Simple Swedish Meatballs

Name: Simple Swedish Meatballs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 h 15 min
Total time: 5 h 30 min
Yield: 10 servings.
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 1 pound sliced fresh mushrooms; 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) reduced-sodium beef broth; 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) reduced-fat reduced-sodium condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted; 1 envelope Lipton beefy onion soup mix; 1 package (24 ounces) frozen fully cooked Swedish meatballs or 1 package (26 ounces) frozen fully cooked homestyle meatballs; 2/3 cup sour cream; 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes; Optional: Hot cooked noodles or mashed potatoes

12 reviews

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Total Time

Prep: 15 min. Cook: 5-1/4 hours

Makes

10 servings

When my husband packs these saucy slow-cooked meatballs in his lunch, all his work buddies wish they had their own! It's comfort food at its easiest. — Christina Logan, Gun Barrel City, Texas

Simple Swedish Meatballs Recipe photo by Taste of Home

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) reduced-sodium beef broth
1 can (10-3/4 ounces) reduced-fat reduced-sodium condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 envelope Lipton beefy onion soup mix
1 package (24 ounces) frozen fully cooked Swedish meatballs or 1 package (26 ounces) frozen fully cooked homestyle meatballs
2/3 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
Optional: Hot cooked noodles or mashed potatoes

Directions

In a large skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat; saute mushrooms until tender, 4-5 minutes. Transfer to a 4-qt. slow cooker. Stir in broth, cream of chicken soup and soup mix. Stir in meatballs. Cook, covered, on low until flavors are blended, 5-6 hours.
Stir in sour cream and parsley. Cook, covered, until heated through, about 15 minutes. If desired, serve with noodles or mashed potatoes.

Nutrition Facts

1 cup meatballs and sauce: 295 calories, 22g fat (11g saturated fat), 46mg cholesterol, 1045mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 3g fiber), 14g protein.

Reviews

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Jane
Jan 23, 2021
This was delicious!! I actually used frozen plant based meatballs purchased at Costco and we are a meat eating family. It was still good so if you are not meat eating, have at these. It was excellent and will make again with ground beef meatballs. Also skipped the mushrooms (not a fan). Excellent recipe!!
modestcook
Dec 27, 2020
The whiners here that complain that it's not authentic need to get a life!
mstmary
Jun 10, 2020
Worth at least 7 stars out of 5! Yum yum! Hubby may be licking his plate right now. Took other reviewers advice tips. Omitted mushrooms (but used cream of mushroom soup to get in the flavor). No one was the wiser. Will make this again.
Lauren
Jun 15, 2019
My husband loved this. Forgot to buy beefy onion soup mix so used regular onion mix and added a beef bouillon cube. As I am handicapped, really appreciated utilizing the frozen meatballs. Definitely will share recipe!
Ann
Jan 27, 2019
Good
ChocolateEE
Dec 11, 2018
Excellent! Loved the mushrooms. Have made it as written as well as on the stovetop for a quick one pan dinner. Equally good. Have to giggle at some of the comments in the reviews. Sour cream will thin and then separate if overheated. Newbie cook issue, not the recipe, lol. And if you like to make homemade instead of semi-homemade overworked tired people weekday food, choose your recipes appropriately. I would suggest avoiding the word “simple” in the title if that is not what you are into, and avoid criticizing what does not apply to you. Wow people. FYI, I did a touch of nutmeg to give it that one flavor I missed from scratch version. The frozen meatballs you use definitely can make a difference as well. I suppose you could make your own and freeze them for later (giggle, giggle). But then you would have take the word “simple” out of the title.
hyattmyers
Oct 25, 2018
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shermanhenryfloyd
Oct 11, 2018
Recipe says nothing about meatballs being "small." I'm sure you would be able to share your recipe for the "REAL" thing!! Recipe sounds delicious Christina. Thank you for sharing it!!
Lori
Oct 11, 2018
I’m with Reiny on this one. How can this be considered homemade when everything is prepackaged? The real Swedish meatballs made from scratch are not difficult to make.
Reinholdine Breien
Oct 10, 2018
Why is it that because meatballs are small they are called Swedish. REAL Swedish meatballs have brown sugar, allspice, ginger and cloves. I've been cooking the real ones for years. Guess I should post the real recipe.