Enjoy juicy meatballs in sub-sandwich form with this Meatball Marinara Sub Recipe! Freshly cooked meatballs in the sauce are loaded into toasted bread buns and topped with shredded cheese and extra sauce!
12pre-cooked or frozen large meatballs½ Meatballs Recipe
4Hoagie or French Roll sandwich buns
24oz.jar of marinara or your favorite pasta sauceor homemade sauce
¼cupsalted buttermelted
1teaspoongarlic salt
2cupsfreshly grated mozzarella
Fresh Italian parsley for garnish
Instructions
Preheat oven on the broil setting.
Place meatballs in a large saucepan and add a full jar (or 3 cups) of marinara sauce. Bring to a simmer over low heat until meatballs and sauce are heated through. (This will take a bit longer if using frozen meatballs, but they don’t need to be defrosted first.)
Meanwhile, combine melted butter and garlic salt in a small bowl.
Slice buns along the side and gently open, being careful that the bun stays intact. Place buns on a cookie sheet. Brush over the open face of the buns with the butter mixture. Coat well, though you may not use all of the butter.
Place cookie sheet in the oven and broil for 3-5 minutes or just until bread begins to brown. (Please note that the edges of the buns will brown further during the next steps.
Remove buns from oven. Fill each bun with three warmed meatballs, spooning a bit of the sauce over the top.
Top each sub with ½ cup cheese. You can use all mozzarella or a combination of mozzarella and provolone (or another cheese that you like).
Place the cookie sheet back under the broiler for 3-5 additional minutes, checking regularly so that you can remove the subs from the oven as soon as the cheese is melted.
Serve meatball subs hot, sprinkled with a bit of freshly chopped parsley, and with extra sauce on the side.