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Submitted by Marg (CaymanDesigns)
"One of my kids' favorite meals. The meatballs can be prepared ahead of time and frozen, if desired."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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6-8
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ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1⁄2 cup dry breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onions or 1/4-1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 (32 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
- 6 -8 sub rolls (hoagie rolls) or 6 -8 hot dog buns
- mozzarella cheese (sliced or shredded)
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directions
- Place first seven ingredients in large bowl. Mix thoroughly with your hands just until combined. (I wear food prep gloves.) Shape into approximately 30 1-inch balls.
- Bake in an ungreased oblong pan (13x9x2) in a 400°F oven until light brown, 20-25 minutes. OR: microwave meatballs in an ungreased baking dish, 6 minutes on High, turning once. OR: cook over medium heat in frying pan, turning occasionally, until brown, about 20 minutes.
- Place cooked meatballs and spaghetti sauce in crock pot. Cook on low for about 2 hours. If you cook longer, stir every hour or so.
- Place meatballs and sauce in buns/rolls and top with mozzarella cheese.
- Note, I microwave the meatballs to cook them.
- (A friend places the raw meatballs & sauce in the crock-pot and cooks them for 8+ hours on low, but I have never tried this.).
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Reviews
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Followed directions exactly as stated and it make the most wonderful meatballs and so easy to do. When it was done put meatballs on fresh hoagies with a slice of provelone and bake in the oven for about 6 minutes to get toasty. My kids loved it too. Thank you Marg for posting, I don't know what I would do if nice people like you didn't post these great recipes.
Metritek
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Ok, I must confess that I used my own meatball and sauce recipe for this. What I wanted to review, however, was the idea behind this--I had never thought to put it all together in the crock pot and let the flavors blend. I tried cooking the raw meatballs in the sauce for 8 hours and they were fantastic. I LOVE this idea and meatball subs are now on our monthly rotation. THANK YOU!!
UPmomto4
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Yum! Followed the recipe exactly with the addition of adding Italian seasoning to the meatballs and sauce. Big hit with my family :) thanks for sharing!
Lisa D.
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We loved this recipe! I doubled the meatball ingredients and made 72 small meatballs, baked them in the oven for 20 minutes and then put them in the crock pot for about 2 hours with double the sauce. I also added some italian herbs when throwing in the breadcrumbs for some extra flavour. I'm so glad I doubled everything as there are leftovers and then some more for the freezer! They tasted fantastic and I'll definitely be making this again- DH requested them every week! Many thanks for a new favourite!
Shuzbud
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Made this recipe as written with the exception of using hoagie rolls. Great recipe, moist delicious meatballs. I will definitely make this again and again. Thank you for submitting this!
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Tweaks
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These meatballs were really bland to me. I did cook my meatballs raw for 8 hours on low, and my sauce turned out very well because of it. I also used hoagie rolls instead of hot dog buns. I'd try making them again with some italian spices and garlic.
mommymakeit4u
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I have trouble finding my way around the kitchen and therefore welcome easy recipes. This was by far the easiest meal I ever made. My boyfriend is hard to please but even he enjoyed it. I left out the parm. cheese but added a garlic seasoning and some black pepper. I also replaced the hot dog buns with some panini rolls and removed the top 1/4 leaving a trough-like groove to place the meatballs. I then covered them with grated mozzarella and broiled them in the oven for a few minutes. Excellent dish!! One of my new favorites.
The Pie Queen Of Ca
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These meatballs were so good! I did them like your friend and put the raw meatballs in the crockpot with the sauce. They cooked while I was at work and they came out fine. I used sub rolls, instead of hot dog buns and used sliced provolone cheese, since that is what I had. I put everything in the roll, put the cheese on top and baked in my toaster oven until the cheese melted. Yummy!
keen5
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Last week hubby and I had Subway - it's gotten so expensive!! We love meatball subs, but wanted to make our own version... MUCH cheaper and healthier, I like knowing what's going into my food. These were absolutely delicious!! Some of the best meatballs I've ever had! I used onion powder instead of chopped onions... and baked my meatballs in the oven for 20 minutes. Afterwards, transfered them to my crockopot and kept them there for just a bit over 2 hours (and used the warm feature on my crock pot as we were eating). I used hoagie rolls and put shredded mozzarella over the top... then put them in the oven for 5 minutes to melt the cheese and make the rolls a bit crispy. Will definitely make again and again... thanks for the recipe!
ErikaNY
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