The Best Meatballs Recipes: 23 Easy Slow Cooker Meatballs Recipes
Slow cooker meatballs are perfect as appetizers, for dinner, and even in soup recipes!

Easy meatball recipes are great to have no matter what the time of year. Whether you're in search of meatball appetizer recipes, soups, or main dishes, our collection of 23 Easy Slow Cooker Meatballs Recipes, has it all!
Our collection includes authentic Italian meatballs recipes, Asian-inspired meatball recipes, and more.
Serve up these tasty, easy slow cooker meatball recipes for holidays, potlucks, game days, and weeknight meals.
Our collection of the best meatballs recipes includes recipes for meatball appetizer recipes with a variety of sauces, as well as a delicious variety of slow cooker soup recipes incorporating meatballs.
Also in our collection, you'll find slow cooker main dish recipes with meatballs, such as recipes for pasta like classic spaghetti and meatballs, a tasty buffalo meatball sandwich, and a few slow cooker meatballs with mashed potatoes and gravy recipes.
Your slow cooker is the perfect kitchen tool for making meatball recipes because the longer they cook in their sauce and seasoning, the more flavor they'll absorb! We've even included a few bonus recipes at the bottom. Use these recipes to prep for a party, game day, or weeknight meal -- you can't go wrong.
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Meatball Appetizer Recipes

Our meatball appetizer recipes are varied and all are so delicious, it will be hard for you to choose! The slow cooker appetizer recipes below include many options for meatball sauce recipes; some are Italian-inspired, some Asian-inspired, and others are cooked in delicious Mexican and even beer sauces. Serve up these tasty, easy slow cooker meatballs recipes for all kinds of events. They are the perfect appetizer for virtually any occasion. The starter of the night will be your meatballs!
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Slow Cooker Soup Recipes with Meatballs

There's nothing heartier than a slow cooker soup recipe made with meatballs. Make a meal out of your soup with one of our recipes below by adding bread and a side salad, or serve up one of these slow cooker soup recipes with meatballs as a starter for an entirely separate meal. These slow cooker soup recipes will hit the spot after a long day out in the cold.
5 tips to make the BEST MEATBALLS
- Keep your meat and ingredients as cold as possible
- Make your meatball mixture in a chilled bowl
- Use a small ice cream scoop to make uniform-sized meatballs
- Use eggs and binders such as bread crumbs to keep your meatballs tender
- Partially cook meatballs before cooking in slow cooker, and meatballs will not fall apart
Main Dish Meatball Recipes

Our slow cooker main dish recipes with meatballs are handy for so many occasions. Make our slow cooker meatball subs for your next game-day party, or cook up our meat-filled casserole for a weeknight dinner. If you love making Italian-style weeknight meals, our slow cooker pasta recipes with slow cooker spaghetti sauce with meatballs will do the trick!
For more Italian recipe ideas, check out our collection of 22 Slow Cooker Italian Food Recipes
Bonus Slow Cooker Meatballs Recipes

We have some extra special meatball recipes that we simply had to throw in. We did not want you to miss out on some of our favorites! There are so many different flavors and textures that you can have with your meatballs. The possibilities are endless when you can have apricot meatballs or the more traditional meatballs with tomato sauce. It is nice to vary how you make this popular starter, and give your guests something unexpected to test out. Try these unbelievable recipes!
What is your favorite meatball recipe? Tell us in the comments below.
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