Hunter's Hero (Guy Fieri)

By Julee

The meatballs sound awesome!!!!!
Guy uses homemade Marinara Sauce (separate recipe)
Instead of putting on bread - use meatballs in pasta or soup!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 red onion, diced to equal 1 cup
• 1/2 red bell pepper, minced to equal 1/2 cup
• 5 cloves garlic, minced to equal 2 tablespoons
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup 2 percent milk
• 2 slices sourdough bread, crust removed, cut into 1/2-inch pieces to equal 1 cup
• 1 pound ground beef (80/20 fat content)
• 1 pound ground pork sausage, casings removed
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil leaves
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh oregano leaves
• 2 tablespoons minced Italian parsley leaves
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons red chili flakes
• 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan plus 2 tablespoons shredded, for garnish
• 1 egg, beaten
• 4 hoagie rolls
• 1 cup Marinara Sauce, recipe follows
• 12 slices mozzarella, about 3/4 pound

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 55mins
Cooking time 145mins
Adapted from foodnetwork.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat broiler.

In a large saute pan over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon oil and saute onions, bell peppers and garlic. After 2 minutes, add salt and cook until tender. Remove from pan and let cool.

In a medium bowl, pour milk over bread crumbs and let soak for 5 minutes. Remove from milk and squeeze out excess milk, until bread is moist but not soggy.

In a large bowl, mix together beef, pork sausage, soaked bread, cooled vegetables, basil, oregano, parsley, pepper, chili flakes, grated Parmesan and egg. Gently roll into 2-inch balls.

In same large saute pan used for vegetables, heat over medium heat and add 1 tablespoon oil. Cook meatballs, browning completely until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F, using an instant-read thermometer.

Meanwhile, remove inside dough from hoagie rolls. To assemble heroes, fill hoagies with 4 meatballs each. Drizzle with 1/4 cup Marinara Sauce and top with 3 slices of mozzarella cheese. Place heroes on a sheet pan under the broiler until the cheese melts and turns golden brown. Top each sandwich with 1/2 tablespoon Parmesan.