5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Hawaiian Meatballs

If you have about 6 hours and 10 minutes to spend in the kitchen, 5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Hawaiian Meatballs might be a great gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 recipe to try. One serving contains 251 calories, 16g of protein, and 12g of fat. This recipe serves 6 and costs $1.39 per serving. 70 people have tried and liked this recipe. A mixture of canned pineapple, green bell pepper, instant tapioca, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It works well as an affordable main course. It is brought to you by Simple Nourished Living. With a spoonacular score of 28%, this dish is rather bad. Users who liked this recipe also liked Slow Cooker Hawaiian Meatballs, Slow Cooker Hawaiian Beef, and Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 360 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 can (20 ounces) crushed pineapple with juice

1 green bell pepper chopped (about ¾ cup)

1-1/2 tablespoons instant tapioca (for thickening)

½ cup thick teriyaki basting sauce

1 pound turkey meatballs

Equipment:

slow cooker

Cooking instruction summary:

Ideal Slow Cooker Size: 2 to 4-Quart.Put the meatballs in the slow cooker.Combine the pineapple with its juice, teriyaki basting sauce and tapioca. Pour over the meatballs. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on high 3 to 4 hours. Add the green pepper. Stir well and cooked covered on HIGH for 20 minutes. If the sauce is too thick stir in a little water to achieve the desired consistency.

 

Step by step:


1. Ideal Slow Cooker Size: 2 to 4-Quart.

2. Put the meatballs in the slow cooker.

3. Combine the pineapple with its juice, teriyaki basting sauce and tapioca.

4. Pour over the meatballs. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on high 3 to 4 hours.

5. Add the green pepper. Stir well and cooked covered on HIGH for 20 minutes. If the sauce is too thick stir in a little water to achieve the desired consistency.


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
250k Calories
16g Protein
11g Total Fat
23g Carbs
2% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
250k
13%

Fat
11g
18%

  Saturated Fat
3g
23%

Carbohydrates
23g
8%

  Sugar
18g
20%

Cholesterol
72mg
24%

Sodium
1281mg
56%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
16g
33%

Vitamin C
23mg
29%

Iron
2mg
13%

Calcium
76mg
8%

Magnesium
30mg
8%

Vitamin B1
0.11mg
8%

Copper
0.14mg
7%

Vitamin B6
0.14mg
7%

Fiber
1g
6%

Potassium
203mg
6%

Phosphorus
47mg
5%

Vitamin B3
0.66mg
3%

Vitamin B2
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin A
116IU
2%

Folate
8µg
2%

Vitamin K
2µg
2%

Manganese
0.02mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
Widget by spoonacular.com

 

Suggested for you

Latin Chicken and Rice Pot
Pumpkin French Toast
Salisbury Steaks With Gravy
Parmesan Zucchini and Corn
Vietnamese Banh Mi Sandwich
Spinach Almond Crostini
Seasoned Green Beans
Creamed spinach grilled cheese sandwich
Three Cheese and Chicken Stuffed Shells
Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes
Food Trivia

The most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000 and takes 72 hours to make.

Food Joke

1. Nodding and looking at your watch would be deemed an acceptable response to "I love you." 2. Hallmark would make "Sorry, what was your name again?" cards. 3. When your girlfriend really needed to talk to you during the game, she would appear in a little box in the corner of the screen during a half time. 4. Breaking up would be a lot easier. A smack to the bum would pretty much do it. 5. Birth control would come in ale or lager. 6. The funniest guy in the office would get to be CEO. 7. "Sorry I'm late, but I got hammered last night" would be an acceptable excuse for tardiness. 8. It'd be considered harmless fun to gather 30 friends, put on horned helmets, and go pillage a nearby town. 9. Lifeguards could remove citizens from beaches for violating the "public ugliness" ordinance. 10. Tanks would be far easier to rent. 11. Instead of a beer belly, you'd get "beer biceps." 12. Instead of an expensive engagement ring, you could present your wife-to-be with a giant foam hand that said, "You're #1!" 13. Valentine's Day would be moved to February 29th so it would only occur in leap years. 14. Cops would be broadcast live, and you could phone in advice to the pursuing cops. Or to the crooks. 15. Two words: Ally McNaked. 16. The victors in any athletic competition would get to kill and eat the losers. 17. The only show opposite Monday Night Football would be Monday Night Football from a Different Camera Angle. 18. It would be perfectly legal to steal a sports car, as long as you returned it the following day with a full tank of gas. 19. Every man would get four real Get Out of Jail Free cards per year. 20. When a cop gave you a ticket, every smart-alec answer you responded with would actually reduce your fine. As in: Cop: "You know how fast you were going?" You: "All I know is, I was spilling my beer all over the place." Cop: "Nice one. That's $10 off." 21. Daisy Duke shorts would never again go out of style. 22. Telephones would automatically cut off after 30 seconds of conversation.

Popular Recipes
Lime curd tarts with kumquats

In Simones Kitchen

Sunny Anderson's Steak Fajitas with Chimichurri and Drunken Peppers

Foodnetwork

Sriracha Honey Lime Grilled Chicken and Pineapple Salad

Closet Cooking

Thin & Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Walnut Cookies

Desserts with Benefits

Fruit and Spinach Smoothie

Pip and Debby