I’m all about the best of both worlds thing when it comes to food. I love the combination of things and how that enhances the meal from donut muffins, Oreo chocolate chip cookies, to this. The combination of a meatball and sausage sub satusfies my love of meatball subs, while getting spice and flavor from sausage.
When I was younger, I never was a huge fan of Italian sausage (get your mind out of the gutter!). I didn’t think that Sweet Italian sausage had much flavor, and while I liked the spice from Hot Italian Sausage I could not get past all that damn fennel seed. I have slowly come around to it. Mainly because I typically have it grilled or cooked in beer, loaded up with peppers and onions with spicy mustard.
While you can use Sweet or Hot Italian Sausage, I really suggest using the Hot variety because it will be able to stand up against the plain ground beef. Â If you happen to like sweet sausage you might want to make it 1 pound to be even with the ground beef. The only thing I suggest adding to the meat mixture is a grated onion, to add some flavor and moisture. Anything else, besides salt and pepper, would compete with the seasoned sausage.
Sausage Meatball Subs
makes 4 subs
1 pound of ground beef (80/20) 3/4 pound of Italian Sausage (I suggest Hot) 1 small white onion, grated 4 small sub rolls or 2 large loaves, halved 8 slices of provolone cheese generous drizzle of olive oil 2 cups of marinara sauce____________________
Preheat oven to 400, drizzle bread with olive oil and toast bread until light brown, add cheese for last remaining few minutes to melt.
While the bread is toasting, Â remove Sausage from casing to prep it for being incorporated into the ground beef.
In a large bowl, combine a grated onion, beef, and sausage.
Roll 20 meatballs out.
Cook meatballs in a few tablespoons of olive oil. Evenly roll and brown on all sides while cooking.
Once meatballs are all evenly browned and almost done, add in 2 cups of marinara sauce. This will heat up the marinara and finish off the meatballs while they simmer in the sauce.
Assemble the sub with 5 meatballs each and enjoy!
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