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Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs in a Tangy Sauce

October 14, 2016 by Sarah Olson 20 Comments

Meatballs with rice in a sweet and tangy sauce, these Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs are a blast from the past!

Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs

Hi all! Welcome to the Vintage Slow Cooker Recipe of the month. Today I am sharing my recipe for Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs. The Porcupine part of the recipe is the rice in the meatballs. No porcupine meat, I promise! Below is a vintage recipe I found on Pinterest. I jazzed up this recipe with a tangy and sweet sauce. You can see my recipe farther down past the photos.

Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs

I start with a basic meatball recipe. I don’t add the Minute rice until after I mix these ingredients together first.

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Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs

The Sauce is a mixture of ketchup, brown sugar and apple cider vinegar, very simple but packs so much flavor. I formed the meat mixture into 20 meatballs. I layered the meat balls and sauce into my slow cooker.

Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs

Here is what the porcupine meatballs and sauce look like after being cooked on low for 5 hours.

Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs

The sauce is AMAZING, sweet and lots of tang from the cider vinegar.

Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs

Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs

Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs

Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs

I do have to say these vintage recipes have been my favorite to do on the blog, never feels like a chore to me. I hope you are enjoying them too! Have a great weekend.

Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs in a Tangy Sauce
 
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Prep time
20 mins
Cook time
5 hours
Total time
5 hours 20 mins
 
Author: Sarah Olson
Serves: 5
Ingredients
Meatballs!
  • 1.5 lbs ground beef (I use 10% fat beef)
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
  • ¼ tsp. garlic powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup diced onions
  • ⅓ cup barbecue sauce
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 cup crushed crackers (I use Ritz)
  • 1 cup Minute Brand rice (don't use standard rice)
Sauce
  • 2 cups ketchup (I use Hunts)
  • ½ cup Sweet Baby Rays Barbecue Sauce
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
Slow Cooker Size:
  • 4-quart or larger
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl add the meatball ingredients, except the rice. With clean hands mix these ingredients together, add rice and mix in evenly. Form the balls, I made them about the size of 2 tablespoons, I made a total of 20 meatballs.
  2. Mix the sauce ingredients in a small bowl until combined.
  3. Spray the slow cooker with non-stick spray. Add a layer of meatballs and drizzle over some sauce. Do this a few times, until all the meatballs and sauce are gone.
  4. Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
3.5.3208

Sarah

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Filed Under: Beef, Dinner, Vintage Recipe of the Month Tagged With: bbq, beef, Crock pot, crockpot, rice, slow cooker, sweet, tangy

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Comments

  1. Debbie Wimberly Caraballo says

    October 14, 2016 at 11:49 am

    Amazing old recipe, it’s so delicious. I’ll be making this very soon!

    Reply
  2. Thomas Kasiewicz says

    October 14, 2016 at 12:34 pm

    my mom made these all the time when we was younger, Now my wife makes them for me. they are good.

    Reply
  3. Mary // Chattavore says

    October 14, 2016 at 3:29 pm

    These look so delicious and easy, Sarah! I’ve never made porcupine meatballs, but I may have to fix that!

    Reply
  4. Chelsea says

    October 14, 2016 at 7:20 pm

    Can I use long grain rice and cook meatballs longer?

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      October 15, 2016 at 6:22 am

      I’ve never had luck with regular rice in the slow cooker. It seems the slow temperature rise of the slow cooker doesn’t cook the rice properly and it gets gummy.

      Reply
  5. Sonsie Hollingsworth says

    October 15, 2016 at 9:31 am

    I like to use leftover cooked rice when I make this ; I just cook for as long ! Hope that helps a little bit !!

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      October 15, 2016 at 11:57 am

      Yes, that works too. Thank you for mentioning that.

      Reply
  6. Deb says

    October 15, 2016 at 1:49 pm

    Is rice cooked or uncooked when making this?
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      October 15, 2016 at 4:22 pm

      It’s uncooked Minute brand rice.

      Reply
  7. Linda says

    October 17, 2016 at 9:57 am

    Printed the meatball and chicken recipe and plan to try them this week. Love your page and appreciate all the great recipes! I am older with health problems which cause me to lose energy during the day so if I can get a slow cooker meal ready in the morning I can enjoy a tasty dinner later. Please keep the recipes coming. Linda from Kansas

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      October 17, 2016 at 9:59 am

      Thank you for your kind comment Linda! I add about 2 recipes a week. I’m glad you are enjoying them.

      Reply
  8. Mick says

    October 17, 2016 at 2:34 pm

    I made this recipe as a meatloaf. Made half of the sauce and used as a glaze on top. Baked at 350 for 70 min. Very good. Thanks for the great recipes.

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      October 17, 2016 at 7:41 pm

      I will have to try that Mick. And call it porcupine meatloaf!

      Reply
  9. Robert says

    November 3, 2016 at 10:56 am

    Can I bake these?

    Reply
  10. Becky says

    May 9, 2017 at 7:48 am

    Could you use miracle whip instead of eggs?

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      May 9, 2017 at 7:53 am

      I’m unsure how that would work, sorry!

      Reply
  11. Colleen Porter says

    December 12, 2017 at 3:16 pm

    can I make the meatballs and then freeze until ready to cook

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      December 12, 2017 at 4:04 pm

      I think that would work fine.

      Reply
  12. Anonymous says

    July 30, 2018 at 10:43 am

    Have you made these with ground chicken?

    Reply
  13. Kerry M. Giesbrecht says

    October 22, 2018 at 10:47 am

    These porcupine meatballs are delish! Just like my mom used to make. The sauce is tangy but sweet, might be nice to use this sauce on ribs or wings.

    Reply

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