Dutch Oven Meatball Sub Bake
Prep Time: 15 min.
Bake Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 6-8
Difficulty: Intermediate
Elevate your camping experience with this easy and delicious meatball sub casserole, baked to perfection in just one Dutch Oven.
Ingredients
18 Rhodes Dinner Rolls, thawed
1 package frozen Italian Meatballs (approx. 26 oz package)
2 cups mozzarella cheese
Marinara Sauce
1 cup – yellow onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp – garlic, minced
1 (6 oz) can – tomato paste
2 (16 oz) cans – crushed tomatoes
2 tsp – dried basil
1 tsp – dried oregano
⅛ tsp – red pepper flakes
1 tsp – kosher salt
1½ tsp – ground black pepper
½ pound hot Italian sausage cooked
- Cook sausage in Dutch oven, drain grease. Add the onions and cook until translucent (about 3 – 5 minutes). Add the garlic and tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes. Add the crushed tomatoes.
- Turn the heat down to medium and allow the sauce to cook for 10 – 15 minutes. Add red pepper flakes, salt and ground black pepper. Add herbs and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Add meatballs to sauce.
- Cut each Rhodes Dinner Roll into 4 pieces and drop into sauce. Carefully mix into sauce evenly.
- Cover and let rise 30-45 minutes.
- Cook at 400ºF for 40-50 minutes or until rolls are golden brown. Sprinkle with cheese and put the lid back on to let the cheese melt.
For a 10″ Dutch Oven you will need 25 hot charcoal briquettes. Place 17 coals on top of the Dutch Oven lid and 8 coals underneath the Dutch Oven.
For a 12″ Dutch Oven you will need 29 hot charcoal briquettes. Place 19 coals on top of the Dutch Oven lid and 10 coals underneath the Dutch Oven.
Christie Masters
How do these rolls rise in the sauce?
Debbie from Rhodes
The warmth of the sauce allows them to rise.
Glenda
Why can’t we use the kitchen stove also
Debbie from Rhodes
You can use the oven. I believe the baking time has been added to the recipe.
Monique
Post nutrition please
Debbie from Rhodes
The nutrition facts for the rolls are printed on the package. You will have to figure out the additional ingredients.