If you need a recipe for a fun lunch, a party or get together or just dinner, this recipe for Crock-Pot Meatball Sandwiches is the ticket! Homemade meatballs are simmered in a homemade marinara sauce and then served in hoagie rolls!
Slow Cooker Meatball Sandwiches
My family loves meatball sandwiches for dinner. In fact it is on our list of favorite recipes from which I select from when doing my meal planning.
And while it is easy enough to buy a bag of frozen meatballs and dump a jar of store-bought marinara sauce over them and all it a day. This recipe is homemade, from scratch and totally worth the effort!
More Tasty Italian Dishes!
- Crock-Pot Tomato & Spinach Pasta
- Slow Cooker Italian Chicken with Potatoes
- Crock-Pot Express Zuppa Toscana Soup
- Slow Cooker Sausage Stew
- Crock-Pot Zesty Italian Soup
Crock-Pot Meatball Sandwiches Recipe
Learn how to make homemade Italian meatballs and serve them up in fresh hoagie rolls for some fantastic meatball sandwiches!
Ingredients
For The Sauce
- 3 cloves Garlic (minced)
- ¼ cup Celery (finely diced)
- 1 whole Yellow Onion (finely diced)
- 6 ounces Canned Tomato Paste
- 14 ounces Canned Pureed Tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons Salt
- 1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
For The Meatballs
- 2 pounds Extra Lean Ground Beef
- 1 ½ Cups Italian Cheese (shredded)
- 1 teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoon Salt
- 4 large Eggs
- ¼ cup Fresh Parsley
- 1 cup Seasoned Italian Breadcrumbs
For Serving
- 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese
- 8 whole Hoagie Buns Or Rolls
Instructions
- I could not find pureed tomatoes so I ended up buying a can of chopped and putting them in a blender and pureeing them.
- Put in a bowl: Garlic, Tomatoes, paste, salt, oregano, onion and celery.
- Mix well.
- In another bowl mix ground beef, Italian cheese, parsley, pepper, eggs, bread crumbs and salt well until moist throughout.
- Spray a thin layer of Pam on 6 quart or larger slow cooker or liner (if using).
- Put a thin layer of sauce on bottom of crock pot.
- Carefully roll meatballs into balls and place on layer.
- then pour another layer onto balls.
- Lay another layer down of sauce.
- Carefully roll meatballs into balls and place on layer.
- repeat until you have used up all of meat.
- Pour remaining sauce on top, making sure all of meat is covered.
- Cook on low for 8 hours, or high for 5.
- These are a soft meatball, so you will need to carefully pull them back out when you eat them.
- If you so choose, when you put them in the hoagie, cover with some mozzarella.
Nutrition
Calories: 837kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 60g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 204mg | Sodium: 2331mg | Potassium: 504mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1300IU | Vitamin C: 25.6mg | Calcium: 430mg | Iron: 10.8mg
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