Easy Crock Pot Meatball Sub Sandwiches Recipe
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Easy Crock Pot Meatball Sub Sandwiches are one of the easiest crock pot recipes you'll ever make.
This 4 ingredient crock pot sandwich recipe is perfect for game day, a weekend meal or anytime you need a no brainer meal that almost makes itself.
Easy Crock Pot Sandwich Recipe
Having an easy to make recipe like this Crock Pot Meatball Sub recipe helps me get everything done for the holidays and have a great meal on the table for my family.
This recipe has only 4 ingredients and as long as you have a crock pot, and who doesn't these days you can have dinner on the table in under 4 hours if you are in a hurry or it can cook for the standard 8 hours in a crock pot on low.
If you plan to be out all day at work or running around this is a perfect recipe.
It will feed a family of 4 to 6 easily.
So I like to stock the freezer with ingredients from the frozen and dairy section of the grocery store.
Keeping ingredients on hand with a well-stocked freezer is the only thing that gets me through this time of year with my sanity still intact.
Using the crock pot is the second sanity saver I have.
Throw all the ingredients in and I don't have to worry about what I am going to do about dinner.
Why I Use Frozen Foods?
Frozen foods are real foods frozen at their peak of ripeness or prepared and seasoned by chefs.
There are over 3700 types of frozen foods available ranging from fruits and vegetables to sweet treats like ice cream and frozen desserts.
You can find any cuisine you feel like eating and can find options that cover snack-time, breakfast, lunch, dinner, entertaining and specialty food occasions in the frozen department of your favorite grocery store.
Frozen foods can save you money and are packaged in perfect portions for my family.
Frozen Foods make my life easier.
Easy Crock Pot Meatball Sub Sandwiches
This easy crock pot recipe for meatball sub sandwiches only has 4 ingredients.
A bag of frozen meatballs, a block or bag of shredded mozzarella cheese, a jar of spaghetti sauce and a package of sub rolls.
4 Ingredient Dinner recipe: Easy Crock Pot Meatball Sub Sandwiches
Head to the grocery store and check out the great selection of frozen meatballs available in the frozen section.
There are beef or turkey meatballs, seasoned or unseasoned meatballs. Large meatballs or small meatballs.
The small meatballs would make for a great meatball appetizer instead of serving subs for dinner you could also use this recipe for a holiday meatball appetizer recipe for any holiday party you may be hosting.
Or instead of using sub rolls you could serve the small meatballs on slider buns.
They would be easier to serve and handle at a holiday gathering.
Add meatballs and sauce to the crock pot.
Turn the crock pot on high. Pour ⅓ of the jar of sauce into the bottom of the crock pot.
Add the entire bag of frozen meatballs then pour the rest of the sauce over the meatballs.
Put the lid on the crock pot and cook for about 3 hours, occasionally stirring the meatballs.
Cook meatballs until cook through, about 3 hours.
Once the meatballs are cooked slice the block of cheese and lay the slices over the top of the meatballs.
If using shredded cheese sprinkle the cheese over the top of the meatballs.
Replace the lid.
Continue to cook the meatballs until the cheese has melted.
Serve on sub rolls.
Easy Crock Pot Meatball Sub Recipe
How To Make Easy Crock Pot Meatball Sub Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 24 oz bag frozen Italian style beef meatballs
- 45 oz jar of meat sauce
- 1 lb block mozzarella cheese, sliced
- 6 sub rolls
Directions
- Pour ⅓ of the meat sauce into the bottom of the crock pot.
- Pour the entire bag of frozen meatballs into the crock pot.
- Pour the remaining sauce over the frozen meatballs, cover and cook for about 3 hours on high or until the meatballs are heated through.
- 20 minutes before serving slice the block of mozzarella cheese and lay the slices over the top of the cooked meatballs . Recover and heat until the mozzarella cheese has melted.
- Serve the cheese covered meatballs on your favorite sub rolls.
Easy Crock Pot Meatball Sub Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 24 oz frozen Italian style beef meatballs
- 45 oz meat sauce
- 1 lb mozzarella cheese sliced
- 6 sub rolls
Instructions
- Pour ⅓ of the meat sauce into the bottom of the crock pot.
- Pour the entire bag of frozen meatballs into the crock pot.
- Pour the remaining sauce over the frozen meatballs, cover and cook for about 3 hours on high or until the meatballs are heated through.
- 20 minutes before serving slice the block of mozzarella cheese and lay the slices over the top of the cooked meatballs . Recover and heat until the mozzarella cheese has melted.
- Serve the cheese covered meatballs on your favorite sub rolls.
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