With just three ingredients, Slow Cooker Mango Turkey Meatballs will cook up in your slow cooker for a delightfully saucy appetizer or make it a main dish and serve over rice or noodles!
Frozen meatballs, mango salsa and barbecue sauce simmer together for an easy crockpot recipe! Sprinkle with chopped parsley for that special finishing touch!
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Slow Cooker Saucy Meatballs
Looking for an appetizer for game day or your holiday gathering?
Or maybe you just want dinner ready when you get home in the evening?
Either way, our barbecue turkey meatballs recipe fits the bill.
Just place frozen meatballs in a crockpot with barbecue sauce and mango salsa and relax while they cook themselves and make a delightful sauce in your slow cooker.
Sweet, saucy and tangy, these meatballs will be everyone’s favorite!
And these saucy meatballs are so versatile that you can serve them as an appetizer that you just pop in your mouth or as a main dish for dinner or at your Super Bowl party!
Slow cooker bbq turkey meatballs are guaranteed to be on your menu time and time again!
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How to make slow cooker meatballs
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- Place turkey meatballs in slow cooker.
- In bowl combine salsa and barbecue sauce until blended. Pour over meatballs.
- Cook 4 hours on low.
- Serve in slow cooker or transfer to serving dish. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, if desired.
Substitutions
- You can make this recipe with beef meatballs or chicken meatballs instead of turkey meatballs
- Have a favorite homemade meatball recipe? Make this recipe with your homemade meatball recipe in place of frozen meatballs
- Substitute your favorite salsa for the mango salsa
- Sweet N Spicy Barbecue Sauce can be replaced with your favorite barbecue sauce
How to serve mini meatballs as a main dish
To make this recipe as a main dish for dinner, simply cook up pasta, cauliflower rice, quinoa, noodles or brown rice and top with 6 mini meatballs and sauce per serving!
To serve as a main dish at a party, keep the meatballs warm in your slow cooker. Offer pasta, cauliflower rice, quinoa or brown rice on the side and let your guests fill their bowls!
Ingredients
Bbq turkey meatballs crockpot ingredients:
- frozen bite size turkey meatballs
- mango salsa
- barbecue sauce
- parsley, optional
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Slow Cooker Mango Barbecue Turkey Meatballs Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 pkgs. (12 oz. each) frozen bite size turkey meatballs
- 1 jar (16 oz.) mango salsa , such as Newman’s Own
- 3/4 cup Sweet ‘N Spicy barbecue sauce , such as Sweet Baby Ray’s brand or your favorite barbecue sauce
- 2 Tablespoons chopped parsley , optional
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Instructions
- Place turkey meatballs in slow cooker.
- In bowl combine salsa and barbecue sauce until blended. Pour over meatballs.
- Cook 4 hours on low.
- Serve in slow cooker or transfer to serving dish. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, if desired.
Notes
Makes 8 main dish servings/6 meatballs per serving.
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