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Slow Cooker Sweet Chili Meatballs

Sweet Chili meatballs are so delicious, you’ll need to make a double batch! This super easy meatballs recipe perfect for a weeknight dinner, because it’s made in a slow cooker.

NOTE: Post was originally posted September 2014. Photos updated and video added November 2017

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I had a great weekend attending the International Food Bloggers Conference. If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, then you saw that we enjoyed some delicious food and learned new things. One of the highlights was, I finally got to meet Karen and Andrew, authors of The Flavor Bible aka the book everyone MUST have in their kitchen. It should be a requirement really. Just my opinion :)

One  of the other highlights of the weekend was getting to talk and visit with old friends and make new ones. As we do, those of us who have them, talked about our children. I talked with Cathy of Noble Pig about what it’s like to raise two boys since both of them have older boys. I was mainly interested in how in the heck you feed teenage boys.

What sparked that question was the fact that when I made these delicious Slow Cooker Sweet Chili Meatballs recipe last week, I ate five of them. These are normal sized, not miniature in any way meatballs, Five meatballs is a normal amount right? I was full, but not overly full.  On the other hand, Kellan, my almost 3 year old, ate EIGHT of them, then asked for more.

Sweet Chili Meatballs are so delicious, you'll need to make a double batch! This super easy slow cooker meatballs recipe is perfect for a weeknight dinner.

But I didn’t have any more.

Seriously, it was the first time that I didn’t have at least a little for leftovers for as long as I can remember.

Up until this point, I haven’t really had to increase the amount of groceries that I buy. For the first six months of Kellan’s life, he nursed exclusively. And while he continued to nurse beyond that, he never ate much. But after seeing him eat all of those meatballs and seeing him eat 1 1/2 to 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at lunch every day, it hit me: I’m going to be feeding boys. Hungry growing boys.

Sweet Chili Meatballs are so delicious, you'll need to make a double batch! This super easy slow cooker meatballs recipe is perfect for a weeknight dinner.

I should probably just buy myself a Costco store right now.

In the meantime, the next time I make these Sweet Chili Meatballs, I’m making a double batch.

Sweet Chili Meatballs are so delicious, you'll need to make a double batch! This super easy slow cooker meatballs recipe is perfect for a weeknight dinner.

And believe me, I’ll be making Sweet Chili Meatballs again and again. This slow cooker recipe is super easy to make and, as you now know, totally adult and toddler approved. Serve them with some fried rice or chow mein noodles.

Watch how quickly these Sweet Chili Meatballs come together!

 

NOTE: Post was originally posted September 2014. Photos updated and video added November 2017

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Sweet Chili Meatballs are so delicious, you'll need to make a double batch! This super easy slow cooker meatballs recipe is perfect for a weeknight dinner.

Slow Cooker Sweet Chili Meatballs

Sweet Chili Meatballs are so delicious, you'll need to make a double batch! This super easy slow cooker meatballs recipe is perfect for a weeknight dinner.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 6 hrs
Total Time 6 hrs 15 mins
Course Easy Appetizer Recipes, Main Dishes
Cuisine Asian
Servings 20 Servings

Ingredients
  

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound ground pork
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds plus more for garnish
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1/2 cup beef broth
  • 1 1/2 cups sweet thai chili sauce

Instructions
 

  • Combine pork, garlic, panko, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds and egg together in a bowl. Work with your hands to mix well. Roll into approximetly 20 meatballs.
  • Place the meatballs in your slow cooker. Pour in beef broth. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
  • After 4 hours, stir the meatballs and pour in sweet thai chili sauce. Cover and cook on low for two more hours.
  • Transfer to a serving platter sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve with rice, if desired.

Notes

Enjoy!
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Keywords: appetizer, entree, meatballs, party food, slow cooker

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  • Reply
    Jennifer Spencer
    February 1, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    5 stars
    Hi, can you use frozen meatballs? What adjustments would need to be made to the recipe? Thank you in advance.

  • Reply
    Karen Mason Rothfus
    September 27, 2014 at 10:12 am

    Looks delicious, I am making this tonight. And I too have a Kellan :) Funny that 23 years ago, before Kellan Lutz, I thought I was being creative by spelling it with an “a” instead of the traditional “e” now ours is more popular lol. I still, however, love the name and its uniqueness.

  • Reply
    Amy
    September 25, 2014 at 10:03 am

    Is it a problem if I don’t have seasame oil?

    • Reply
      Deseree
      September 25, 2014 at 1:58 pm

      I like the nuttiness that it adds but they will still be good without it :)

  • Reply
    Kelsey
    September 24, 2014 at 6:22 pm

    We don’t eat a ton of pork in our house, but we love meatballs and the flavors in these sound amazing!

    Could you suggest another meat that might compliment these flavors? Maybe ground beef or turkey?

    Thanks!!!!!

    • Reply
      Deseree
      September 24, 2014 at 10:54 pm

      You could certainly use turkey in place of the pork in this recipe. I would just make sure not to use the 100% white meat because it won’t have the fat you need to hold the meatballs together. Hope you enjoy them!

  • Reply
    Beth B
    September 23, 2014 at 6:05 am

    Oh yum, I need to make these for game day!

  • Reply
    Tonia@thegunnysack
    September 23, 2014 at 5:10 am

    Those sound amazing! Yup, I have a boy that eats an amazing amout too!

  • Reply
    Meg
    September 23, 2014 at 5:08 am

    We love sweet chili anything! These are screaming to be made for our next game day feast. Yum!

  • Reply
    Karen @ The Food Charlatan
    September 22, 2014 at 4:12 pm

    Buy myself a Costco, lol. You got that right. These look amazing!!

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