Make Swedish Meatballs in the Slow Cooker

Cooking Swedish Meatballs in a slow cooker feels like giving your kitchen a warm hug. They bring a cozy comfort that everyone’s heard about.

When I was a kid, the Swedish Meatballs were one of our favorite and special meals in my house, so meatballs take me back to my childhood.

My mom loves to make Swedish Meatballs in the microwave or oven, but I love doing it in the slow cooker.

Firstly I use precooked and frozen meatballs to save my time, and you can make homemade Meatballs; brown them and add them to your slow cooker if you would like to prepare meatballs in your slow cooker.

We love to serve these Meatballs with noodles and mashed potatoes on top of it.

The creamy sauce is my favorite part of this recipe, and you can also add mushrooms if you like them.

Just add all the things to the slow cooker, and the slow cooker will do the rest of the work accordingly. 

Some people like to garnish their meatballs with the fresh dill and consider it more traditional, so you can serve side dishes according to your choice.

If you are seeking a hearty and warm meal to serve on the winter days, then these slow-cooker Swedish Meatballs are delicious and perfect for eating on winter days.

Let’s discuss the recipe for Swedish meatballs in brief.

I am delighted to share this comforting slow cooker Swedish Meatballs recipe with you, and I hope you like this recipe.

How to make Swedish Meatballs in the slow cooker?

Slow-cooker Swedish Meatballs are my favorite winter meal that I love to cook.

It is very straightforward to make the recipe and all the ingredients according to the recipe start preparing.

Timing

Servings: 6 to 8

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: six hours

Total time: 6 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups low sodium beef broth
• One can condense cream of chicken soup
• 3 tbsp flour
• 1 envelope onion soup mix
• 1/4 tablespoon nutmeg and allspice
• 40 fully cooked frozen meatballs
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• Pepper and salt according to the taste
• Minced fresh parsley for the garnish

Instructions

1. Firstly add beef broth to your slow cooker and whip in flour until smooth.
2. After that, mix in cream of chicken soup, nutmeg, onion soup, and allspice.
3. Then add the meatballs to the sauce in the slow cooker and mix it to the combine.
4. Cover properly and cook it on low heat for almost five to six hours.
5. After that, uncover it and stir in cream or sour cream.
6. Again cover it and cook it for an extra 20 to 30 minutes.
7. Now season it with pepper and salt according to the taste and mix in fresh parsley.
8. Finally, serve your meatballs over the hot cooked mashed potatoes and noodles.

What to serve with slow-cooker Swedish Meatballs?

There is an abundance of side dishes you can serve with slow cooker Swedish Meatballs such as below.

• Creamy garlic mashed potatoes
• Parmesan peas
• Honey roasted carrots
• Oven-roasted vegetable
• Garlic roasted potatoes

How to store, freeze and reheat slow-cooker Swedish Meatballs?

You can store the Swedish Meatballs and sauce airtight container and a plastic bag for almost 2 to 3 days.

For freezing

Mix together the broth, soup, mushroom, onion, salt, pepper, and meatballs.

Place it in the freezer bag, then flatten your bag and squeeze all the air out and seal your bag or please up it for 30 days.

For reheating

Thaw out the freezer bag in your refrigerator for almost 24 hours, and then start cooking.

Nutritious facts

• Calories: 473 kcal
• Carbs: 7 gram
• Fat: 37 g
• Protein: 27 g
• Saturated fat: 16 gram
• Cholesterol: 118 mg
• Potassium: 627 mg
• Sugar: 2 gram
• Fiber: 1 gram
• Vitamin C: 3 g
• Vitamin A: 276 iu
• Calcium: 70 mg
• Iron: 2 mg

Health Advantages of Swedish Meatballs

There is an abundance of health advantages of the Meatballs for our body, such as below.

Increase intelligence

Persons who eat daily meatballs increase their intelligence because Meatballs give lots of benefits to brain health.

It helps to improve your brain memory and makes your brain stronger.

Provides L- Carnitine

Meatball provides L- carnitine, which is an essential health-promoting product and helps to transport the fat into the mitochondria for burning.

Diabetes and weight loss

Meatballs are very helpful to manage your diabetes due to the high amount of L- carnitine consumption.

It is very helpful to increase blood glucose levels rapidly and also improve the cholesterol level in patients with type 2 diabetes.

In addition to this, according to a study, meatballs are a very helpful food item that helps to maintain your weight due to the presence of l-carnitine.

So it will help to fit your body.

Excellent source of protein

Meatballs are a good source of high-quality proteins that help to make the body fit.

Toddlers need almost 12 to 13 grams of protein per day in their diet, so these meatballs provide a high amount of protein.

Protein is very necessary for the maintenance and development of the body cells. 

Source of essential nutrients

The meatball is a good source of essential nutrients and minerals such as zinc, iron, potassium, and Calcium.

So can you consume the Meatballs?

It helps to form the red blood cells and maintain the development of the body.

Good source of vitamins

Meatballs are a good source of vitamins such as B1, B2, B3, B6, and B12.

These all vitamins play a significant role in the body processes like development and improvement of the body.

Prevent iron deficiency anaemia

Meatballs are very helpful as it prevents iron deficiency anaemia.

Anaemia problems develop day by day due to iron deficiency, so due to this deficiency, every year a lot of people die.

So you should eat Meatballs to prevent iron deficiency anaemia.

Frequently asked questions

Is it secure to cook frozen meatballs in your slow cooker?

You can put frozen meat in your slow cooker, and there is no problem.

You can also add sauce and other ingredients according to the recipe. 

What is the method to bind meatballs without an egg?

Without an egg, if you want to bind your meatballs together, then the combination of milk and bread crumbs will work perfectly.

Utilizing bread crumbs and milk is the best trick to cooking the more tender meatballs.

The combination of these two ingredients also gives more moisture to your meatballs and also prevents them from becoming tough.

May I put olive oil in my meatballs or not?

There are very different methods to cook the Meatballs, so it depends upon the cooking method.

Also, mix all the ingredients thoroughly except olive oil; add half a cup of water to moisten bread crumbs.

May I put the milk in my Meatballs?

A little bit of milk can add to your meatballs because it will add moisture to your Meatballs.

A lot of people think that including eggs adds moisture, but the main role of the egg is to bind the bread crumbs, chicken, and cheese.

How much time should you cook the Meatballs in your slow cooker?

Meatballs only have to be cooked for almost four to six hours at a low temperature and almost two to three hours at a high temperature.

Meatballs are very hard, so you can easily keep them cooking for a long time.

But you should avoid overcooking for a long time.

May I leave meatballs in the sauce during the night?

In your slow cooker, fully cooked meatballs can rest in the sauce for up to 6 hours.

Cooking Raw Meatballs in your slow cooker may take a longer time to reach the secure food temperature zone.

The majority of the time, meatballs may be cooked in a slow cooker for a few hours only.

Do Meatballs require to be refrigerated or not?

To maximize the shelf life of cooked Meatballs for quality and security, refrigerate your Meatballs in an airtight container and wrap them with Aluminium foil or plastic wrap.

Store it properly, and cooked  Meatballs will last for 3 to 4 days in your fridge.

So it is better to place your meatballs in the fridge.

Final words

Overall, slow cooking is the perfect method to add flavor to your Swedish Meatballs.

As compared to the microwave and oven, the heating is more consistent in the slow cooker.

Slow-cooker Swedish Meatballs rich in nutrients and braised in flavourful cream sauce.

It is a more comforting and satisfying dish that serves as an easy appetizer with mashed potatoes and egg noodles.

You just need to follow all the key ingredients and prepare it accurately.

I love to serve this dish with homemade and wide egg noodle pasta; trust me, it is amazing.

Once you eat this dish, you will definitely add it to the weekly dinner menu or into your diet.

Once you eat these slow-cooker Swedish Meatballs, you will say there is no healthiest and more delectable dish than Swedish Meatballs.

Let’s eat and enjoy.

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