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Slow Cooker Swedish Meatballs

8 servings

servings

40 minutes

active time

4 hours 55 minutes

total time

Ingredients

2 slices soft bread (white or brown)

3 tablespoons milk (or water)

1 lb ground beef

1 lb ground pork

½ onion (grated or finely chopped)

2 large eggs

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon pepper

1 ¼ cups low sodium beef broth

½ cup heavy whipping cream

2 tablespoons corn starch

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 teaspoon dried parsley

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon thyme

¼ teaspoon pepper

1 pinch nutmeg

Directions

Baked Meatballs

Tear bread into small pieces and place in a food processor or blender. Process until the bread is in fine crumbs and combine with milk. Stir and let sit for a few minutes (*If you don't have a food processor, you can soak the bread chunks and then mash into fine crumbs)

Stir together soaked bread, beef, pork, onion, eggs, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper in a large bowl just until combined -- don't overmix.

Shape meat into 1-1.5" balls and place 1" apart on baking sheet. (I get about 30-35 1.5" meatballs)

Bake at 425 degrees Ffor 10 minutes, or sear in a hot skillet with a drizzle of oil, just until browned on the outside. This keeps the meatballs from falling apart in the slow cooker, and keeps the sauce from getting too fatty!

Place in a 3-4 quart slow cooker (*At this point, once cooled, you can freeze up to 3 months for a variety of uses).

Swedish Meatball Sauce

Stir together broth, heavy cream, corn starch, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, parsley, salt, thyme, pepper and nutmeg. Pour over meatballs in slow cooker.

Cook on low until cooked through and sauce has thickened -- about 3-4 hours on low or 2 hours on high.

Serve with sauce over mashed potatoes or egg noodles.

Nutrition

Serving Size

142 g

Calories

401 kcal

Total Fat

30 g

Saturated Fat

13 g

Unsaturated Fat

14 g

Trans Fat

1 g

Cholesterol

139 mg

Sodium

658 mg

Total Carbohydrate

8 g

Dietary Fiber

1 g

Total Sugars

2 g

Protein

23 g

8 servings

servings

40 minutes

active time

4 hours 55 minutes

total time
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