These hot sausage sandwich boats are made with a toasted garlic bread hoagie bun topped with ground Italian pork sausage and fresh, melted mozzarella.
This recipe for a hot sausage sandwich boat came from my in-laws, who serve it as a complete sandwich with a top bun. My husband loves them.
However, anytime he has a sandwich, he complains of too much bread and usually tears off a large portion of it. He’s a big fan of open-faced sandwiches and pizza boats, so this is a combination of the two.
Now, when it comes to the mozzarella cheese, I highly, highly recommend fresh mozzarella. Shredded cheese is coated with things like cellulose that prevent it from clumping, which also makes it harder to melt together. Fresh mozzarella, on the other hand, gets nice and gooey.
When it comes to finding fresh mozzarella in the grocery store, I never see it with the sliced or shredded cheese in the dairy aisles. It’s always in with the deli and their fancy cheeses.
Ingredients
- Italian Hoagie Buns
- Butter
- Garlic Salt
- Ground Italian Sausage
- Marinara Sauce
- Sliced Pepperoncini
- Fresh Mozzarella
How to Make Hot Sausage Sandwich Boats
- Preheat the oven to 375℉. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Slice hoagie buns in half and spread butter onto the inside of each half. Sprinkle with garlic salt. Place the hoagie halves onto the baking sheet with the buttered side up. Bake for 5 minutes.
- Cook the Italian sausage over medium-high heat in a large skillet until browned, about 7-8 minutes. Drain grease. Add marinara sauce and stir to combine.
- Spoon the cooked ground Italian sausage onto each hoagie boat. Add pepperoncini. Top with slices of fresh mozzarella.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until the cheese is melted and the edges of the hoagies are browned. To get the cheese bubbly and molten hot, turn the broiler on high for 1-2 minutes. Watch carefully not to burn them.
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Hot Sausage Sandwich Boats
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 Italian Hoagie Buns
- 3 tablespoons Butter
- ½ teaspoon Garlic Salt
- 1 pound Ground Italian Sausage
- 12 ounces Marinara Sauce
- ½ cup Sliced Pepperoncini
- 10 ounces Fresh Slices of Mozzarella fresh mozzarella gets gooey and allows it to get golden brown bubbles on top
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375℉. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Slice hoagie buns in half and spread butter onto the inside of each half. Sprinkle with garlic salt. Place the hoagie halves onto the baking sheet with the buttered side up. Bake for 5 minutes.
- Cook the Italian sausage over medium-high heat in a large skillet until browned, about 7-8 minutes. Drain grease. Add marinara sauce and stir to combine.
- Spoon the cooked ground Italian sausage onto each hoagie boat. Add pepperoncini. Top with slices of fresh mozzarella.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until the cheese is melted and the edges of the hoagies are browned. To get the cheese bubbly and molten hot, turn the broiler on high for 1-2 minutes. Watch carefully not to burn them.
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