Crock Pot Swedish Meatballs is an easy recipe made with frozen meatballs, sour cream, steak sauce, cream of mushroom and seasonings.
THE BEST CROCK POT SWEDISH MEATBALLS
After I shared the CROCK POT SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS recipe a couple of weeks ago, I got a bunch of emails from folks asking for more recipes like that one. It really is the simple things, isn't it? Crock Pot Swedish Meatballs is now one one of the most popular recipes on The Country Cook. Better than Ikea, super easy and the flavor is outta-this-world good! Also, if this recipe tempts your tastebuds, you're definitely gonna want to make my CROCK POT SWEET AND SOUR MEATBALLS.
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WHAT DO I SERVE WITH SWEDISH MEATBALLS?
I love to make this a full on comfort meal. I like to serve with some steamed green beans and my BUTTER DIP BISCUITS. So, so good! And for dessert you gotta have my EASY HOMEMADE BLUEBERRY COBBLER.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
cream of mushroom soup
beef broth, low sodium
dry onion soup mix (or MAKE YOUR OWN)
A1 steak sauce
frozen meatballs
sour cream
egg noodles
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE CROCK POT SWEDISH MEATBALLS:
In a 5-6 quart slow cooker, mix undiluted soup with beef broth, onion soup mix and steak sauce. Stir well.
Then add in frozen meatballs.
Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high 3-5 hours.
When meatballs are ready, stir in sour cream.
At this time, put a pot of water on the oven to boil for your egg noodles (make according to package directions.) Drain noodles well when done.
Mix noodles and meatballs together.
Or serve meatballs on top of noodles.
COOK'S TIPS: If I'm serving for a crowd, I will mix together and keep my crock pot on the 'warm' or 'buffet' setting. But when it's just my family, everyone can serve themselves and grab as many meatballs and sauce as they like.
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Crock Pot Swedish Meatballs is an easy recipe made with frozen meatballs, sour cream, steak sauce, cream of mushroom and seasonings. Better than Ikea!
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Servings: 6
Calories: 622kcal
Ingredients
- 1 (10.75 oz) can cream of mushroom soup, low sodium
- 1 (14 oz) can beef broth, low sodium
- 1 packet dry onion soup mix
- 2 tbsp A1 steak sauce
- 1 2 lb bag frozen meatballs
- 1 cup container sour cream
- 1 (16 oz) package egg noodles
Instructions
- In a 5-6 quart slow cooker, mix undiluted soup with beef broth, onion soup mix and steak sauce.
- Stir well.
- Then add in frozen meatballs.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high 3-5 hours.
- After meatball mixture has cooked, stir in sour cream.
- At this time, put a pot of water on the oven to boil for your egg noodles (make according to package directions.)
- Drain noodles well when done.
- Mix noodles and meatballs together or serve meatballs on top of noodles.
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Nutrition
Calories: 622kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 152mg | Sodium: 829mg | Potassium: 883mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 280IU | Vitamin C: 1.8mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 2.2mg
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Originally published: May 2015
Updated & republished: April 2019
Sounds marvelous to me! Time saver too.
If you don't think it is healthy enough then feel free to go to another recipe.
This recipe sounds quick and yummy, however, the best part of a Swedish meatball to me is the wonderful spice mixture. I see that your bag of frozen meatballs are Swedish style meatballs and they probably have the spices in them but here in the Northwest we don't have those. Any suggestions for spices to make these truly Swedish? Thanks!
I use the recipe for Swedish Meatballs that my French Canadian Memere' taught me and the spice that we add is Dill Weed...and for me that make yummy!!!
Swedish meatballs was one of my favorite meals my mom used to fix for me, and the dill weed was what made them so good. She always added it to the sauce at the end just a few minutes before serving.
I would really encourage you to try another grocery store. I am not sure where you live but I have found them at most chains - Krogers/King Soopers, Safeway, Albertsons, Sam's.
None of those near me in MA
Market Basket carries them.
Hannaford has good Swedish meatballs
I bought some meatballs at Ikea that I'll be using in this recipe.
Nutmeg also must be added to the meatballs themselves, if you are making them yourself. My favorite recipe is from General Foods Kitchens Cookbook (printed in 1959) . I need large bowl, to one pound ground beef, add 1 cup fine bread crumbs, 1/3 cup milk, 1 egg, salt & pepper, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg,. Mix altogether & make into 1” balls. Sauté on all sides in preheated skillet with 2tablespoons melted butter. Remove meat. Blend 1 tablespoon flour to drippings. Add 1 cup beef broth, 1 cup half & half or light cream & blend well for about 2 minutes over medium heat until sauce is smooth & thickened. Add meatballs; cover and simmer about 15 minutes while the noodles are cooking.
It's simple, I just add about a 1/2 tsp Allspice and 1/4 tsp nutmeg to the sauce as you are preparing it. (Before the meatballs go in). It adds the perfect flavoring that give Swedish meatballs their distinct flavor!!
I said the same thing. The spices in the meatballs is what makes them so good.
I use ginger snap cookies ground up for an interesting flavour. I think I saw this years ago on Rachel Ray’s 30 minute meals show. I crush up 6-8 cookies for approximately 30 meatballs.
Hi! Ok, for those that mentioned they could not get these ingredients in their country, I'm truly sorry. I live in America and so this blog is for those in America and Canada. I'm sure there are some amazing food bloggers in your country who you could follow and could offer great tips! As for there being something special about Swedish meatballs, I don't know of any particular spices. I'm sorry. These just tasted like regular ole ground beef meatballs. I don't know what made them call this pack "Swedish" other than they were smaller in size than a traditional meatball. Sorry I can't offer more help beyond that. 🙂 And for the person that left the really, really rude comment. It has been deleted. Perhaps this just isn't the blog for you. There are millions of food bloggers on the internet. If this one isn't for you - kindly pass it by and move on to the next. Thank you!
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Well said I'm using your recipe right now however I made my own meatballs. Very simple and good recipe. I'm sure they will be great with an already great recipe. Thank u for posting it u got me out of a pinch.
Brandie - I love your recipe blog! While I am a “well-seasoned”(pun intended) cook, old dogs can always learn new recipe tricks! Especially when they are as simple and delicious as yours! Thank you!
Linda - I love your openness and your willingness to try some new things. Thank you for your super sweet comment. It means so much!
Looks delish! What brand is your crockpot?
I believe this is a Ninja 3 in 1 slow cooker.
Angie, It's the Ninja 4-in-1. I am completely hooked on it now. Best investment I've made in a long time! 🙂
my favorite kitchen toy!!!!! LOVE mine!!!!!! I agree!
I am totally in love with my Ninja cooker. The best part is the browning of meat first.
YES!
M-M-M! These look fine and dandy to me...love your wonderful recipes! Keep on keeping on....you go girl. =) You are loved by the majority...no doubt about it. XO
Everyone in the house loved it! No leftovers...so thats a great sign. Thanks for the recipe!
Thank you Mrs. B and Melissa!! Hope you love it!
Hi! Sounds sooo yummy!! What size can of cream of mushroom do you use? Thanks!
Those meatballs look wonderful, I am going to give them a try. I was looking for a new crockpot and yours looks really interesting. Love all your recipes.
Love this recipe..I use golden mushroom soup in mine.....
Wow,this sounds great !!I used to make a recipe out of a 1979 cookbook, this recipe is so easy ! Thanks for sharing !
Literally, I'm about to head out to the grocery store to buy ingredients for this. It looks wonderful and will be on our menu for tomorrow!
hi ma'am,
just want to ask what size can cream of mushroom to use
and what size can or how much beef broth?
thank you for your time
I just found this on Pinterest & can't wait to try it!
Sounds so yummy, Thanks for sharing
Hi. I like in the UK. I have tried a few of your recipes. Thankfully, Google is there to tell me the UK equivalent of ingredients! Keep up the good work!
Yes we actually do have those frozen meatballs in the Northwest. Those are Kroger brand which you will find in all Fred Meyer stores. Fred Meyer is owned by Kroger. You will find them in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska.
Smith's Food and Drug also carries Kroger brand.
Just to clarify.....is the beef broth condensed? And, if it is condensed, are you adding water to it, or adding it condensed? Looks delicious! Thanks so much for the recipe!
Karen, not sure if you can tell from the ingredient picture but it is not condensed beef broth. No additional water is added in addition to that can. Hope that helps!
Brandi .. I just want to say this recipe is amazing. I made it tonight and I had to use Italian Meatballs but it was still awesome. Thank you so much for all of your hard work and wonderful recipes. I am one of your biggest fans. Thank again
Thank you so much for coming back to say so Lisa!
I have tried several Swedish meatball recipes and they are all usually pretty good. I tried this recipe today and my kids said, "Keep this one!" Thanks for a delicious and easy recipe!
Put this in the crockpot this morning and couldn't wait to come home and try it. Unfortunately, the electric had gone off today and I had to throw out the whole batch! So bummed. Has anyone ever tried this in the oven or on the stove? Really want to try this recipe, but not sure I want to trust the crockpot again.
I just came acroos this and trying it for dinner. HOPE it works. I make my own meatballs and noodles. I'll have to try the nutmeg.
I made this last night and it was hands down the best Swedish meatballs I have ever had in my life!!!!! Thank you!! Easy and the entire family loved it!!
Thank you for sharing. I love your blog, you write how I think! I made these and I have to tell you, I got compliments from the company I invited for dinner. My Mom used to make Swedish Meatballs so I included some blackberry jam on the side. Mom couldn't find the tradition Lignion Berry jam so she substituted the blackberry.
This recipe looks fantastic....the only problem is that I'm a bit odd/picky. I do not/will not eat/cook with cream of mushroom or cream of chicken. Is there any other cream soup you recommend?
I usually substitute recipes with cream of onion or cream of broccoli. I'm afraid that if I use cream of onion for this recipe, it may taste too oniony and then that may overpower the recipe (considering the onion soup mix that is already in the recipe). As far as cream of broccoli, well....that just doesn't sound good in this recipe whatsoever. Help! 🙂
Try mixing up a roux on your stovetop and adding milk and beef broth granules until it's the proper thickness for a condensed cream soup (I usually make a bunch and freeze some). This is great to do if you have fresh broth you can add and bits of meat from bones you've used recently, to make a cream of beef base. My husband hates mushrooms so I've learned to substitute! You can keep extra in your freezer. If you freeze tablespoonfulls in an ice cube tray you have bits to add to sauce/gravy.