Meatball Sub
comfort food at its best, meatballs, sauce and cheese on a nicely toated roll
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef ground chicken is another great option
- 3 slices of bread or 1 cup bread crumbs
- 2 large eggs
- 2-4 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 cup fresh chopped Italian Parsley
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup grated Romano Cheese or Parmesan
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 cups Marinara/tomato sauce I used homemade sauce a good substitute to my homemade sauce is Barilla Marinara Sauce
- 6 oz Mozzarella Cheese sliced or grated
- fresh basil if desired
- 4-6 12" Roll- soft rolls with a nice crust are my favorite I do not prefer overly thick "bready" rolls for meatball sandwiches.
Instructions
- In a large bowl add the ground beef, bread/breadcrumbs, egg, milk, parsley, garlic, Romano Cheese, salt and pepper.
- If you are using slices of bread, wet them, ring the excess water out and them add it to the mixture.
- Mix well until all the ingredients are well combined.
- If you don't like getting your hands really messy, wear food service gloves or placing all the ingredients into your mixer and mix on medium for about 2 minutes.
- Using a large scoop (3 tablespoon) for the meat into meatballs and roll them in a circular motion until they are formed and holding together and smooth on the outside.
- Heat a cast iron skillet on medium.
- Add a tablespoon of oil.
- Place meatballs into the skillet, allow them to get lightly browned before moving them or they will fall a part. Heat meatballs until they are cooked and the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.
- You can also bake the meatballs on a baking sheet at 375° until internal temperature reaches 160°.
- In a saucepan heat the tomato sauce on medium heat and place meatballs into the sauce.
- Toast the sliced bread under the broiler for a couple minutes.
- *keep an eye on it, you don't want it to burn.
- Place meatballs on sub rolls, them add meatballs and add some extra sauce on top of each meatball, then top with mozzarella cheese. You can put them back under the broiler to melt the cheese if desired.
Notes
Garnish with Fresh Basil and grated Romano Cheese