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[Chi-town girl]

Thanks to @weezer111 - here's an interesting Italian Meatball Sub Appetizer 

Meatball Sub on a Stick Recipe is a super fun spin on the classic cheesy meatball sandwich that everyone loves! They’re perfect for a quick meal or a unique appetizer. You’re going to love these cheesy stuffed meatballs. Not only is there cheese in them, brush garlic butter on the sticks for added flavor and bake them again with more garlic butter and cheese for extra gooeyness. 

PREP TIME: 15 minutes

COOK TIME: 25 minutes

TOTAL TIME: 40 minutes

SERVINGS: 12 Skewers

EQUIPMENT

• Oven for oven baked cooking method
• 2 Sheet Pan for oven baked cooking method
• Air Fryer for air fryer cooking method
• 12 Wooden Skewers or metal

INGREDIENTS

• 36 cubes mozzarella cheese
• 1 tube store bought pizza dough
• 12 wooden skewers
• Marinara sauce, for dipping

MEATBALLS

• 2 lb lean ground beef
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2/3 cup bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 onion, shredded
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp chili flakes
• 2 tbsp dried oregano
• 2 tbsp dried basil
• 2 tbsp dried parsley

GARLIC BUTTER

• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 4 tbsp garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp parsley, fresh choppped, or dried

INSTRUCTIONS

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Or, preheat Air Fryer to 375°F.
• In large deep bowl combine all of the meatball ingredients. Mix until just evenly combined. Do not over mix or the meatballs’ with be tough and dense.
• Shape into 36 meatballs and add one cube of mozzarella cheese into each. Roll the meatball firmly to seal the cheese in.
• If using a tube of store bought pizza dough, unroll the dough and cut into 12 long strips. If using a ball of store bought pizza dough, roll the dough into a large rectangle and cut into 12 long strips.
• Insert a skewer through one end of the dough strip and then through a meatball. Wrap the dough around the top of the meatball and slide onto skewer. Repeat this process with 2 more meatballs, ending the skewer with the end of the dough strip. Repeat with remaining dough and meatballs. Space dough and meatballs away from each other by about 1/4″.
• Combine all of the garlic butter ingredients in a small bowl.
• Place skewers on the baking sheet and brush with half of the garlic butter mixture. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through and the dough is golden brown (or Air Fry for about 15 - 20 minutes until the meatballs are cooked through and the dough is golden brown).
• Brush with remaining garlic butter, top with additional parmesan cheese.
• Serve with marinara sauce. Enjoy!

NOTES:

• Meatballs – in this recipe homemade meatballs are packed with flavor with herbs, spices, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese and more. You can use store bought frozen meatballs but you won’t be able to stuff them with cheese. Or you could check out your local deli for premade meatballs and just stuff a cube of cheese in them!
• Mozzarella Cheese – you can really use any cheese. For a bit of spice you can even use a spicy jalapeno Havarti or pimento cheese!

• Pizza Dough – to keep this a quick and easy recipe use store bought pizza dough. The easiest variety to work with is a tube of Pillsbury pizza dough as it comes pre-rolled! You can also use a ball of store bought pizza dough or homemade pizza dough.

• Garlic Butter – I think we can all agree that a little garlic butter makes everything better! To get a nice golden brown color on the pizza dough and to add extra flavor to the meatballs, garlic butter is brushed on the skewers before baking. Once they are baked a little more garlic butter is brushed on top.

[weezer111]

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY THE BEST CHI!!!

YOU DO EVERYTHING FOR ME!

XOXOXO ALWAYS!!!

[Chi-town girl]

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@weezer111 wrote:

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY THE BEST CHI!!!

YOU DO EVERYTHING FOR ME!

XOXOXO ALWAYS!!!

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@weezer111 - you have some great recipes/ideas! Thank you for sharing 🤗

[LdyBugz]

@Chi-town girl @weezer111  Love this idea!  Thank you!!!

[SunnysMom]

Someone wrote that the Chicken Bites from Sams tasted like Chick Fililay. . . I have a card for Costco . . .  anyone know if their bits are good????

I love the shared recipes . . .