20 Minute Homemade Meatball Sandwich
This easy meatball sandwich recipe combines juicy homemade meatballs, toasted hoagie rolls, marinara sauce, and gooey mozzarella cheese. Add herbed garlic butter spread (my secret ingredient) and it knocks this meatball sub out of the park!
Ingredients
Meatball Ingredients
- 12 oz Ground Beef
- 1 small Egg
- ½ cup Fresh Parmesan
- 1 tablespoon Mayo
- 1 tablespoon Ketchup
- 1.5 tablespoon Breadcrumbs
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 1 teaspoon 21 Salute Seasoning favorite season all
Garlic Butter Spread
- 2 tablespoon Unsalted Butter room temperature
- 1 clove Garlic finely minced
- 1 tablespoon Parsley roughly chopped
Additional Ingredients
- 1 cup Marinara Sauce
- 4-6 Hoagie Bread (loaves)
- 1 cup Small Mozzarella Balls shredded mozzarella
- ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese
- 1 tablespoon Parsley for garnish
Instructions
Homemade Meatballs
- First, if you have a food scale or a small scooper, it will help to measure the meatballs. This ensures each meatball is the same size.
- Now, in a large bowl combine the meatball ingredients by adding ground beef, egg, breadcrumbs, garlic, ketchup, mayonnaise, parsley and parmesan.
- Mix thoroughly until all ingredients are combined being careful not to overmix.
- Next, using a scale or scooper, form meatballs into 1oz (or 2 tablespoon) balls and set on a lined plate or baking sheet.
- In a large frying pan, begin browning the meatballs. Note, the meatballs do not have to cook thoroughly at this step.
- Now that the meatballs are cooked through, pour the marinara sauce over the meatballs and allow them to simmer for 15 minutes.
- Be careful to stir the meatballs as they cook so they are covered in the sauce.
Garlic Butter Spread
- Begin by taking a small bowl and combine the room temperature butter, minced garlic and parsley. Stir until thoroughly combined.
- Then, spread the garlic butter mixture onto the bottom of the hoagie bread (depending on how you split them open) and set on a lined baking sheet.
Assemble Meatball Sandwich
- First, take the buttered hoagie buns and slightly open them. Add 3-4 meatballs (depending on size) and add additional marinara sauce on top (if desired).
- Next, add mozzarella balls and additional parmesan cheese.
- Be sure the meatballs subs are not over filled so they maintain their structure. Be sure to bake on a lined tray for easy clean up.
How to Bake Meatball Sandwiches
- In this recipe, I used an air fryer and highly suggest this method if you own an air fryer!
- The meatball subs baked at 360 degrees in the air fryer until the cheese melted and was slightly bubbly and golden brown.
- This step took about 6-8 minutes.
- If you are using a convention oven, around 375 degrees Fahrenheit for up to five minutes should do the trick.
- Be careful not to overcook the subs so monitor while baking.
- After the meatball sandwiches are baked/cooked through, garnish with fresh parsley and enjoy!