sandwich essentials: meatball/mozzarella sub

Recipe by
Andy Anderson !
Wichita, KS

This is a down-and-dirty way to make a tasty meatball sub. It starts with a quick tomato sauce, assembly, and then a pop under the broiler. It is 30 swift minutes from kitchen to table. So, you ready… Let’s get into the kitchen.

yield 1 - 2
prep time 10 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For sandwich essentials: meatball/mozzarella sub

  • PLAN/PURCHASE
  • 8 oz
    tomato sauce (1 small can)
  • 1/4 c
    grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 Tbsp
    apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp
    dried oregano
  • 1/4 tsp
    dried basil
  • 1 pinch
    onion powder, or to taste
  • 1 pinch
    salt, kosher variety, or to taste
  • 4 - 6
    homemade meatballs, more on this later
  • 1 md
    french baguette, freshly baked
  • 2 oz
    mozzarella cheese, freshly shredded

How To Make sandwich essentials: meatball/mozzarella sub

  • 1
    PREP/PREPARE
  • 2
    Chef’s Note: I don’t think that anything beats good homemade meatballs, and you just may have a favorite recipe all your own. This is the one my Aunt Josephine used, and I love them: https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/pork/delicious-beef-pork-meatballs.html?r=11
  • 3
    Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
  • 4
    Add the tomato sauce, grated Parmesan cheese, oregano, basil, onion powder, and vinegar into a small saucepan, over medium heat.
  • 5
    Bring the sauce up to a light simmer, and then add the meatballs.
  • 6
    Reduce heat to medium low, cover the saucepan, and allow the meatballs to cook in the sauce at a very light simmer, for 15 – 20 minutes.
  • 7
    Add a generous portion of sauce to the cut sides of the French baguette.
  • 8
    Line up the meatballs on the bottom half.
  • 9
    Cover the meatballs with the mozzarella, and then sprinkle some on the top portion of the baguette.
  • 10
    Pop under the broiler until the cheese melts, and gets bubbly, about 1 or 2 minutes.
  • 11
    PLATE/PRESENT
  • 12
    Cut in half, and serve with some chips, or whatever you fancy at the moment. Enjoy.
  • 13
    Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

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