Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs

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Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs. Place one piece of cheese in the center of the patty. Fold the patty over to create a ball. Place ball in the sauce in the slow cooker.

Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs 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. You can have Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs

  1. It's 1 lb of Ground beef.
  2. You need 1 lb of Hot Italian sausage.
  3. It's 1 cup of bread crumbs.
  4. It's 1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese.
  5. Prepare 1 tbsp of garlic powder.
  6. You need of salt and pepper.
  7. You need 1 tbsp of Italian seasoning.
  8. Prepare 2 large of eggs (beaten).
  9. You need 1 1/2 cup of fresh parsley (chopped).
  10. It's 8 oz of mozzarella cheese (1/4 in cubes).
  11. You need 1 can of Your favorite pasta sauce.
  12. Prepare 2 of bay leaf.

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. Add meatballs and cook until just browned. Using a slotted spoon, transfer meatballs into a slow cooker.

Slow Cooker Italian Stuffed Meatballs step by step

  1. Remove the casing from the sausage..
  2. In a large mixing bowl mix all first 9 ingredients. Mix with hands until well integrated..
  3. Roll into round balls then place cubed mozzarella into ball then continue to roll until cheese is covered and balls look uniform..
  4. Place one layer of meatballs in slow cooker set on high then pour half of the sauce over them.
  5. Place the rest of the meatballs inside and cover with remaining sauce.
  6. Put in bay leaves cover and let cook for 2:30 - 3hrs on high.
  7. Remove bay leaves and enjoy.

Serve the stuffed meatballs and sauce over spaghetti. Add meatballs in single, loosely spaced layer in slow cooker. Cover with pasta sauce, stack more meatballs in second layer. In large bowl, mix beef, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, salt, basil, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and eggs. Cut mozzarella into small cubes (about ½-inch diameter).