Meatball Sliders

By juliedee29

Ingredients

• For the sauce:
• For the Meatballs
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 tablespoons diced onion
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons bread or cracker crumbs
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (optional)
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 2 teaspoons oregano flakes
• For the Sliders
• 4 slices thick-cut bacon, cut into thirds
• 12 dinner rolls
• 12 slices provolone cheese

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from addapinch.com

Preparation

Step 1

Mix together all ingredients for the meatballs. Set aside.

Cook bacon in a 10- to 12-inch skillet over medium heat until cooked crisp. Remove bacon to a paper towel lined plate for later use.

Using a tablespoon scoop or spoon, form meatballs from the ground beef mixture. Drop into the heated skillet, turning occasionally to ensure that all sides of the meatball have been browned, about 7 minutes.

Add tomato sauce and oregano to the skillet with the meatballs and reduce heat to a low simmer. Allow to simmer for about 5 minutes while assembling the slider rolls.

For the Sliders

Preheat oven to 350º F.
Place dinner rolls on a sheet pan. Split open the dinner rolls and tuck a slice of provolone cheese inside. Add a slice of bacon inside the fold of each slice of cheese and then add a meatball. Spoon sauce from the skillet onto each meatball.

Place sheet pan of sliders into the oven for 5 minutes, just to melt the cheese.

Remove from the oven and serve warm.