Slow Cooker Chicken Apple Butter Meatballs

Name: Slow Cooker Chicken Apple Butter Meatballs
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.5 cups Apple Butter; 0.5 tsp Black Pepper; 0.75 tsp Chicken Bouillon; 1 cup Chicken Stock; 1 whole Decorating Icing; 1 whole Eggs; 1 tsp Fresh Thyme; 6 oz Granny Smith Apple; 1 lb Ground Chicken; 0.5 cup Panko; 0.75 tsp Poultry Seasoning; 0.5 tsp Salt & Pepper; 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter; 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce

Appetizer 🧄Dinner 🍽️Lunch 🥪Snack 🍿 American High-Protein 💪Comfort-Food

Slow Cooker Chicken Apple Butter Meatballs pair tender chicken meatballs with a warmly spiced apple butter sauce that’s sweet, savory, and gently herbaceous. The slow cooker melds thyme, poultry seasoning, and apple into a glossy glaze that clings to each bite. Ideal for a cozy fall dinner or as a party appetizer, they’re rich, comforting, and crowd-pleasing.

Prep20 mins
Cook2 hrs
Serves4
DifficultyEasy

1

Gather all ingredients.
2

Peel the apple and discard the peels. Grate the apple on the largest holes of a box grater to make 2/3 cup. Place the grated apple in a large bowl.
3

Add the chicken, panko, egg, salt, thyme, poultry seasoning, and black pepper to the bowl with the grated apples. Mix until just combined. Shape into 18 balls (about 2 tablespoons each).
4

Stir together the apple butter, chicken stock, Worcestershire, and chicken bouillon in a 6-quart slow cooker bowl. Place the meatballs in the sauce mixture.
5

Cover and cook until the meatballs are cooked through and the sauce thickens enough to coat the meatballs, about 2 hours on HIGH or 4 hours on LOW, stirring halfway through. Stir in the butter until melted and season with additional salt to taste.
6

Transfer the meatballs and sauce to a platter; insert a toothpick into each meatball and garnish with chopped thyme. Recipe developed by Jasmine Smith.