EASY Slow Cooked Porcupine Meatballs

This recipe is super EASY and yummy and can be served with vegetables on the side, such as corn and green beans and warm biscuits.

1 lb hamburger
1/2 c uncooked rice
1/2 c water
1/3 c chopped onion
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp celery salt
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp black pepper

In your crockpot, turn it on high to get it preheating. Pour in and stir together:
2 c water
2 tsp worcestershire sauce
2 cans tomato soup
1 15 oz can tomato sauce (or 2 8 oz cans tomato sauce) *adding this can of tomato sauce will insure you have adequate gravy for the meatballs*

Mix hamburger, rice, 1/2 c water, onion, salt, celery salt, garlic powder and black pepper. Shape mixture into tablespoon balls. (Do not make any bigger so that meat will cook all the way through) Drop meatballs into crockpot tomato mixture. Cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 7-8 hours. *You should get approx 18+ meatballs from the mixture.*

**I noticed on the internet that there is a bit of contraversy over cooking raw ground beef in a slow cooker. That's why you need to preheat your slow cooker and then drop your meatballs into a soup mixture that is already warm so that the raw meat will not contaminate the sauce with bacteria. You may brown the meatballs first in a skillet before cooking if you desire.**