- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 3h 30 min
- Serving: 4 - 6 servings
These meatballs are so tender and juicy and smothered with a creamy Salisbury steak inspired sauce. You can prep and sear them in about 30 minutes, then just put everything into your slow cooker and come home for a rich and delicious dinner.
I'm always on the lookout for dinner ideas that are quick and easy but don't sacrifice on flavor and this is one of them. The sauce is so flavorful and creamy - these meatballs are guaranteed to please. Serve them with pasta or rice for a complete and nutritious dinner.
(This recipe was originally published here on 04/29/2017)
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Ingredients
- for the meatballs:
- ground beef - 2 lbs
- egg - 1, beaten
- onion soup mix - 1 1oz envelope
- garlic cloves - 2, pressed
- Panko bread crumbs - 1/2 cup
- milk - 3 tbsp
- red wine vinegar - 1 tbsp
- salt and pepper - to taste
- butter - 1/4 cup
- for the sauce:
- mushrooms - 2 cups, sliced
- onion - 1, diced
- garlic cloves - 2, pressed
- condensed cream of mushroom soup - 2 10.75 oz cans
- brown gravy mix - 1 1oz packet
- water - 1 cup
how to
make the meatballs:
- Put the beef in a large mixing bowl, then add the remaining ingredients (except the butter). Stir together until completely combined, then form into about 20 small meatballs.
- Heat the butter in a large skillet, then add the meatballs and roll around until just browned on the outside. Remove the meatballs and transfer to a plate.
put it all together:
- Put the mushrooms, onion and garlic in the bottom of your slow cooker, then arrange the meatballs on top.
- Whisk together the mushroom soup, gravy mix and water, then pour this over the top and cook on low for 3 - 4 hours, or until the meatballs are cooked through and the sauce is thickened.
Can you convert this to an instant pot recipe?
Recipe looks good but I don’t like cream of mushroom soup, other wise I’d try it.
Try it with another cream soup — like cream of celery or cream of chicken. It won’t have the same flavor, but would probably be very good.
I always substitute other cream soups when anything calls for cream of mushroom. Hubby hates mushrooms.
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Wish you had a low salt version of this! Going to have to figure one out ?
Use fresh minced onion, unsalted butter, Healthy Request mushroom soup, beef Herbox low sodium boullion, skip the extra salt. Should help. I will be making.
Salt sense 33% less sodium without that diet salt taste i love it and use faithfully!
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