James Kenji Lopez-Alt
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Meatball Parm Subs
🕑 Added 2023-10-03 05:44:17 +0000 UTCIf you made the meatball recipe I posted last week and happen to have leftovers (fat chance!), this is a good thing to do with them. Meatballs reheat really well and they're great inside a lightly scooped roll brushed with garlic butter and broiled with plenty of mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
Yield: 1 large sandwich, serving as many people as can reasonably eat one large sandwich
Active time: a few minutes
Total time: a few minutes plus as long as it takes for some cheese to melt under the broiler
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Kosher salt
1 submarine or hoagie roll, split in half lengthwise, the interior lightly scooped out if it's particularly dense
As many meatballs as will fit in said roll (about 4 would be typical)
Enough marinara sauce to douse said meatballs
Enough sliced or shredded low-moisture full-fat mozzarella cheese to cover said sauce in a layer (you can also use fresh mozzarella that has been sliced or torn apart by hand then pressed in a clean towel or paper towels to remove excess water
Grated Parmesan cheese
Garlic powder and dried oregano
A few fresh basil leaves
- Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium-low heat and cook, swirling, until it has a nutty aroma and the milk solids turn a light brown, about 5 minutes. Immediately add the garlic and a pinch of salt. Cook until the garlic is aromatic, but not heavily browned, about a minute or so. Remove from heat (careful—garlic can quickly go from golden to burnt. If your pan is still really hot you can pour the garlic butter into a separate container to heat its cooking).
- Preheat a broiler to high. Open the hoagie roll wide and place it on an oven-safe sheet tray or platter. Use a brush to brush the garlic mixture on both sides of the interior of the hoagie roll. Add the meatballs to the bottom half of the hoagie roll in a single layer. Spoon sauce over them, then cover them with a layer of mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle with grated parmesan.
- Broil the sandwich until the cheese is melted and bubbly, 2 to 5 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle with more grated parmesan, garlic powder, oregano, and torn fresh basil leaves. Close the sandwich and eat it or serve it immediately.
Comments
Daniel Wood
That Knife is awesome!
Dennis Morgan
Great video, will make it, Thanks
Shawndeep Gill
I always thought hiccups was a sign for extra deliscious food haha
John Ho
That looks good. I'm going to make that for dinner Tuesday night. Thanks Kenji!
