Meatball subs are what are for dinner! This 5 ingredient dinner is crazy simple to throw together and loaded with tons of flavor. Grab a napkin and dive in to this 5 ingredient meatball sub recipe.
This quick and easy 10 minute dinner is simple but also so good. My kids gobble it right up. I mean who doesn’t love meatballs smothered in sauce with cheese. It is a total comfort food.
Check out my 3 ingredient dinner ideas as well for more simple everyday meals you can try out.
This Meatball Subs Recipe Is
- Ready In 10 Minutes
- 5 Ingredients
- Budget Friendly Dinner
- Kid Friendly
What Type of Meatballs To Use
Ultimately the choice is yours. You can use homemade meatballs or pre-made. Just make sure the meatballs are fully cooked, or cook them as directed on the package, if they are not.
Then move forward with assembling the sandwiches and putting in the oven.
How to Make Meatball Subs
Full directions for this recipe are in the printable recipe card. This area is a visual walk-through on how to make your meatball subs.
The first step is to preheat the oven as directed in the recipe card. Then in a bowl mix your pre-cooked meatballs with marinara sauce. Make sure all the meatballs are nice and coated.
Slice your hoagies in half and then on one side add a few meatballs and some sauce. You can add as many as you want depending on the size of your hoagie rolls you are using.
Next you will add on the cheese. As you can see I added a good amount of cheese. It will melt down and create the perfect cheesy sub sandwich.
Bake as directed and once done add on some fresh parsley if you want and serve up these crave-worthy sandwich shop inspired sandwiches.
What to Serve With Meatball Subs
- Chips
- Fresh Veggies
- French Fries
- Etc.
You can honestly serve your meatball hoagies with anything you want. We tend to do chips or vegetables depending on what we have on hand.
What Type of Bread To Use
For this recipe I used a classic hoagie roll. You are welcome to use any roll that you can slice open. Or if you want to transform this into a slider use slider buns. Then do 1 meatball per dinner roll.
Another option would be to use a store bought garlic bread. This would add a bit of change to the flavor of the subs, but it would be absolutely delicious I am sure.
Storing Leftovers
Storing LeftoversYou will want to store the meatballs in a container on their own. And then keep the bread plain until ready to assemble and heat up. If you happen to have a pre-made sandwich you will find it sogs up the bread, and you will need to toss the bread out as it will be too mushy after it is stored for a few hours in the fridge.
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5 Ingredient Meatball Subs
This 5 ingredient meatball subs recipe is so simple to throw together. Precooked meatballs, jarred marina all piled on a bun and baked to golden melted cheese perfection. Serve these up for a simple dinner this week.
Ingredients
- 10 ounces frozen or refrigerated, fully-cooked Italian meatballs (I used 20 meatballs total), thawed*
- 1 cup marinara sauce plus extra for dipping
- ½ cup grated provolone or mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, shredded or grated depending on your preference
- 4 hoagie rolls split
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place open hoagie rolls on a large rimmed baking sheet.
- Toast rolls in the 425-degree oven for 2 minutes
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss together thawed meatballs and marinara sauce.
- Place meatballs and sauce on the bottom half of each hoagie roll. Top with mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese.
- Bake subs, uncovered, for approximately 4 minutes (or until meatballs are heated through, cheese is melted, and rolls are toasted).
- Close subs and serve with additional marinara sauce for dipping.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 410Total Fat: 27gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 75mgSodium: 1206mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 3gSugar: 7gProtein: 22g
5 Ingredient Meatball Subs
This 5 ingredient meatball subs recipe is so simple to throw together. Precooked meatballs, jarred marina all piled on a bun and baked to golden melted cheese perfection. Serve these up for a simple dinner this week.
Ingredients
- 10 ounces frozen or refrigerated, fully-cooked Italian meatballs (I used 20 meatballs total), thawed*
- 1 cup marinara sauce plus extra for dipping
- ½ cup grated provolone or mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, shredded or grated depending on your preference
- 4 hoagie rolls split
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place open hoagie rolls on a large rimmed baking sheet.
- Toast rolls in the 425-degree oven for 2 minutes
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss together thawed meatballs and marinara sauce.
- Place meatballs and sauce on the bottom half of each hoagie roll. Top with mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese.
- Bake subs, uncovered, for approximately 4 minutes (or until meatballs are heated through, cheese is melted, and rolls are toasted).
- Close subs and serve with additional marinara sauce for dipping.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 410Total Fat: 27gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 75mgSodium: 1206mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 3gSugar: 7gProtein: 22g
