No need to brown these meatballs or cook this sauce before throwing in the slow cooker – the meatballs and sauce go in raw, and come out succulent and beautiful.
Slow-Cooker Spanish Manchego Pork Meatballs
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 3 hr 30 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 1 can (15 oz) Muir Glen™ organic tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Manchego cheese (6 oz)
- 1/2 cup Progresso™ plain panko crispy bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup sliced green onions
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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Step1Spray 3-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix tomato sauce, vinegar, honey and 1/2 teaspoon of the smoked paprika.
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Step2In large bowl, mix remaining 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, the pork, 1 cup of the cheese, the bread crumbs, 1/4 cup of the green onions, the milk, egg and salt. Shape into about 24 (1 1/2-inch) meatballs; add to bowl with sauce, and gently stir to coat meatballs in sauce. Gently pour meatball mixture into slow cooker.
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Step3Cover; cook on Low heat setting 3 to 4 hours or until meat thermometer inserted in center of meatball reads 165°F; stir. Serve meatballs with remaining 1/2 cup cheese and 1/4 cup green onions.
Nutrition
170
Calories
10g
Total Fat
11g
Protein
9g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 170
- Calories from Fat
- 90
- Total Fat
- 10g
- 15%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 20%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 50mg
- 17%
- Sodium
- 500mg
- 21%
- Potassium
- 140mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 9g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 11g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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