Italian Subs are a super yummy sandwich! Piled high with fresh ingredients, a variety of sliced meats, and creamy cheeses, everyone loves these.
Make individual sandwiches or create an Italian Sub loaf to feed a crowd!
Sandwiches, be it an Italian Sub, a Meatball Sub, or a delicious Club Sandwich, is a hearty lunch option!
What’s On An Italian Sub?
Any sub can be made with a variety of meats, cheeses, and veggies. An Italian sandwich will have all those Mediterranean meats like capicola or salami. Italian cheeses like provolone and mozzarella are the best for this sub. Visit your local deli counter and see what they have, even better if you have an Italian market nearby.
Italian subs are meant to be piled high and fully loaded with flavor, so don’t be shy!
The Best Bread To Use
You’ve got to have bread that can hold all the meats and cheeses without falling apart.
Hoagie rolls, sub rolls, or even dense sourdough bread are all sturdy enough to hold in all of that sammy goodness!
How To Make an Italian Sub
Simple to make, these can be made ahead of time and refrigerated for a few days. If prepping in advance, ensure that the veggies are in the middle so they don’t make the rolls soggy.
- Prep Rolls: Split the rolls apart and lightly toast them if desired. Spread with mayonnaise or any other dressing of your choice.
- Pile it on: Layer meats, cheeses, veggies (per recipe below). Drizzle with Italian vinaigrette.
- Serve: Serve whole or cut into smaller pieces and serve on a platter.
For best results, build Italian subs in advance and wrap tightly in plastic wrap to let the ingredients meld in the fridge for an hour before serving.
Delicious Sub Toppings
Here are some favorite toppings for Italian sub sandwiches. Don’t be afraid to get creative with whatever is on hand!
Veggies:
- Sliced tomatoes, sprinkle cut tomatoes with salt and set them on a paper towel. The salt will help evaporate some of the tomato juice so the tomatoes aren’t so wet in the sandwich
- Shredded lettuce or prepared coleslaw
- Fresh spinach, sliced avocado
- Thinly sliced/roasted zucchini, mushrooms, onions, eggplant
- Black olives, sliced jalapenos
- Pepperoncini, pickles or banana peppers
Condiments
- Stone Ground Mustard
- Spicy mustard
- Mayonnaise
- Pickle relish
Sauces:
- Giardiniera – Italian relish of pickled vegetables
- Aioli – make your own with roasted garlic and salt and pepper
- Italian or balsamic dressing
- Pesto
More Super Sandwiches
- French Dip Sandwich
- Classic Tuna Salad
- Turkey Sandwich
- Reuben sandwich
- Best Egg Salad
- Ham Salad
- Perfect BLT Sandwich
Italian Sub Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise or to taste
- 2 ounces provolone cheese sliced
- 2 ounces sliced ham
- 2 ounces mortadella
- 2 ounces Genoa salami
- 2 ounces capicollo
- 1 ½ cups shredded romaine lettuce
- 2 large ripe tomatoes thickly sliced
- ½ small red onion thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons Italian dressing
- ¼ cup banana peppers
- 2 large hoagie rolls or sub buns
Instructions
- Open sub rolls and lightly toast if desired. Spread with mayonnaise.
- Layer cheeses, meats, lettuce, onion and tomatoes on the rolls.
- Drizzle with Italian vinaigrette and peppers.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Lunch
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I like to take a large sourdough loaf, split, butter liberally, sprinkle with garlic( chopped, granulated, or powder), toast medium, allow to cool. then use a homemade Italian as a lite dressing. Cotto salami, Genoa salami, Capocollo, and provolone cheese, shredded lettuce, thin sliced vine ripened tomatoes, thin slices of red onion…. YUM!
Sounds delicious, I love sourdough!
I have tried this amazing italian sandwich recipe and this recipe is really amazing. I love this sandwich recipe. Thanks for sharing this recipe with all of us.
Sorry, but my veggies MUST be diced. Diced onion, diced tomato, diced pickles. And absolutely NO LETTUCE. And another must have is the hot red pepper relish. and oil on the bread.
Oooo.. my mouth is watering now.
I can’t wait to try this recipe, looks so yum!
Great looking sandwich!! But, I’m not sure my Cardiologist would think I should be eating this. But, maybe have one each quarter?? I would have to check. But, it was so good!!!!