Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in slow cooker. Preparation Combine all sauce ingredients in slow cooker and stir. Combine all meatball ingredients except the mozzarella in a large bowl. Using your hands, mix until fully combined.
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. Continue layering meatballs and marinara until all are used. You can have Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in slow cooker using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in slow cooker
- You need 1 package of low moisture mozzarella cheese.
- Prepare 1 pound of ground beef.
- It's 1 pound of hot Italian sausage.
- It's 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.
- Prepare 2 tsp of salt.
- It's 1 tsp of black pepper.
- You need 1 cup of bread crumbs.
- It's 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese.
- It's 2 of eggs.
- You need 1/2 cup of whole milk.
- It's 1/2 cup of chopped parsley.
- It's 1 can of tomato sauce.
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. 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.
Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in slow cooker step by step
- 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..
Repeat until all meat is used. Place meatballs in slow cooker and submerge in sauce. In large bowl, mix beef, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, salt, basil, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and eggs. Store in the refrigerator while preparing the meat. Repeat with the remaining meat and cheese.