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Tuna Meatball Sub

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Tuna Meatball Sub is part tuna melt, part meatball sub – it has super flavorful ‘meat’ balls made with canned tuna!

Ingredients

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  • 4 5-ounce cans tuna packed in oil and undrained (we used Bumble Bee Premium Filet Tonno in Olive Oil - a premium brand of tuna will give the best flavor)
  • Zest of one lemon
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • 1/4 cup fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup dried potato flakes
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic (about one large clove)
  • 1/4 pound prosciutto minced
  • 1 teaspoon Herbes de Provence
  • Pinch red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 cup light cream
  • 1/4 cup bottled clam juice (or water if clam juice is not available)
  • Pinch of salt, as needed

To Make the Sub Sandwiches

  • Non-stick cooking spray to spray parchment lined sheet pan
  • 6 sub rolls
  • 6 slices American cheese
  • 1 cup tartar sauce (see our homemade recipe here)
  • 2 cups shredded lettuce (we used Romaine but iceberg works just as well)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a sheet pan with parchment paper sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. In a medium to large mixing bowl add all meatball ingredients and lightly mix, trying not to break the tuna up too much. Make sure to include the oil from the tuna cans in the mix. Add pinch of salt if needed.
  3. Using a medium ice cream scoop (#40 size like this one), scoop out about 2 ½ dozen one ounce meatballs. Gently shape and roll each in your hands and place on prepared sheet pan. It helps to keep your hands wet while rolling.
  4. Spray the tops of the meatballs with non-stick cooking spray and bake for 30 minutes.
  5. Leave oven on and cut each roll almost all the way through.
  6. Line the inside of each roll with tartar sauce, lettuce and meatballs (5-6 meat balls per roll). Then cut cheese into rectangles or triangles and lay cheese over meatballs. Place on clean sheet pan and heat just long enough to melt cheese.
  7. Serve hot with chips and a pickle.

Find it online: https://www.afamilyfeast.com/tuna-meatball-sub/