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.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
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.
Enjoy!
Originally published: May 2015
Updated & republished: April 2019
CROCK POT SWEDISH MEATBALLS
Crock Pot Swedish Meatballs is an easy recipe made with frozen meatballs, sour cream, steak sauce, cream of mushroom and seasonings. Better than Ikea!
Print Pin RatePrep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 6 hours
Total Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
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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Apologies if someone has already asked this but do you think I could substitute plain Greek yogurt for sour cream?
Hey Nikki! I don’t see why not. If you try it – please let us know how it turns out for you! 🙂
I substitute plain Greek yogurt for sour cream in everything now. Nobody has every figured it out, lol! I really like Fage, it’s so thick and creamy. (No, I don’t work or get paid by them 😊)
Ha! Definitely use a very thick plain yogurt. 🙂
I always sub plain Greek yogurt for sour cream, been doing it for years. I use Fage 0% fat. Fage is so thick and creamy, my family has never noticed the difference! I haven’t made this recipe yet, it’s on my list as soon as I can make some meatballs. (I make turkey meatballs) I started cooking healthy after my husband had a quad bypass, and the substitutes like Greek yogurt and ground turkey I’ll keep doing, the taste is great, and the health benefits are great.
Can you substitute any thing else for the cream of mushroom soup. No one likes it in my house.
Okay, Thanks for replying to me. I really appreciate it. I get most of my recipes that I can never find off here and I can’t even get one reply. Not the first, wont be asking a question again.
Hey Dawn! So sorry. I am only one person (not a corporation.) The time when you last commented I was getting emergency surgery on my esophagus which put me down and out for a few weeks. Yes, you can use cream of chicken, cream of potato or even cream of bacon. You don’t taste the mushrooms as a separate ingredient in this recipe though.
You’re a nut job. The world doesn’t revolve around you, lady.
Great taste, so easy! Husband and I absolutely loved it!
I have made (and shared!) this recipe many times. It’s easy, and it’s delicious!! So glad you reposted this again. Thanks!
Hi Trish! Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!!
These were so delicious!! Has anyone used turkey meatballs instead of regular ones? We have a vegetarian coming for dinner and want to make this again with turkey meatballs. But need to know if they’re good.
If they are vegetarian, turkey meatballs will not work as that is still made from an animal
How big of a container of sour cream do you add?
OMG the recipe says 1 cup of sour cream.
My family and I love this recipe. We are a BIG family so I usually do a 3 lb bag of meatballs and double the sauce stuff. Sooooo goooooood.
Hi Katie! Thank you so much for taking the time to come back and leave feedback. It makes my day!! So happy y’all loved this one. It’s one of my personal favorites too!! 🙂
Katie,
When you double the sauce and add an extra pound of meatballs, how much longer does it take to cook your meatballs? I’m asking because I’d like to use this recipe for a family reunion and we might have up to 18 people to feed. We could possibly cook two crockpots of this.
Thank you!
Delicious and simple enough my boyfriend could make it!
Ha! I love hearing that Allie. Thank you!!! 🙂
This was an easy and delicious dinner for our busy family. I used a bag of frozen meatballs from IKEA and plain Greek yogurt in place of the sour cream. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing this recipe! We love these meatballs and make them quite often. Have you ever made them in an Instant Pot mixed with egg noodles? I want to give it a try to save some time but not sure how it would turn out.
I tend to read through all the comments when I am getting a new recipe and found this in an earlier comment. I hope it helps.
Tiff says
November 27, 2017 at 12:09 am
Yummy satisfying meal! I’ve had this pinned on my “Meatball” board for a while now. When I pulled it up late in the afternoon and still had to go shopping; I realized I didn’t have enough time to “Slow Cook”. So what do I always do……. Put it in the electric Pressure Cooker. Assembled as directed in the Pressure Cooker, except I substituted the Onion Soup mix with the Garlic with Herb version. Cooked on High pressure for 10 mins. and then let it Natural Release for 7 mins. before manually letting off the remaining pressure. At that point I turned the cooker to Med. with lid off and mixed in canned mushrooms until heated. Finally I allowed mixture to stop simmering before stirring in Sour Cream.
Made this last night and it was delicious. I love easy recipes!
I’ve made this three times since finding this recipe 2 months ago. It is that good. Yum!
Woo hoo!! That’s so awesome – thank you Rebecca!!
I’m sorry if this is a stupid question, but what is the difference between frozen swedish meatballs and frozen homestyle meatballs? And will it taste the same if I use the frozen bag of homestyle meatballs? TIA!
Five stars for sure. You won’t be disappointed.
Thanks so much Jay!!
Could I make this recipe on the stove top instead of in the crock
Pot? Planning a meal for tomorrow but realized I don’t have enough frozen meatballs on hand to put it in the crock pot in the morning.
Hi Kayla, I don’t see why not. The main goal is getting those meatballs warmed up all the way through. And don’t cook it too fast. 🙂
Could i use fresh meatballs instead of frozen one on the crockpot.
Can you freeze the leftover meatballs & sauce? There’s only one of me and that would be to much for me to eat.
Thank you,
Judie
Hi Judie! I don’t see why not! Just make sure you pack it well in a freezer-safe bag. 🙂
So good! Will make again!
Thank you so much Rebecca! I appreciate you taking the time to come back and comment!! 🙂
Wondering if could double qty & cook in crockpot – would want to put noodles in with everything like I do with chicken noodle dishes?
Is there anything you can substitute for the steak sauce? My family doesn’t like it.
Hi Cindy, you don’t taste it as a separate ingredient. It just adds to the overall flavor profile.
We have been making this for months and it’s both easy and delicious. Everyone in my family hates mushrooms so we use cream of chicken and it works perfectly. I just wanted to add a tip for anyone having clumped up sour cream/greek yogurt. I have found it gives a great, creamy texture if you temper it first. I put the sour cream in a bowl and slowly add sauce from the crockpot to the bowl of sour cream mixing it in as I go. Once it brings the sour cream up to a warmer temp I add it all in to crockpot, mix it up and it works great.
Thank you so much Stacie and thank you very much for your tips and feedback. It’s so helpful!
Thank you, I probably wouldn’t have thought of that with the crockpot. I do that with anything on the stovetop, shut the heat off, put in a little and get it warmed up.
Thanks for posting your suggestion!
Excellent tasting and so easy.
Thank you so much Karen!!
Any chance there’s an instant pot conversion for this recipe?
Not yet Leann but I am working on it!
Looking forward to it, Brandie.
If you use homemade meatballs, should you cook and freeze them first?
If I make this recipe today and refrigerate overnight for party tomorrow, The sour cream won’t break when warmed up, correct? Thank you.
Easy and delicious! Have made this several times.