Gizmo Sandwich

Submitted by LiisaN

"Had to attempt to duplicate a hot selling MN State Fair vendor sandwich! This is close -- hope you enjoy the slight switch from a sloppy joe/meatball and/or loosemeat hoagie!"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 lb hot Italian sausage or 1 lb mild Italian sausage, casings removed
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1⁄2 green pepper, chopped (optional)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fennel seed
• 3 garlic cloves
• pizza sauce, of choice
• sliced mozzarella cheese
• hoagie roll

directions

1. Saute onions and garlic in olive oil until slightly translucent.
2. Add fennel seeds - saute for a minute.
3. Add meat and brown.
4. Once mixture is combined and browned - spoon mixture into hoagie bun.
5. Top with desired amount of pizza sauce.
6. Add sliced cheese - enough to cover all meat and edges of bun.
7. Broil until cheese is melted.

Reviews

[Jill4man]

I'm giving this four stars before I even make it because I live in MN and also love the Gizmo at the State Fair. I would also say that banana pepper rings are a great addition!!!

 

[FlaBeachBuns]

A great sandwich, I used half hot and half sweet italian sausage. I put this mix with provalone cheese on grilled italian bread. I added additional italian seasoning to the pizza sauce, only because I like it. I served it open face. It has had rave reviews. I did make up an extra batch and froze it in single sandwich servings. Worked great!

 

[mersaydees]

Very good! The instructions didn't say what to do with the optional green bell pepper, so I added them to the onions and garlic in step 1. Thanks, LiisaN! Made for Aussie Swap.

 

[tornadoes three]

Yum! In a word yum. This is a great sandwich. I added a lb. of ground pork and diced fresh jalapeños as well. I also served on both hoagies and corn tortillas. It was good. Very good. I highly recommend this sandwich.