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When I go to pot luck dinners, somebody always brings the meat balls! I always enjoy them, so now it’s time to actually enjoy them at home, too!
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PrintCrock Pot Meatball Recipe
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- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 hours
- Total Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: 6
- Method: Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 pounds, ground beef
- 1 egg
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 (12 oz) bottle chili sauce (found in condiment aisle near ketchup)
- 2 t. lemon juice
- 1 cup grape jelly
Instructions
In large bowl, combine beef, egg, onion and salt. Mix together and shape into balls. (If you are following the freezer to slow cooker meal plan, you’ve already done this and are pulling them out of the freezer instead). Cook for 10-15 minutes in a skillet so that you can get some grease out of them. They can finish cooking in the slow cooker.
In crockpot, combine chili sauce, lemon juice and grape jelly (or dump bag that you already mixed together and froze when prepping for Freezer to Slow Cooker). Stir in meatballs and cook on high for 4 to 5 hours or on low for 6-8 hours.
This recipe is part of the Freezer to Slow Cooker, Week 4 Meal plan.
So, why the grape jelly? I’ve seen that with a lot of meatballs, but I don’t understand, lol. Feel silly asking, but I had to!
Well, I don't know the science behind it, but it's for the sweetness, I think. Gives it a sweet taste.
Hi Sarah – I am following the Freezer to Slowcooker method and just have a question regarding the reason for freezing the cooked meatballs separate from the chili/jelly sauce in two separate freezer bags – could they not be combined together and frozen in one bag or would that make the meatballs soggy? (Sorry if you’ve mentioned this previously somewhere else on your site and I’ve missed it.) Thanks so much for the great ideas and recipes!