Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds ground chicken
- 1 tablespoon grill seasoning blend (recommended: Montreal Steak Seasoning by McCormick)
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- 1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs
- Handful of chopped parsley leaves
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for liberal drizzling plus, plus 3 tablespoons, 3 turns of the pan
- 2 large cloves garlic, cracked from skin and split
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, a healthy couple of pinches
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes, (recommended: San Marzano)
- 1 cup chicken stock
- Salt
- Pepper
- 8 to 10 leaves fresh basil, torn or shredded
- 4 (6 to 8-inch) crusty sub rolls
- 1 1/2 cups shredded provolone
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Place chicken in a bowl and season with grill seasoning. Add egg, half of the grated cheese, bread crumbs, parsley, and a serious drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil to the bowl. Mix the meat and form 12 large meatballs. Squish the balls to flatten them a bit like mini oval meatloaves. Be careful not to form the balls wider than your bread. The flattened balls will stay put on your sub, no roll-aways! Bake the meatballs 15 minutes until golden and firm. Switch the broiler on.
While the meatballs bake, heat a medium skillet over medium heat. Add 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil and garlic and cook 5 minutes then remove the cloves. Add crushed red pepper flakes then tomatoes and stir in the chicken stock. Season the sauce with salt and pepper and simmer 10 minutes, adjust seasonings and stir in the basil. Reserve a extra sauce for dipping on dinner table.
Remove the meat from oven and loosen with a thin spatula. Turn meat balls in sauce.
Cut sub rolls making the bottom a little deeper than the top. Hollow out a little bread and lightly toast the sub rolls under broiler. Fill the bottoms of the breads with flattened balls and sauce. Combine the provolone and remaining Parmigiano. Cover the subs with cheese and return to broiler to melt the cheese until golden.
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By bambiandthumper
on February 06, 2012
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I've tried several of Rachael's recipes and they have been good. This one was awful. I was very disappointed in it.
By vampt88_11137211
Plainfield, IL
on January 30, 2012
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Very good and easy to make! A lot healthier than a regular meatball sub and not greasy either. I do use less stock and instead of provolone I use shredded mozzarella.
By fdxorf
on November 02, 2011
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Give it 3 stars due to the sauce. The meatballs were delicious. However, the sauce was like water. I even resorted to cornstarch to thicken but to no avail. Didn't see any way to make the sauce any thicker. It soaked the buns, kind of ruining the sandwich. My suggestion would be to buy some type of plain spaghetti sauce to use over the meatballs. Also, this is supposed to be a "30 Minute" meal, yet the total time is 40 minutes....?????
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