Make-Ahead Sandwiches

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"This is adapted from an old TOH Quick Cooking recipe that has saved my tail many times. I keep them on hand in the freezer for those crazy busy times when I don't have time to cook."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs ground beef
• 3⁄4 cup chopped onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3⁄4 cup ketchup
• 3⁄4 cup chopped sweet gherkin
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1 1⁄2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 12 hot dog buns, split

directions

1. In a saucepan, add the beef, onion, and garlic; cook and crumble up the meat until the meat is not pink; drain.
2. Add in the ketchup, pickles, salt, pepper, and hot sauce; stir and heat through.
3. Add in cheese; stir to combine.
4. To serve immediately: spoon 1/3 cup mixture into buns and serve.
5. To freeze and serve later: Fill buns with 1/3 cup mixture; wrap individually in heavy-duty foil; seal tightly; will freeze up to 3 months.
6. To use frozen sandwiches: Bake at 400° in foil for 30-35 minutes or until heated.

Reviews

[SB61287]

Forgot to rate these when I made them. These are Great! I just love having them in the freezer to pull out. Had lots of snow lately & I didn't have to worry about what to fix.

 

[ThreeFish]

Oh yum! I didn't really have high hopes for this, but I had all the ingredients on hand and it looked like my kids would like it. I only had 1 pound of ground beef, so I used slightly less ketchup and pickles ( I also just used sweet hot dog relish because we are moving cross country in less than a month and I need to try to use up the condiments in the fridge). Anyway- the adults loved them more than the kids. Definitely a new addition to my permanent file. Man, I love RZ! Maybe next time some of these will actually make it to the freezer! Thank for sharing this!

 

[Sunny Yukon]

Loved how fast and easy this recipe was. I made it as directed but we found it too sweet, so next time I will reduce the pickes. The kids said they'd be great in their lunches for school. Just ad some fruit and they're good to go.

 

[ladyveg]

I made these for my last OAMC cooking session. I don't like sweet pickles so I put a little dill relish in instead. Baked some from the freezer tonight and they were great! Thanks for sharing!

 

[ladypit]

Originally thawed the meat to make these and put them in the freezer. But we came home from church famished today and I wanted to spend the afternoon baking, so we decided to have a substantial lunch. Left out the pickles and hot sauce (no one but me eats sweet pickles and the kids have problems with hot) but these were quite tasty! Super easy to make. I hope to make again and be able to freeze some!