Easy Slow Cooker Beef Mozzarella Meatballs
Amazing Slow Cooker Cheesy Beef Mozzarella Meatballs. Handmade, please!,,, You can't compare them with the ones you buy in shops... A must-try recipe!
Servings 15 meatballs
Ingredients
- Sauce
- 7 cups crushed tomato
- ⅓ cup onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
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- Meatballs
- 1 pound beef
- 1 pound mild sausage
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- ⅓ cup onion chopped
- ¼ cup parmesan
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 2 eggs
- 4 mozzarella cheese sticks cut into 4-5 even pieces each
Instructions
- Combine all sauce ingredients in slow cooker and stir.
- Set to high and cover while making meatballs or for 30 minutes.
- Combine all meatball ingredients except the mozzarella in a large bowl. Using your hands, mix until fully combined.
- Take a golf ball-sized piece of the ground beef mixture and place a piece of mozzarella in the middle.
- Press meat around the piece of cheese, fully enclosing it. Repeat until all meat is used.
- Place meatballs in slow cooker and submerge in sauce.
- Cover and cook on high for 2-2½ hours or until meat is fully cooked.
- Serve over pasta.