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Slow Cooker Turkey Meatballs In Red Sauce
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serves/makes:
ready in:
2-5 hrs
2-5 hrs
1 review
ingredients
1/4 cup chopped onions
15 ounces no-salt-added diced tomatoes, drained and juices reserved
8 ounces no-salt-added tomato sauce
2 tablespoons no-salt added tomato paste
1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
3/4 pound ground turkey or chicken
1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs
1 egg white, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon salt substitute
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
sugar-free grape jelly
directions
Combine onion, diced tomatoes, 1/2 cup reserved juice, tomato sauce, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, and jelly in slow cooker/crock pot. Cover and cook on LOW 3 to 4 hours or until onions are soft.
During the last 30 minutes of cooking time, prepare meatballs.
Combine chicken, bread crumbs, egg white, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper in medium bowl. With wet hands form mixture into 12 to 16 meatballs.
Spray medium nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat until hot. Add meatballs; cook about 8 to 10 minutes or until well browned on all sides.
Add meatballs to the sauce in slow cooker; cook 1 to 2 hours or until meatballs are no longer pink in centers and are heated through.
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crock pot notes
Crock pots/slow cookers all heat differently. There is no standard among manufacturers. Cooking times are suggested guidelines based on our testing. Please adjust cooking times and temps to work with your brand and model of slow cooker.nutrition data
208 calories, 7 grams fat, 18 grams carbohydrates, 21 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
July 26, 2014
Wish it said how much jelly to use. I stirred in about 1/4 cup but wasn't sure if it should be more or what. Also, the cooking directions really don't make sense - almost like it's written for the crock pot for the sake of using the crock pot. I fixed this dish the following way: made the meatballs and browned them. Added to crock pot. Sauteed the onions in same skillet and added to crock pot. Combined sauce ingredients and added to crock pot. Cooked it all on low for 4 hours. Turned out delicious. The point of this recipe really shouldn't be cooking the sauce so long but rather cooking the meatballs IN the sauce for that long.