Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in slow cooker. 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.
Add meatballs in single, loosely spaced layer in slow cooker. Place vegetables (carrots, onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms) in bottom of slow cooker. Cut mozzarella into small cubes (about ½-inch diameter). You can have Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in slow cooker using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in slow cooker
- You need of low moisture mozzarella cheese.
- You need of ground beef.
- Prepare of hot Italian sausage.
- It's of garlic powder.
- It's of salt.
- It's of black pepper.
- Prepare of bread crumbs.
- Prepare of parmesan cheese.
- Prepare of eggs.
- Prepare of whole milk.
- Prepare of chopped parsley.
- It's of tomato sauce.
Mold meat mixture around each piece of cheese to form round balls. Flavorful Italian-style meatballs stuffed with mozzarella cheese and cooked in a slow cooker. You may also like Chicken Sliders, another tasty recipe cooked in a crock pot. Gently push a piece of chilled mozzarella into the middle of the meatball.
Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in slow cooker instructions
- Cut low moisture mozzarella cheese into 3/4 inch cubes cubes. Store in refrigerator while preparing the meat..
- Roll golf ball sized balls with the meat mixture. Squish mozzarella cube into the center and pull the edges of the meat ball around it until it’s a new ball again..
- Lightly brown meatballs in a small pan. You're not trying to cook them, just get the outside hard so they don't fall apart so easily in the slow cooker..
- Arrange meatballs in slow cooker and cover in tomato sauce..
- Cook on high for 2 to 2.5 hours..
Roll the ball in your hands to cover the hole where the mozzarella cheese was pushed in. Place inside a greased slow cooker and repeat with remaining meat and cheese. Turn on the slow cooker on to low and pour one can of spaghetti sauce in. In a large bowl, combine meat, garlic, Italian herbs, eggs, and breadcrumbs together. Stuff each meatball with a mozzarella cube.