortcut, 1 1/4 cups
- 1 small carrot, grated
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 cup cooked rice, brown or white
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano, divided
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add the ground meat, 1/2 the onion, 1/2 the oregano, egg, garlic, carrot, and rice. Then get in there with your clean hands and mix this together. (I used 750 grams of pork (1 1/2 lbs) so I used 2 eggs.)
- Shape the mixture into 10 balls and place each in your slow cooker. (I used 750 grams of pork (1 1/2 lbs) so I made 12 good sized meatballs.)
- Wipe out the mixing bowl, then add the soup, Worcestershire sauce, remaining oregano, remaining onion, and the can of water or 1 1/4 cups of water if you made the shortcut. Mix well. (Big change here I used 3 cups of condensed soup.)
- Pour the sauce over the meatballs. Set the slow cooker to High setting and cook for 4 hours then switch to Low setting for 1 more hour.
- When ready, use a large spoon to scoop out the meatballs, this photo is with 3 meatballs and 2 scoops of gravy removed already.
- Serve with mashed potatoes, pasta, or rice. Enjoy.
Notes
Thinking just ground pork or chicken, this is low cost per serving.
Shortcut: Condensed Tomato Soup.
Variant: 1. If you go heavy on the meat, say, 750 grams (1 1/2 lbs) like I did, add another egg, touch more seasoning, and 3 cups of soup.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
Excellent results with this, tender and juicy meatballs using ground pork, the tomato gravy was perfect. I did us more meat than what the recipe states so I did use more soup (from the shortcut). Highly recommended.