Dogs: Saucy Mozzarella

It’s Friday, why not make these fun saucy mozzarella dogs for dinner?

Years ago I shared these Lunch Lady Sloppy Joes, I even made them live on my local Fox 2 news morning show. They are legit and deeply good! After the TV segment and way after the blog post, I was talking to my mom and she said she truly doesn’t remember putting sloppy joe sauce on mozzarella stuffed buns. I’m like ‘what? how can you not?’ it was one of my go-to dinners ever. She said what she does remember is using leftover spaghetti sauce as a topping. OHHHHHH how wrong was I?

So here it is years, hundreds of blog posts and a TV segment later, sharing what truly is a childhood regular. It’s something fun and satisfying for a weeknight family dinner and a great way to use leftovers.

Yesterday you may have seen my recipe for the go-to basic meat sauce and today I’m using the leftovers to make these saucy mozzarella dogs.

To Make These Saucy Mozzarella Dogs:

• buns
• mozzarella cheese sticks
• go-to basic meat sauce
• freshly grated parmesan cheese
• minced parsley

The hardest part about this dish was naming it. The simplest part? Eating two.

First set the mozzarella stick out onto your counter 45 minutes or 1 hour before you’re ready to serve lunch or dinner. As I reheat the sauce in a skillet until piping hot, I then nestle the mozzarella sticks into hot dog buns. If you can find the top split buns, those work excellent.

Next spoon the hot meat sauce over top of the mozzarella “dogs”.

Then sprinkle finely grated Parmesan cheese over top. And then for a pop of green, top with some mince fresh parsley.

And serve! For an extra flavor-packed, melty and saucy mozzarella dogs, pop them into the microwave for 20 to 30 seconds and the mozzarella cheese will be melty and sting when you bite into it.

Fun for all ages and can be whipped up in only a few minutes, making dinner a snap.

Enjoy! And if you give this Saucy Mozzarella Dogs recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!