For the Marinara Sauce:
- 1 (28-ounce) Can chopped tomatoes
- ¼ cup Olive oilextra-virgin
- 2 cloves Garlicpeeled and slivered or diced
- ¼ cup Water
- ¼ tsp Saltor to taste
- 1½ tsp Sugar
- ¼ tsp Dried oregano
- 1 pinch Red pepper flakescrushed
- 1 large sprig Basilfresh or ¼ tsp dried basil
For the Meatball Sandwich:
- 4 French rolls
- 2 tsp Butter
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 12-16 Meatballsfully cooked and warmed
- 1 cup Mozzarellashredded
- fresh Basiloptional topping
The Perfect Meatball Sandwich
I love taking these Perfect Meatball Sandwiches on any road trip. I pack up a few and we’re set to go and drive for miles with these in hand. Everyone believes that their recipe for meatballs is the best, but I promise you will fall in love with these.
Included in this recipe is instruction for a homemade marinara sauce that you can add to so many other recipes too, so enjoy experimenting with this!
To make The Perfect Meatball Sandwich, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make The Perfect Meatball Sandwich
1 | Prepare marinara sauce | 2 |
Using an immersion blender, food processor, or blender, blend the tomatoes until mostly pureed with a few chunks resembling a salsa-like texture. | ||
2 | Cook garlic | 2 |
In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil and then add garlic. Cook until golden and fragrant but not burnt. | ||
3 | Add remaining sauce ingredients | 1 |
Add tomatoes with all the juices, water, salt, sugar, oregano, red pepper flakes and basil. Stir to mix well then cover with a splatter screen and bring to a simmer. | ||
4 | Cook sauce | 15 |
Simmer, stirring a few times, for 15-20 minutes until thickened. Season with salt to taste. | ||
5 | Discard basil | 1 |
Once cooked remove basil and discard. | ||
6 | Preheat oven | |
Preheat oven to 400 °F. | ||
7 | Prepare rolls | 2 |
Spread butter on both sides of each of the rolls and top with garlic powder. Transfer to a lined baking sheet. | ||
8 | Bake | 3 |
Bake in preheated oven for 3-4 minutes. | ||
9 | Prepare sandwiches | 2 |
Spread a few tablespoons of prepared marinara sauce on both sides of each toasted roll and then fill with about 3-4 meatballs. Finally, sprinkle ¼ cup mozzarella on each. | ||
10 | Second bake | 3 |
Bake in preheated oven for another 2-3 minutes until cheese has melted. | ||
11 | Serve | |
Garnish with fresh basil and serve. Enjoy! | ||
Recipe Reviews
Husband and I tried this last night while watching daredevil ! We both enjoyed it.
Not an easy meal to make at all my meatballs fell apart instantly but still tasted good just not sure what to do about them always breaking though
Toss in some sundried tomatos and thank me later.
Fantastic lunch or even dinner if you like things light and not too heavy on the stomach.
Not too shabby though I'd recommend the honey garlic meatballs instead if you want a spicy kick to your sandwichs.
Kids are in love with this better than sloppy joes and healthier too.
Marinara sauce is good but white sauce goes better with the meatballs in my opinion.
At first I thought this was an Italian meal cause of how fancy it looks and all the sauce/meatball stuff but actually shocked to find out that it's an American meal! Happy with how good it was though nonetheless.
Sandwich with meatballs is little hard to eat when you got a small mouth haha..ended up cutting the meatballs into small pieces before tossing them in my sub.
Huge crowd pleaser and simple to make 5 stars all the way.
Crunchy and delicious very happy with how it turned out.
Really enjoyed the taste of this meatball sandwich though I did add a little bit more cheese and pickles too.
Better than subway but clearly not as healthy lol.
So I wanted to do something a bit funky with this recipe and got creative by making the cheesy garlic bread and then using the meatball part of the recipe and tossing it on top of the garlic bread, no regrets and I totally recommend everyone try it out! :)
Dodged the basil leaves doesnt go good with it.
WOW the flavors are outstanding in this they blend so well and the bread bun glazed with butter makes it even tastier.
Well done! Verified!
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