Fast & easy meatballs in a yummy gravy that’s sure to be a hit with the family and the budget. Easy enough for the children to help you make too!
Submitted by Paulene Christie
Easy Meatballs & Gravy
Fast & easy meatballs in a yummy gravy that's sure to be a hit with the family and the budget. Easy enough for the children to help you make too!
Ingredients
- 600g pork and veal mince (see notes)
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup fine breadcrumbs
- Instant gravy to make 500ml total volume (see notes)
- Non stick cooking spray
Instructions
- Combine mince, egg and breadcrumbs with clean hands and roll into small golf ball sized balls
- Spray slow cooker bowl with non stick spray and place raw balls directly into cooker bowl (no need to pre cook/brown)
- Make up gravy as per instructions to 500ml capacity (see notes) and pour over meatballs
- Cook on low for 4hrs
Notes
- For this recipe I use Maggi Rich Gravy in the big tubs so I use 50g of gravy powder to 500ml cold water, whisk, then pour over meatballs.
- If using sachet gravy most make up to 250ml capacity of gravy so use 2 sachets and mix with cold water volume stated on packet
Variations
- This recipe could also be made in different versions than the pork/veal mix combination
- Chicken mince + chicken gravy
- Pork mince + roast pork gravy
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Just wondering if fresh or packet breadcrumbs are used please
Packet 🙂
Made this tonight what can I say it was yummy the whole family couldn’t get enough will be on my list again
Made this tonight and what can I say it was delicious that my fussy kids even ate it. Will definitely be doing this again ??
Love love love this dish!!! I have a 3.5L croc pot & used pre made meatballs from supermarket and it’s deeelish. My partner & I are converted to cooking meatballs in the SC now. I serve with mashed potatoes, corn cob & mixed vegies 🙂
I assume it is ok for the meatballs to stack on top of each other?
I always do single layer but so long as they are still covered they should be just fine
Just be sure not to stir until well sealed/firm towards end
do you cook with gravy at the beginning. doesn’t the gravy burn if left in that long?
No it doesn’t burn 🙂
It’s added cold at the start as per recipe
This was awesome added vegies to the meatballs and my little man gobbled them down like no there was no tomorrow. Question though is the gravey meant to be thick because mine was super watery still after 4 hours?
Hi Megan
Here’s some other ways to thicken it further 🙂
How to thicken
I used premade beef and lamb meatballs with Swedish meatball gravy mix. I sautéed some onion and mushrooms and added them about an hour before serving. I also mixed through 1/4 c cream (as per gravy instructions) and some baby spinach. Served over mashed potato. DELICIOUS!!!!
I made this with premade meatballs and Diane sauce omg it was so yummy even my fussy nearly 6 year old loved it he asked me to make it again
These are super easy to make and taste great! They are on regular rotation here and the super fussy child loves them!
Hi.
Just wondering if leftovers are freezeable. Not sure how gravy would go if it was put in freezer.
I haven’t tried to but I don’t see why not 🙂
Wow! Just wow! So simple but so tasty! All 3 of my fussy kids came back for seconds!
Hi, Paulene.
Totally new to the ‘slow-cooking’ process. I see the time to cook is four hours, but at what temperature setting do you recommend?
Cheers,
Ken.
Hi Ken, on low as it says 🙂
Hi Pauline
Could I use pre made meatballs (beef) for this too?
Sure 🙂
I made this today in my baby 1.5L slow cooker, I halved the meatballs but added 1 sliced onion and kept the same amount of gravy. 1 hour before serving I added some sweet potato. It was absolutely delicious and will most certainly be on the menu again.
used this method to cook pre-made meatballs, they turned out great, will do again
This was really yummy! I made it with sausage mince (cheap & all I had in the freezer). At the end I had to make more gravy on the stove and add to the meatballs as our family of 5 like LOTS of gravy.
These were a-maze-balls . Even my very picky son loved them.
I added onion and garlic to the meatballs and I used 2 packs of the light brown gravy.
This will definitely be on the menu again.
Great recipe. Used pre-made meatballs from Woolworths and was amazing. Will have to source that gravy mix though, my gravy just didn’t quite cut it how I imagined. ?
This was an easy and extremely yummy recipe, I have a big family and it’s really hard to please them all, everyone loved it, will be making this again for sure. I served it with mash potatoes ???
Delicious. I used pre made meatballs and added a pinch chilli flakes.
Sometimes I cheat when making meatballs. Today I bought honey/garlic sausages, removed the skin, divided each sausage into 5 sections, and gently rolled them into balls, so 30 large meatballs. Then I do the gravy using 2 packs of gravy mix with 500 ml of water, a tad of soy sauce, and a tad of minced garlic. I often combine different packs of gravy mix. Today I did pork and brown gravy. I find that this is a very “dependable” recipe!!
Oh, I forgot to say…..I added some finely chopped spinach, also.
My family really enjoyed this, as did I. Added sprinkles of season all salt and garlic salt to the mix.
my gravy is very runny 2 hours in, will this fix itself?
Lots of options HERE to thicken Debbie 🙂
Yummy & easy.
So quick to make, I just added a pinch of herbs to the meatballs & then cooked on high for 2 hours, because I was short on time.
Will definitely be making this one again!
So easy and yummy. I added Oregano and onion and garlic to the meat balls and made my own gravy. Everyone loved it:-)
I used the beef mince variation and I just had the roast meat gravox powder, so I added diced onion, a teaspoon of garlic and a splash of Worcestershire sauce to the gravy mix. Served over mash with steam vegetables. Was delicious!
So easy and so delicious. Big hit with the kids!
I cheated and used pre-made meatballs, so a super easy mid week meal. I finally got the big tub of gravy mentioned in the recipe notes, so I’ll be making this dinner winner a lot! Thanks Paulene.