This easy-to-make and to please meatball sliders recipe will make your Big Game Day Appetizer the center of your party! Guaranteed! The portions of this tasty mini burger appetizers are small. You could prepare them in huge quantities ahead of time and warm up for the party.
One of the best things about these baked Parmesan meatball sliders is that you can do your meal prep for the weekdays with this delicious sandwich recipe! The unused meatballs could be frozen and used for future lunches and dinners.
TIPS And Recipe Ideas for A Quick Appetizer
Prepare your ingredients in bulk – I make a bunch of meatballs and freeze them
Be Resourceful with the recipe for your Big Game Day – I use the same ingredients in different variations and recipes. For example, I use the frozen meatballs for sliders, with my cold salads with veggies and leafy greens, quesadillas, quinoa sides, and in soups. Just make one ingredient that could be a delicious and very nutritious addition to your other meals.
Use your favorite spices and herbs – when you know the tastebuds of your family and friends, it is easy to please them by adding those ingredients they love.
Offer a variety of burger buns and meatball meat – When you know your Big Game Day party, offer different buns like Hawaiian rolls, mini rolls, sesame rolls. Plus add the meatballs variety like beef meatballs and vegetarian meatballs. If you know someone in the party loves or hates cheese, make sure you get and prepare what your friends and family LOVE.
Make It an EASY Entertaining – Food should be enjoyed and party should be stress free. These easy mini frozen meatball sliders are an excellent recipe boasting with versatility and are super-simple to make.
Quick appetizers for easy entertainment will bring you a lot of time spent together rather than cooking all the time while your guests enjoying the game.
Throwing a party just got a lot easier for you with this delicious and easy big game day appetizer!
Baked Parmesan Meatball Sliders for Quick Appetizers
Baked Parmesan Meatball Sliders Recipe
Make these sliders with vegetarian meat substitute to make it a delicious food offering.
Ingredients
- 1 pound vegetarian meat of your desired brand
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese, you can choose any vegetarian style
- ¼ cup chopped fresh Italian (flat-leaf) parsley
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 3 tsp finely chopped garlic, divided
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- ½ cup inely chopped yellow onion
- 1 can, 14.4 oz Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes, undrained
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- ¼ tsp Himalayan salt
- 12 mini sandwich buns
- 6 slices, 1 oz each part-skim mozzarella cheese, cut in half
Instructions
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Preheat oven to the temperature listed on the protein packaging
Combine vegetarian meat option, Parmesan cheese, parsley, egg and 1 teaspoon garlic in medium bowl.
Divide mixture into 12 portions; shape into meatballs and place on aluminum foil-lined shallow baking pan.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until done based on instructions.
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Meanwhile, heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add onion; cook 3 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.
Add remaining 2 teaspoons garlic, cook 1 minute more or until fragrant.
Stir in undrained tomatoes, tomato sauce, oregano and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes or until sauce has thickened, stirring occasionally.
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Place open buns on baking sheet.
Spoon sauce on bottom of each bun; place 1 meatball on each bun and more sauce, if desired.
Top each with mozzarella cheese. Bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts and bun tops are lightly crisped.
Close with tops of buns.
Some of the Best And Quick Recipes for Easy Entertaining
• Cheeseburger Quinoa – One of the best recipes that literally goes with everything
• Aloha BBQ Sliders – Bite-size that melts in your mouth
• Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini – Meat-lovers heaven that has veggies as the holding ingredient
61 thoughts on “Big Game Day Appetizer With EASY Baked Parmesan Meatball Sliders | Vegetarian Recipe”
I dislike meatball sandwiches because the meatballs always fall out and get red sauce on clothes and tablecloths. The flavors are good.
Your meatballs looks so good and easy to make. I have never been able to make great meatballs. My sister in law makes the best meatballs! She throws this and that in it, rolls them and drops them in her sauce. She does not fry or bake them before and they don’t fall apart in the sauce.
Gloria,
I love learning from others and pick up a few new cooking tips.
Would love to see what your sister-in-law does with her unique recipe for meatballs.
I learned to cook while watching my mom and grandmothers when growing up. A lot of cooking tips I picked up just watching them cook.
These all look great thank you
I told my one daughter about this recipe. Her and her husband have football get togethers on Sundays. We all are Bears fans. I don’t know if she made them yet. If her husband has anything to say about it, she did! I shared the recipe to both of them at the same time and he grunted and said sounds like great man food!!
These look soooo tasty.
These are super TIPS & Recipe Ideas for making Quick Appetizers. My husband would enjoy any of them and super party ideas!
Yum! These look great. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Looks delicious–now I’m hungry!!!
Well…there went my diet..lol..these look SO amazing!!!
Mya,
A little bit of taste won’t intervene with your plans!
A portion of these will give you the taste you like. When it’s the season for this food, it’s OK to enjoy it.
I enjoy making sliders. Easy peazy.
These are amazing! A great weekend food for when family and friends stop by! Thank you for sharing.
This looks like a delicious recipe and the idea of making them ahead is one that works great for me. Takes the stress off of having to do everything at once.
This looks so yummy and I will have to try out the recipe 🙂
I could snack on these a few times a week. I loooooove meatballs!
I like that you make your own marinara sauce using the recipe and the meatballs look like a good way to use ground beef. The Baked Parmesan Meatball Sliders look like they would go fast at a family dinner or a potluck.
This looks good, I’ll try it when we’re watching the ball game on Saturday.
i try to avoid any meat and then it make me sick so i like tomake small slider type
If I had the stuff to make this tonight I would. I do plan on making it this weekend for sure. I know the meatball sliders will be a huge hit.
OMGosh I am suddenly hungry, lol! I gotta try this at our next get-together!
Sherry,
Good food makes us hungry, no matter if we’re hungry or not!
My family is always complaining that I make too much chicken. This would be a great weeknight dinner that ISN’T chicken! Thanks! Sliders don’t only have to be game day food in my house.
Ha, ha, Kasee,
That would be a HUGE surprise, wouldn’t it?!
Looks delicious! I am so making these!
The sliders look yummy. My kids would love bc they would think they are getting mini burgers
Yum, these look so yummy!! I need to make these.
I would love to make these they sound AWESOME! I had to pin them to make later thanks for sharing them.
Sarah,
This recipe could become one of your favorites!
You can add your spices, herbs, sauces to make it your own!
Celebrate and Enjoy1
These look amazing! And I bet they taste just as amazing! Will have to give these a try! Thanks for sharing!
Good timing…just wondering what to have for dinner and… I have all these ingredients😀
i have a large extended family and this would be perfect to serve at the next get together they wouldnt last long
Great new meal ideas !
These look so yummy. I am sure the family would enjoy these.
YUM!
these looks so tasty. They are the perfect size for the kids and I know the kids would love them
This is looking good
I made some parmesan chicken sandwiches just last week–parmesan meatball sliders look great!
These look super yummy. These would be a hit on game days.
These meatball sliders look yummy! I need to try them asap!! Thanks for posting ☺
This Baked Parmesan Meatball Sliders were pin worthy! We love meatball sandwiches without all the extra ingredients! But I always say, the more stuff the better! These extra ingredients you added on this these sandwiches made this Italian a happy camper!! I love cheese! Melted Mozzarella cheese is a great topping for this slider! Quick and easy is fine by me!! Thank you for sharing!
Dear Sue,
You made my day here!
Thank you, sweetie and enjoy this recipe!
Looks and sounds delicious. I need to try this with kings hawaiian rolls and havarti cheese 🙂
Cristina,
Your choice of rolls would be devoured in no time!
Something so delicious can be made in about a half hour…I just hope there is enough in the one set of ingredients
They sound delicious.
These look so yummy
This would be the perfect Father’s Day dinner! I know my dad would love them.
My mouth is watering just looking at the photo of these. They look so good especially with the cheese melted over top.
That would make more sense for me!I do not eat that much meat!
i am pinning this for later. it looks so good.
Definitely a must try, succeed and enjoy! Awesome..Thanks for sharing!
Meatball subs are always good, I would like to try yours out because they look so great.
My son would love these. He loves meatball subs
I love meatballs. I make mine somewhat flat. That way they don’t fall off of the roll.
I am so making these! Sharing to Pinterest too
This is something I could make my husband and he would ask for more. It looks really great! Thanks for sharing!
These look awesome, I have to try them!
Pinned this on my sandwich board to try this summer . looks to be yummy.
I can only cook a few things. I love meatballs and came up with a recipe that’s pretty good. My husband even asks to make them. We often have meatball sandwiches.
Definitely going to try this recipe!