Italian Meatball Sub

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup crushed saltine crackers
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 16 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 loaf french bread
• 1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 mix together meat, crackers, onion and garlic in a large bowl.
• 2 roll into 2 inch meatballs.
• 3 cook meatballs in a non-stick skillet until browned on all sides.
• 4 drain any fat from pan.
• 5 add tomato sauce, and heat.
• 6 slice the french bread in half.
• 7 scoop out some of the bread in the bottom half with a fork, leaving a shallow space for the meatballs to rest inches.
• 8 spoon the meatballs and sauce into the space you made for them.
• 9 sprinkle with the mozzarella and top with the other half of the bread.