Cheesy Meatball Sliders Food

CHEESY MEATBALL SLIDERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine ground beef, bread crumbs, pesto and egg; mix lightly. Shape into 12 meatballs; place on a greased rack in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until browned and a thermometer reads 160°, about 35 minutes. Toss meatballs with sauce; set aside., Meanwhile, without separating rolls, cut horizontally in half; arrange bottom halves in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Place half of cheese slices over roll bottoms; sprinkle with oregano. Add meatballs and sauce. Top with remaining cheese slices and bun tops., Combine butter, olive oil, garlic, Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes; brush over buns. Bake, covered, for 20 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with Parmesan and shredded mozzarella., Bake, uncovered, until cheese is melted, 10-15 minutes longer. Sprinkle with basil before serving.

CHEESY MEATBALL SLIDERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the onion, garlic, parsley, breadcrumbs, Parmesan, eggs, milk, red pepper, flakes, oregano, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Stir to combine thoroughly before adding the meat.
• Then add the meat to the breadcrumb mixture.
• Form the meatballs, using the size of your dinner rolls as a guide. I made mine a little bigger than a golf ball.
• Broil the meatballs at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until they're golden brown, flipping them once during cooking.
• While the meatballs cook, heat up the marinara sauce in a saucepan on medium heat.
• After the meatballs are browned, remove them from the oven and place them into the hot marinara sauce.
• Lower the heat and simmer the meatballs for another 15 minutes.
• Toast the slider buns until they're slightly golden, then place the bun bottoms onto a baking sheet.
• Place a meatball onto each bun, and top each meatball with a generous sprinkle of mozzarella cheese.
• Broil the meatballs at 400 degrees F for 3-5 minutes, just until the cheese is melted.
• Place a bun top onto each slider, then serve.

CHEESY STUFFED MEATBALL SLIDERS - LC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, add ground beef, egg, oil, cheese, breadcrumbs, garlic, salt, pepper, basil and parsley.
• Mix to combine, gently tossing a few times with your hands. Don't over-mix - it will result in tough meatballs!
• Spray a large baking dish with non-stick spray and add 2 cups of pasta sauce.
• Roll beef into golf ball-sized meatballs (about 3 tablespoons of beef), and press a cube of mozzarella in the middle.
• Seal the beef around the cheese and set in sauce.
• Once all meatballs have been added, sprinkle additional cheese and over top.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through.
• Serve with additional sauce if desired, slider buns(oopsies), and a few slabs of mozzarella for topping.
• Makes about 15 meatballs.

SUNNY'S EASY AND CHEESY STUFFED SLIDER BAKE-TWO WAYS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven or a grill for indirect cooking to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare the rolls: Place the rolls on a nonstick-foil-lined baking sheet. With a serrated paring knife, carve out a circle on the top of each, cutting down about 1 inch deep. (You need to keep the bottom sturdy, so you don't want to cut all the way to the bottom. Get your fingers in there and pull out the plug of bread, leaving room for your filling. Save the excess bread for breadcrumbs!)
• For the buffalo chicken sliders: Mix the chicken, blue cheese, 1 1/2 cups wing sauce or to taste and 1/2 cup of the shredded Italian cheese blend in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• For the Italian meatball sub sliders: Assemble 12 sliders by spooning into the cavity of each: 1 tablespoon marinara sauce followed by 1 tablespoon mozzarella, then a meatball, then a teaspoon of marinara. Sprinkle the tops of the meatball sliders with the Parmesan.
• For the buffalo chicken sliders: Assemble the remaining 12 sliders by stuffing 2 to 3 tablespoons of the buffalo chicken mixture into each cavity. Top with the remaining shredded Italian cheese blend.
• Bake the sliders in the oven or over indirect heat until the cheese is melted and the tops are golden, about 25 minutes.

SUNNY'S MEATY CHEESY CASSEROLE SLIDERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Slice the rolls in half and place the bottom half of the rolls in a 13-by-9-inch baking dish. Season the bread with the steak seasoning and arrange the roast beef on top in mounds. Top with the shredded Cheddar.
• In a medium bowl, combine the provolone, mayonnaise and scallions. Spread this mixture on the cut sides of the top portion of the rolls. Place the tops spread-side down in the dish on top of the Cheddar.
• Mix the butter, onion, Parmesan, Worcestershire and red chili flakes in a bowl. Pour over the top of the rolls. Cover with foil and bake 25 minutes. Remove the foil and place a pepper slice on top of each sandwich. Bake 5 minutes more to toast the roll tops. The sandwiches will be extremely hot; rest a few minutes before serving.

CHEESY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine crushed tomatoes,tomato paste,tomato sauce,chopped onions,garlic,salt, red pepper flakes basil and italian seasoning.
• Keep sauce warm while making meatballs.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine ground beef with all other ingredients, mix well.
• Use small ice cream scoop to make uniform portions, form into balls.
• Place meatballs on baking sheet lines with parchment paper.
• Bake until cooked through, about 20-25 minutes.
• Put cooked meatballs and sauce together.
• Keep warm in crockpot.

MEATBALL SLIDERS

Steps:

• Mix all meats, panko, 1/2 cup water, 6 tablespoons cheese, egg, egg yolk, 1/4 cup parsley, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper in large bowl. Form into eighteen 2-inch-meatballs.
• Heat vegetable oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, fry meatballs until brown all over. Transfer to plate. Pour off drippings from skillet. Reduce heat to medium. Add olive oil to skillet. Add onion, garlic, basil, and fennel seeds. Sauté until onion begins to brown, about 5 minutes. Add all tomatoes with juices. Bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Reduce heat to low, cover with lid slightly ajar, and simmer, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
• Puree sauce in processor until almost smooth. Return to same skillet. Add meatballs. Cover with lid slightly ajar and simmer until meatballs are cooked through, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes longer. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.
• Place arugula leaves on bottom of each roll, if desired. Top each with 1 meatball. Drizzle meatballs with some of sauce and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons parsley and 2 tablespoons. cheese. Cover with tops of rolls.
• *Sold in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets and at Asian markets.

CHEESY MEATBALLS SLIDERS RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375.
• Place the 12 frozen meatballs on a microwave safe plate. Thaw for about 30 seconds, turn over and thaw for another 30 seconds.
• Then place the meatballs in a skillet with 1 1/2 cups marinara sauce.
• Cook on medium high heat until the meatballs are heated through and covered in sauce.
• While the meatballs are simmering, cut the rolls in half leaving them attached.
• Place the bottom section of the rolls in a lightly greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Set a heated meatball that is covered in marinara sauce on each roll.
• Sprinkle Mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese over all of the meatballs. Place the top part of the rolls on top (they should still be attached to each other).
• Combine the melted butter, garlic salt and Italian seasoning together in a small bowl.
• Baste the top of the rolls with the buttery mixture. Then sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.
• Cover the pan loosely with foil and bake for 8 minutes.
• Remove foil and bake an additional 4 minutes.
• Cut the rolls apart and serve warm.

MINI MEATBALL SLIDERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Space the meatballs in a baking tray and squash each slightly with the palm of your hand. Roast for 15 mins until cooked through, then press some cheese into the top of each. Put back in the oven for 20 secs-1 min until the cheese starts to melt.
• Meanwhile, split the rolls in half and very lightly toast. Spread each half with a little barbecue sauce, then top each with a cheesy meatball, some onion and some cornichon. Skewer with a cocktail stick or mini skewer to hold everything together.

MEATBALL-STUFFED GARLIC BREAD SLIDERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and 2 cloves garlic; cook and stir until onion is soft, about 5 minutes.
• Place beef in a large bowl. Add onion-garlic mixture, parsley, egg, bread crumbs, and 1 large handful of fontina cheese, reserving the rest for topping. Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Mix by hand until just combined. Scoop meat mixture into 24 mini muffin cups; meatballs need not be perfectly round.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the centers, about 12 minutes. Leave oven on. Let meatballs cool briefly while you make the garlic butter.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add remaining minced garlic once butter starts to bubble; stir, then immediately remove from heat. Stir well and set aside.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil; coat foil with remaining olive oil. Transfer rolls, still attached, to the baking sheet. Cut a hole in the top of each roll, about 2/3 of the way down. Brush garlic butter over the insides and outsides of the rolls.
• Bake until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Pour about 1 tablespoon tomato sauce into each hole. Stuff meatballs into the holes. Top each roll with a spoonful of tomato sauce and remaining fontina cheese. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.
• Continue baking until cheese is melted, 12 to 15 minutes. Garnish with more parsley. Let rolls sit for 5 to 10 minutes to firm up; transfer to a serving platter.