A zesty, saucy sandwich! Get a head start on dinner with cooked Italian-style meatballs, tomato sauce and pepperoncini peppers.
Italian Meatball Heros
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 6 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 12
Ingredients
- 2 bags (16 oz each) frozen cooked Italian-style meatballs, thawed
- 2 jars (26 oz each) tomato pasta sauce
- 1 jar (8 oz) sliced pepperoncini peppers (Italian peppers), drained
- 12 hoagie buns, split
- 12 slices (1 oz each) provolone cheese, cut in half
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves
Instructions
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Step1Spray 3- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In cooker, gently mix thawed meatballs, pasta sauce and peppers.
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Step2Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 to 8 hours.
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Step3Place 2 cheese half-slices on bottom half of each bun. Spoon about 5 meatballs and sauce over cheese on each. Sprinkle each with about 1/2 teaspoon basil. Cover with top halves of buns.
Nutrition
690
Calories
26g
Total Fat
33g
Protein
79g
Total Carbohydrate
21g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Sandwich
- Calories
- 690
- Calories from Fat
- 240
- Total Fat
- 26g
- 40%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 52%
- Trans Fat
- 1 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 100mg
- 33%
- Sodium
- 1750mg
- 73%
- Potassium
- 790mg
- 22%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 79g
- 26%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 18%
- Sugars
- 21g
- Protein
- 33g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 20%
- 20%
- Calcium
- 45%
- 45%
- Iron
- 35%
- 35%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 3 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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