Easy, Italian Meatball Sub recipe made from homemade meatballs, delicious marinara sauce, served toasted with extra cheese! The perfect weeknight dinner.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time6 hourshrs30 minutesmins
Total Time6 hourshrs45 minutesmins
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: meatball hoagies, meatball sandwich, toasted meatball sub
Mix ground turkey (or beef) with egg, bread crumbs, garlic, salt, pepper and milk in large bowl. Shape into small bite size balls. Cook in hot skillet, turning, until completely cooked. At this point you can let them cool, and freeze them. Or, use them immediately.
Put your meatballs in a crockpot set on low with the tomato sauce, garlic salt, and Italian seasoning. Cook for 4-6 hours.
When ready to serve, set oven to broil. Place about 5 meatballs on each hoagie, with sauce, parmesan and mozzarella cheese. Broil until cheese turns golden brown, about 5 minutes. Enjoy!
Notes
For raw meatballs, place on a foil lined baking sheet. Flash freezefor 30 minutes. Remove from sheet and slide into a ziploc freezer bag.
Use in your favorite meatball recipe within 3 months.
For cooked meatballs, allow to cool completely after cooking. Place in ziploc freezer bag.
You can add your frozen meatballs to the crockpot for today’s meatball sub recipe. No need to thaw first!