These Easy Weeknight Meatball Subs are the ultimate comfort food scaled down to a balanced proportion sized.
I love these meatball subs. They are perfect for a weeknight meal. If you pair your sub with a salad, you have a very balanced meal that will fill you up and satisfy all your cravings for a toasty, meaty, cheesy meatball sub but not make you feel overstuffed. What more could you want?
These easy meatball subs are made by nestling tender homemade meatballs in a roll, then covering them in marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese. Then toast them in the oven till the bun gets crispy, and the cheese melted.
🧀 Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef 93% lean
- panko breadcrumbs
- egg
- garlic cloves
- Italian seasoning
- red pepper flakes
- salt
- olive oil
- mozzarella
- hot dog buns
- marinara sauce
Full ingredient list with quantities in the recipe card below!
🔪 How to Make Weeknight Meatball Subs
- Mix the first 7 ingredients (ground beef through salt) in a large bowl. Then roll the meat into 24 meatballs, about 1 ½ tablespoons each.
- Add oil to a large skillet on medium-high heat. Once the oil starts to shimmer, add in meatballs and sauté for 3-5 minutes. Turn the meatballs every so often to brown the outside.
- Turn the heat to low and add marinara sauce to the skillet. Once the sauce starts to simmer, cover it with a lid, and cook for 10 minutes.
- While the meatballs are cooking, place the buns on a baking sheet.
- Preheat the broiler. Add 4 meatballs to each roll. Top with marinara sauce and ¼ cup of mozzarella. Set the baking sheet under the broiler and allow to cook until the cheese melts.
🥗 Sides
- Caesar Salad
- Chips
- Potato Salad
- Pasta Salad
🙋♀️ FAQ
Yes! Skip steps 1-3 and instead add the marinara sauce to a large skillet over medium heat, add the frozen cooked meatballs and cook until they are heated through.
❤ Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef 93% lean
- ¼ cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1 large egg
- 1-2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 ½ cups mozzarella
- 6 hot dog buns
- 1.5 cup marinara sauce
Instructions
- Mix the first 7 ingredients (ground beef through salt) in a large bowl. Then roll the meat into 24 meatballs, about 1 ½ tablespoons each.
- Add oil to a large skillet on medium-high heat. Once the oil starts to shimmer, add in meatballs and sauté for 3-5 minutes. Turn the meatballs every so often to brown the outside.
- Turn the heat to low and add marinara sauce to the skillet. Once the sauce starts to simmer, cover it with a lid and cook for 10 minutes.
- While the meatballs are cooking, place the buns on a baking sheet.
- Preheat the broiler. Add 4 meatballs to each roll. Top with marinara sauce and ¼ cup of mozzarella. Set the baking sheet under the broiler and allow to cook until the cheese melts.
- Serve immediately with a salad or chips.
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Notes
- Skip steps 1-3 and instead add the marinara sauce to a large skillet over medium heat, add the frozen cooked meatballs and cook until they are heated through.
Austria L Morris says
delicious and simple