Meatball Subs (Crock Pot)

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 20 minutes
• total time: 2 hours 20 minutes

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)

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.).

Nutrition

• Calories: 424.1
• Total Fat: 13.7
• Saturated Fat: 4.5
• Cholesterol: 82.5
• Sodium: 1178.6
• Total Carbohydrate: 48.3
• Dietary Fiber: 3.9
• Total Sugars: 9
• Protein: 24.8