These Easy Meatball Subs are simple to prepare with frozen meatballs, marinara sauce, cheese and seasonings. It’s the perfect weeknight meal for busy nights!
When nights get busy I like to turn to premade options like these submarine style sandwiches. Using precooked meatballs saves so much time and skips the steps of making them homemade.
It gets dinner on the table quickly and just in time before everyone is hangry. All you need is store bought frozen meatballs, store bought marinara, shredded cheese, seasoning and hoagie rolls. Serve the subs alongside a Caesar salad for a complete meal.
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Meatball Subs Ingredients & Substitutions
- Meatballs: I used Italian frozen meatballs for this recipe but you could use any flavor or homemade meatballs.
- Cheese: Shredded Italian cheese is what I used but provolone or mozzarella would be good also. You could also use slices of cheese instead of shredded.
- Sauce: Traditional marinara sauce is what I used but any pasta sauce will work.
- Seasoning: I sprinkles the tops of the subs with fresh basil to keep the Italian flavor but you can use any kind of seasonings you’d like.
- Buns: Hoagie buns or any of your favorite sub buns.
How to Make Easy Meatball Subs
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Add frozen meatballs and marinara to a large pan and simmer for about 10-15 minutes or until cooked through.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay out the hoagie rolls.
Add 5 meatballs with sauce inside each bun. Top with shredded cheese and basil.
Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Can also broil for 2-4 minutes.
Serve warm and enjoy!
Helpful Tips and Variations
- Use different kinds of meatballs to switch up the flavor.
- Any size frozen meatballs will work.
- Any kind of cheese will work with meatball subs.
- Swap marinara with your favorite pasta sauce or spaghetti sauce.
- Add some heat with red pepper flakes.
- You can use other kinds of buns such as the top slice hot dog buns from Pepperidge Farm or sub rolls.
- You can also use a slow cooker to cook the meatballs and sauce if you’d like.
- Adjust the ingredients to your liking.
- If you want to make these for a party, double or triple the recipe.
Storing Leftovers
Wrap subs individually with aluminum foil and store in fridge for up to 1 day. Reheat wrapped in foil in oven at 350 degrees F for 15-20 minutes or until heated through.
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Recipe
Easy Meatball Subs
Ingredients
- 30 Italian frozen meatballs
- 24 ounces marinara sauce
- 6 hoagie rolls
- 2 cups Italian shredded cheese
- Fresh basil for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Add frozen meatballs and marinara to a large pan and simmer for about 10-15 minutes or until cooked through.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay out the hoagie rolls.
- Add 5 meatballs with sauce inside each bun. Top with shredded cheese and basil.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Can also broil for 2-4 minutes.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
Notes
Storing Leftovers
Wrap subs individually with aluminum foil and store in fridge for up to 1 day. Reheat wrapped in foil in oven at 350 degrees F for 15-20 minutes or until heated through.Nutrition Disclosure
Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.
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