The family will come running for these Italian Loose Meat Hoagies served on warm hoagie rolls topped with gooey melted cheese.

Ingredients to Make Italian Loose Meat Hoagies Recipe

Italian hoagies are often filled with a variety of deli meats. They typically feature layers of cured meats such as genoa salami, pepperoni, capicola ham and mortadella plus provolone cheese and sometimes pepperoncini, lettuce and a variety of vegetables for added flavor and texture. This recipe for Italian inspired loose meat hoagies are filled with an Italian seasoned ground beef and tomatoes. They’re one of those meals we often refer to as “party food.” I couldn’t resist making an Italian version of a loose meat sandwich and piling it high on a toasted sub roll. This Italian hoagie recipe is similar to a sloppy joe version of an Italian meatball hoagie. The meat mixture is cooked with onions and sweet peppers then dressed with pizza sauce. Ingredients to make Italian Meat Hoagies. (Scroll down for full printable recipe card).

Meat: One pound lean ground beef.
Sausage: One pound Italian sausage either sweet or spicy use your preference.
Onion: Sweet onion or yellow onion for a stronger flavor.
Bell Peppers: One green bell pepper and one red bell pepper.
Olive Oil: Olive oil for cooking the veggies and the meat.
Garlic: Adds depth of flavor.
Worcestershire Sauce: Enhances the flavor of the beef.
Tomato Sauce: One 16 ounce jar of pizza sauce. Use your favorite brand.
Seasonings: Dry Italian seasoning, dried oregano, salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes for spice.
Cheese: 20 slices of provolone cheese or mozzarella cheese.
Sub Rolls: 10 Hoagie rolls, buttered and toasted.

How to Make the Best Italian Loose Meat Hoagies Recipe

Sauté Veggies – In a medium saucepan saute the onion and peppers. Add garlic, stir to combine.
Cook Sausage and Beef – Next add ground beef and Italian sausage. Season the meat with salt and black pepper. Cook until no pink remains and the sausage and ground beef have browned. Drain all excess grease from the pan.
Pizza Sauce and Spices – Add Worcestershire sauce, pizza sauce, Italian seasoning and oregano. Stir well, simmer until combined.
Toast Sub Rolls – Set the oven on the broil setting. Butter and lightly toast the hoagie rolls.
Assemble – Fill submarine rolls with meat mixture, top with slices of provolone or mozzarella cheese.
Oven – Broil to melt the cheese. Serve immediately.

Tips for Making Italian Hoagies Meat

Kitchen Tools You’ll Need: A large skillet, sharp knife and cutting board, measuring spoons, a large spoon for stirring and a sheet pan for placing the hoagies under the broiler in the oven to melt the cheese.
Use Top Sliced Rolls: I recommend using hoagie rolls that can be cut on top, so they remain upright in the oven when melting and covering with gooey cheese.
Make-Ahead Tip: The loose meat filling can be made one day in advance and popped into the fridge until assembling the hoagies. It also freezes very well making for low-stress meal-time preparation.
Easy Meal Prep: You can make the beef filling and put it into the crock of a slow cooker to keep it warm until serving. This is especially helpful on days the family is coming and going at different times.
When to Serve: Serve these hoagies for casual weeknight dinners, family movie night, quick meals and game day snacking.
Side Dishes to Serve with Italian Subs: You can serve these with a side of giardiniera, a chopped salad, french fries, pasta salad or plain old potato chips.

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Recipe Variations

Cheese: You can top these loose meat hoagies using any flavor of cheese that you enjoy or have on hand. Mozzarella works equally as well as provolone. You could also use cheddar, colby jack or monterey jack cheese if that’s your jam.
Bell Peppers: You can adapt using any color or variety of bell peppers that you enjoy. You could use poblano peppers in place of green pepper for spice.
Calabrian Chiles: You could use 1-2 teaspoons of Calabrian chiles in place of red pepper flakes.

Storage and Leftovers

Leftovers: Store leftover Italian Meat Hoagies wrapped in plastic wrap, aluminum foil or in an airtight container chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Reheating: Reheat the ground beef mixture in a skillet over medium heat.
Freezer Storage: Store frozen Italian meat for up to 2 months.

More Easy Ground Beef Recipes to Make

Your day may be hectic but dinner doesn’t have to be. More simple family pleasing recipes using ground beef that you may also like to try:

Barbecue Smokey Joes on toasted Kaiser rolls are a barbecue version of delicious sloppy joes.
Sloppy Joe Pizza Sliders are game day ready.
Make Ahead Ground Beef for Freezing is one of my own favorite cooking hacks. You can turn it into spaghetti sauce, tacos, add it to soup or turn it into sloppy joes depending on the additions you make after the fact. Just add it to the skillet frozen and let it simmer in the sauce and seasonings that you like.
Cozy up to a bowl of Hamburger Soup for supper!
Ground Beef Stroganoff served over cooked egg noodles is an inexpensive way to feed the family.
Easy Stuffed Cheeseburger Rolls for game day and casual meals.
Cornbread Sloppy Joe Casserole from Six Sisters Stuff.

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