Baked Meatball Sub Sandwiches
A quick easy meal with all your favorite Italian flavors.
Ingredients
- 1 lb frozen Italian meatballs
- 1 jar marinara sauce
- 4 tbsp Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 8 slices Mozzarella cheese
- ½ tsp Italian seasoning
- 4 Hoagie rolls or a loaf of french bread
Instructions
- Place frozen meatballs (no need to thaw them) and marinara sauce in a saucepan. Stir to coat meatballs with the marinara sauce.
- Place lid on the pan and cook on low for about 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until meatballs and sauce are heated through. Remove from heat and keep warm.
- While meatballs and sauce are heating up on the stove, prepare the rolls.
- Using a serrated knife cut loaves in half horizontally. Use your fingers and pull out bread from the center creating a well that will hold the meatballs.
- Line each hollowed out half of bread with slices of Mozzarella cheese.
- Place in the oven and broil until cheese is melted and edges of bread is toasted golden brown.
- Cut each meatball in half and divide meatball pieces evenly among toasted hoagie rolls.
- Spoon marinara sauce over meatballs.
- Top with grated Parmesan cheese.
- Sprinkle sandwiches with Italian seasoning.
- Carefully place halves together and cut sandwiches down the center to serve.
- Serve with loads of napkins.