A meal prep staple, only 8 ingredients, and with hidden veggies in them, these Whole30 approved Slow Cooker Chicken Zucchini Meatballs make the easiest healthy dinner option without the fuss! Made in the crockpot and paleo, gluten, dairy free!
These chicken zucchini meatballs are finally making it to blog! If you are on my newsletter, you probably already have this recipe. I sent it out a month or two ago as a special thank you. I am starting to do this more often as a way of saying you guys rock, so if you aren’t on it, you should def join! And you get a free download on meal prep so that’s pretty sweet too!
Anyways, how is everyone’s week been going? It is just one of those weeks where I’m just not feeling it. I don’t know why because I mean the Eagles won the Super Bowl on Sunday and I made this buffalo chicken chili that I’m obsessed with, so you can’t really get a better start to the week. Unless maybe the Phillies win the World Series, then that would be better.
I just am in a weird funk. Do you ever feel like you have a million and one things on your to do list and you can’t seem to get anything done. That has been me this whole week and I feel like I am just spinning in circles. I really need to start to get into some kind of schedule or routine to help me be more productive. Anyone have any tips? Help a girl out.
But one thing that makes life a little better when you have a lot of work is easy meals. Like these meatballs! I mean they are made in the slow cooker, so it really doesn’t get easier than that. And I snuck in some veggies as an added bonus. All you need to do it mix together all the ingredients, form into balls, and then let the crockpot do it’s thing. And did I mention they are only 8 ingredients?!
I haven’t tried this recipe in the Instant Pot/pressure cooker, but I think they would work just the same. I would suggest putting it on poultry for 10-12 minutes. If you do, leave a comment and let me know!
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Slow Cooker Chicken Zucchini Meatballs
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground chicken*
- 1 medium zucchini, shredded and the liquid squeezed out (250 grams)
- 1/2 cup chopped onion (60 grams)
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1/2 tablespoon red pepper flakes
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 cups marinara sauce, divided
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together chicken, shredded zucchini, onion, coconut flour, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, and salt and pepper until well combined. Using a tablespoon as a scoop, form into 1-1 1/2 inch-sized balls.
- Pour 1/2 cup of the pasta sauce on the bottom of your slow cooker. Place meatballs on top. You will probably have to stack them on top of each other, which is fine. Pour the remaining sauce (1 1/2 cups) on top.
- Set slow cooker on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4 hours. Once done, carefully remove (some might be a little stuck to each other since they are stacked on top) and serve with zucchini noodles or pasta.
- Enjoy!
Notes
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Hannah
March 11, 2019 at 5:49 pmCan I make this with ground turkey instead of chicken? I can’t wait to try this recipe!!!
Kelly
March 12, 2019 at 11:12 amHi Hannah! Yes, that would be delicious! Hope you enjoy 🙂
Caroline Ofenstein
August 4, 2020 at 8:07 amThese were delish!! I used 2 lbs 99% ground chicken so they were very low fat (needed for my contest prep diet) and a bag of riced veggie medley to keep things easy. Definitely adding this one to my recipe box!
Kelly
August 17, 2020 at 10:04 amOh I love the addition of riced veggies! Glad they turned out and thanks for trying Caroline. Good luck with prep!
Kay
August 21, 2020 at 8:31 pmThis looks soooo great! So I tried the recipe and it was AWFUL! I did everything exactly like the recipe said except I left out the 1/2 Tablespoon of red pepper flakes since that causes me major indigestion. My sister and I cooked this at the same time via Facetime and she also hated it!!! (I don’t usually leave reviews, but something that looks this good shouldn’t taste this bad!!). The chicken was very, very dry and tasted horrible. Okay. Enough said. You get the idea.
Kelly
September 4, 2020 at 11:27 amHey Kay, so sorry to hear that. I haven’t made this recipe in quite some time and it is pretty old, but everyone’s taste buds are different. I will try to make it again soon and see if anything can be updated. Thanks for your feedback.
katelyn
August 4, 2021 at 12:29 pmI am allergic to coconuts, what can I substitute for the coconut flour?
Kelly
August 9, 2021 at 1:19 pmI would think almond or oat flour would work just fine. You might just need a little more as coconut flour is very absorbent.
Matt
September 22, 2021 at 6:55 amI am not sure where the bad reviews came from because mine turned out excellent. 5/5 stars! The chicken was very moist and I will be making this again soon. The only change I made was subbing out the coconut flour for almond flour.
Kelly
October 5, 2021 at 12:24 pmGlad you enjoyed them Matt and thank you for trying them!