Slow Cooker Cheese Filled Salsa Meatballs Recipes

SLOW-COOKER CHEESE-FILLED SALSA MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix 1/2 cup salsa and seasonings in large bowl until blended. Add meat, bread crumbs and egg; mix just until blended. Shape into 24 (1-inch) meatballs.
• Press 1 cheese cube into center of each meatball, pressing meat mixture around cheese to completely enclose cheese. Place in slow cooker sprayed with cooking spray. Mix tomato sauce and remaining salsa until blended. Pour over meatballs; cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 3 to 4 hours (or on HIGH 1-1/2 hours) or until meatballs are done (160ºF).

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 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 ZITI AND MEATBALLS RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together the ricotta and egg whites.
• Grease the inside of a slow cooker with nonstick spray. Pour 2 cups (460 G) of Prego® Traditional Italian Sauce into the bottom of the slow cooker, then layer half of the pasta, half of the meatballs, half of the ricotta mixture, and 1 cup (100 G) of mozzarella on top. Repeat to make another layer, then dollop the remaining ½ cup (115 G) tomato sauce on top and sprinkle with the remaining ½ cup (50 G) mozzarella.
• Cover the slow cooker and cook on high for 3 hours (or low for 6 hours), or until the meatballs are warmed through and the pasta is tender.
• Garnish with parsley and serve warm.
• Enjoy!

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.

EASY SLOW COOKER MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Place ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, garlic, parsley, and egg in a large bowl; mix well until evenly combined, then shape into 16 meatballs.
• Pour spaghetti sauce and crushed tomatoes into the slow cooker; stir in tomato puree. Place the meatballs into the sauce mixture.
• Cover and cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.