Aunt Jenny's Slow Cooker Meatballs

Submitted by James Craig

"This is an adaptation of a recipe created by the Johnson Family on the Baptist Church web site. Serving size is 3 meatballs with 2 tablespoons sauce."

 

• Ready In: 10hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 1⁄2 cup egg substitute
• 1⁄3 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh onions
• 1⁄3 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 (16 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle chili sauce

directions

1. Combine first 5 ingredients (ground beef through onion).
2. In a large bowl; shape mixture into 30 1& 1/2" meatballs.
3. Combine ketchup, brown sugar, lemon juice and sauces in an electric slow cooker; gently stir in meatballs.
4. Cover with lid; cook on low setting 8-10 hours.

Reviews

[princess buttercup]

These are so tasty. Sweet n' Sourish. Unexpected use of that left over can of cranberry sauce!

 

[Chef h&h]

Loved it! Thank you> I used real eggs and edded extra water because my slow cooker kind of runs hot.. a hit!

 

[Robyn from the dese]

I have to admit that I saw some of the ingrediants and had to just trust that other people said it was good. It was a hit at my dinner party and we really liked it. We did some with turkey meatballs and some of my friends liked it even better. Overall, a very tasty meal. Thanks for submitting.

 

[PM Chef]

I rate this recipe 4 stars, my husband says only 3. This is a nice and easy recipe for the crock pot. It's more sweet than sour which I enjoyed but my husband felt it was too sweet and needed a little something more. I was happy to find a recipe to use up the canned jellied cranberry sauce leftover from Thanksgiving. I would make this again but perhaps try a spicier chili sauce. *UPDATE: the leftovers tasted great the next day! The flavors just came together after being refrigerated a day. I now change my rating to 5 stars!

 

[teresas]

I have been making this dish for years. I have the same recipe in an old weight watchers cookbook called "Just like Home".There are 7 points for 3 meatballs and 2 tbls of sauce. I only make 1/2 a recipe (only two of us) and use the rest for leftovers which is also outstanding.I serve them over noodles. This has a wonderful tangy flavor. I just throw the meatballs in with the other ingredients and skip the high heat cooking time. When I come home from work, dinner is almost done.