Recipe: Delicious Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs

Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs. 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. Super Tender Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs.

Nothing says "home cooking" like a good plate of meatballs. Tiny balls of fresh mozzarella are the "surprise inside" this hearty dish, which uses the slow cooker as a prep shortcut. Slow-Cooked Italian Meatballs Recipe photo by Taste of Home. You can cook Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs

1. You need 1 lb of Ground beef.
2. It's 1 lb of Hot Italian sausage.
3. Prepare 1 cup of bread crumbs.
4. You need 1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese.
5. It's 1 tbsp of garlic powder.
6. You need of salt and pepper.
7. You need 1 tbsp of Italian seasoning.
8. Prepare 2 large of eggs (beaten).
9. It's 1 1/2 cup of fresh parsley (chopped).
10. It's 8 oz of mozzarella cheese (1/4 in cubes).
11. It's 1 can of Your favorite pasta sauce.
12. Prepare 2 of bay leaf.

Serve these slow cooked meatballs with your favorite pasta. Enjoy this crockpot Italian meatball stuffed pepper recipe. Great for a Sunday meal, served with pasta, and is sure to please any crowd. We stuffed the peppers with Phil's signature metaball mix and topped them with some crushed tomatoes and let the slow cooker do the work.

Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs instructions

1. Remove the casing from the sausage..
2. In a large mixing bowl mix all first 9 ingredients. Mix with hands until well integrated..
3. Roll into round balls then place cubed mozzarella into ball then continue to roll until cheese is covered and balls look uniform..
4. Place one layer of meatballs in slow cooker set on high then pour half of the sauce over them.
5. Place the rest of the meatballs inside and cover with remaining sauce.
6. Put in bay leaves cover and let cook for 2:30 - 3hrs on high.
7. Remove bay leaves and enjoy.

Give this Italian meatball soup a try! Another great thing about this Italian meatball soup is that there's nothing to pre-cook or brown… it all goes right in the slow cooker! These slow cooker Italian meatballs are lovingly braised in marinara sauce for hours. These Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs are one of my favorite go-to recipes for basically anything. They taste great on their own as an appetizer, but also work well with pasta or on sub sandwiches with melty cheese.