1 Can of Chickpeas will Change the Way You Think About Subway Meatball
This is my version of a vegan meatball sub recipe! It tastes just like the subway one! The secret ingredient you ask? Chickpeas!
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas
- 2.5 tbsp flaxseed
- .5 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 2 tsp dried parsley
- pinch chili flakes
- 1/4 tsp msg
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- .5 tsp xanthan gum
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3/4 yellow onion
- small handful parsley
- .5 cup breadcrumbs
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cups passata
- 1 tsp dried Italian herbs
- 1 tsp sugar
- bun
Instructions
- Drain chickpeas, saving liquid. Add flaxseed to liquid, mix, set aside.
- Add chickpeas to food processor, pulse.
- Add garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, dried parsley, chili flakes, msg, salt, black pepper, nutritional yeast, xanthan gum, garlic, yellow onion, and parsley.
- Pulse everything a few times, then add breadcrumbs, soy sauce, and the aquafaba and flaxseed mixture. Pulse until it is consistency of smooth ground meat.
- Preheat oven to 450ºf.
- Roll mixture into meatballs and put on baking sheet.
- Add to the oven, let cook for 25-30 minutes.
- When done cooking, put meatballs into container, and into freezer.
- Get large saucepan on medium/high heat. Add olive oil to pan.
- Mince garlic and yellow onion, add to pan, allow it to soften.
- Once soft, add passata, dried Italian herbs, salt, sugar, dried parsley and chili flakes.
- Give it a stir then add in the meatballs. Flip them around so they get coated in sauce. Cover everything up.
- Preheat oven to 400ºf.
- Once meatballs are hot, add into bun maybe with some cheese overtop, place in oven.
- Let cheese melt, and everything toast together, enjoy!
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