This baked Italian Grinder recipe is the perfect crowd-pleasing main dish. Packed with capicola hot ham, salami, melty cheese, and banana peppers stuffed in a hoagie roll and dipped in Italian dressing- game day never tasted so good!
6hero rollssliced length-wise but leaving both sides of the roll attached to each other.
18slicescapicola hot ham
18slicessalami
1cupbanana pepperssliced
6slicesprovolone cheese
Italian dressingfor serving
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the rolls into a 9" x 13" baking pan, open-side up.
Toast the rolls for 5 minutes and remove from oven.
Place 3 folded slices of capicola hot ham onto the bottom of each roll.
Add a layer of 3 folded pieces of salami onto the sandwiches.
Divide the sliced banana peppers between the 6 sandwiches.
Fold each slice of provolone cheese in half to break into two pieces and place on top of the banana peppers.
Return the pan to the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Serve immediately with Italian dressing.
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Notes
Don't slice all the way through. Slice 6 hero rolls length-wise but don't slice all the way through. You want the halves intact so they can cradle the sandwich ingredients.
Don't skip pre-baking the hoagie buns. Before filling the buns, bake them for 5 minutes to very lightly toast the buns. This helps avoid sogginess.
Customize as desired. Feel free to add regular ham, veggies, or other meats to this hoagie recipe. Just be sure to add after baking to keep your sandwich from getting soggy.
Leftovers and Storage- these will last up to 4 day covered in the refrigerator.