WW Friendly Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs Recipe

Meatballs with rice and tomato sauce in a red pot

4.52 from 29 votes

WW Friendly Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs Recipe

Lightened up slow cooker porcupine meatballs, an old-fashioned family friendly recipe updated for today - easy, healthy and deliciously comforting served with mashed potatoes or noodles and your favorite green vegetable.

Prep Time10

Cook Time6

Total Time6 10

Course: Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: crock pot porcupine meatballs, meatballs with rice, slow cooker meatballs

Servings:

Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living

Equipment

Ingredients

1 pound 95% lean ground beef
1/2 cup cooked rice
1 egg
2 tablespoons dried onion flakes (optional)
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 can tomato soup (I used Amy's Organic Chunky Tomato Bisque)

Instructions

Ideal slow cooker size: 4-Quart.
In a bowl, combine the ground beef, rice, egg and seasonings in a bowl and mix well.
Roll mixture into 16 balls (aka "porcupines").
Place meatballs in the slow cooker, trying to keep them in a single layer if you can.
Pour on the soup. (If you are using a condensed soup you'll want to thin it with 1/2 can of water before pouring on.)
Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 6 hours, or until the meatballs are cooked through.
Alternatively, you can place the meatballs in a single layer in a casserole dish, pour on the soup and bake in a 350F degree oven for about 1 hour, until the meatballs are cooked through and soup/sauce is bubbly.

Notes

Serving size: 1/4th recipe

WW Points: 2

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6 SmartPoints (Green plan)

6 SmartPoints (Blue plan)

6 SmartPoints (Purple plan)

7 PointsPlus (Old plan)

The original 4-ingredient recipe called for just ground beef, cooked rice, egg and canned condensed tomato soup. I added a little dried onion, garlic powder, salt and pepper to the mix.

I carefully placed the uncooked meatballs in my 4-Quart oval slow cooker, poured the soup on top and let them cook on LOW for about 4-1/2 hours.

If you prefer, you could bake them in a 350F degree oven for about one hour instead.

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