Slow Cooker Cheese Filled Salsa Meatballs Food

EASY SLOW COOKER MOZZARELLA-STUFFED MEATBALLS AND SAUCE RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Combine all sauce ingredients in slow cooker and stir. Set to high and cover while making meatballs, or for 30 minutes. (Or use pre-made/canned sauce.)
• 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 by itself or over pasta.
• Enjoy!

SLOW-COOKER ITALIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• For the sauce: Pour the tomatoes into a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker and crush by hand. Stir in the tomato paste, olive oil, oregano, pepper flakes, garlic, bay leaves and 2 teaspoons salt.
• For the meatballs: Place the onions, carrots, celery, parsley and garlic in a food processor and pulse to make a paste. Transfer to a large bowl and add the beef, pork, eggs, breadcrumbs, Parmesan and 1 teaspoon salt. Form into 1 1/2-inch meatballs (you should get about 20 to 24) and nestle into the sauce in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 4 to 5 hours or low for 7 to 8 hours. Discard the bay leaves before serving.

SLOW-COOKER CHEESE-STUFFED MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix beef, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, salt, basil, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and eggs. Shape into 14 to 16 (2-inch) meatballs. Press 1 small mozzarella ball into center of each meatball, sealing it inside.
• In 10- to 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add meatballs; cook just until browned on all sides.
• Pour 1 jar of the pasta sauce into 3- to 4-quart slow cooker. Carefully place browned meatballs over sauce. Pour second jar of pasta sauce over meatballs.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 5 to 6 hours.
• When about 15 minutes are left, cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Serve meatballs and sauce over cooked spaghetti.

SLOW COOKER CHEESE STUFFED MEATBALLS AND SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl combine ground beef, ground pork, parmesan cheese, eggs, salt, pepper, garlic, basil, parsley and oregano.
• Add bread crumbs 1/2 cup at a time until mixture is not too wet and can be formed into balls easily.
• Form mixture into 12 balls using your thumb to press a hole into the center (You can also use a cookie scooper to make uniformed balls).
• Insert a piece of mozzerella into the hole and close the hole by pinching the meat mixture together around it.
• Heat a large saute pan over medium heat and drizzle olive oil into pan. Add meatballs and cook until just browned. Using a slotted spoon, transfer meatballs into a slow cooker. (If prefered you can bake meatballs in a deeper cookie sheet at 350 for about 30 min).
• Pour red sauce over the meatballs and cook on LOW for approximately 5 hours.
• Serve meatballs and sauce over spaghetti.