Loaded Pizza Sandwiches
This loaded pizza sandwich has all the flavors of your favorite supreme pizza in an easy handheld form. Pile on sauce, cheese, and your favorite toppings, then toast until golden and melty. Slice it up for a quick dinner, game day snack, or party appetizer.
This easy pizza sandwich is like a mini party sub made for sharing. The bread is loaded up with cheese, toppings, and toasted until hot and melty. It’s easy to make and great for sharing!
Ingredients
- 12-inch loaf of soft bread, sliced horizontally in half: I like the soft Italian loafs you can get at most grocery stores in the bakery department.
- Olive oil
- Provolone cheese
- Genoa salami slices
- Pepperoni slices
- Fresh herbs (thyme, parsley, basil, or combination)
- Sliced kalamata olives
- Sliced green pepper
- Marinara sauce or pizza sauce
- Sliced fresh mozzarella or low-moisture shredded mozzarella cheese
How to Make It
☑️ Add the Provolone Cheese and Meat
I like to start with a generous drizzle of olive oil followed by slices of provolone cheese. Next, layer on Genoa salami followed by plenty of pepperonis.
☑️ Add the Veggie Toppings
And there’s more! Briny Kalamata olives, fresh parsley, thyme and green peppers are favorite toppings, but think about what you love on a pizza and add whatever makes your heart sing – maybe some banana peppers, artichoke hearts, or diced tomatoes? Your sandwich is your canvas. Don’t hold back.
☑️ Add the Sauce and Mozzarella
What makes this a true pizza sandwich is the sauce. I like to spoon just enough sauce over the toppings so that it barely oozes out over the sides when it’s sliced. Any more and it turns into a mess, so about 1/3 cup of your favorite marinara sauce will do.
Lastly, some cheese. Sliced fresh mozzarella tops it all off.
☑️ Toast the Sandwich
Pop it under the broiler to melt the cheese and toast the bread. You may need to rotate the baking sheet to ensure that everything toasts evenly and keep an eye on it! The sandwich can go from perfectly toasted to burned in a heartbeat.
Slice the pizza sandwich into four pieces and, if you want a little easier eating situation, slice each again in half. It really is like your favorite pizza pie in sandwich form.
Variations
- Love pepperoni pizza? Skip all the other stuff and load it up with pepperoni, cheese, and sauce.
- Meat lover? Add some cooked Italian sausage crumbles, crumbled cooked bacon, sliced Canadian ham. Just don’t load it up too much otherwise the sandwich will be difficult to slice and hold together.
- Want some heat? Sprinkle some red pepper flakes over the sauce before you add the cheese on top.
- Friend of the veggies? Skip the meat and add more favorite vegetables like mushrooms, peppers, onions, and olives.
Loaded Pizza Sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 (12") loaf of soft Italian bread sliced crosswise in half
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 slices provolone cheese
- 3 ounces Genoa salami slices
- 2 ounces pepperoni slices
- 1/2 tablespoon fresh herbs thyme, parsley, basil or combination
- 1/4 cup sliced Kalamata olives
- 1/2 medium green pepper cut into strips
- 1/3 cup marinara sauce
- 6 ounces fresh mozzarella
Instructions
- Preheat the broiler to high (500°F). Place the sliced bread open-faced on a baking sheet.
- Starting with the olive oil, drizzle or brush it over both slices of bread. Layer the provolone cheese and meat on the bottom slice. Sprinkle the herbs over both slices of bread.
- Layer the olives, green peppers, marinara sauce, and mozzarella cheese on top of the meat.
- Stick the sandwich under the broiler. Keep an eye on it and rotate the baking sheet, if necessary, to ensure the cheese melts evenly. Broil just until the bread is toasted and the mozzarella has melted.
- Place the top sliced bread on top of the bottom one and, using a serrated knife, slice into four sandwiches. Serve hot.
Notes
Nutrition Estimate
More Pizza Recipes
- Pesto Chicken Pizza
- Mushroom Flatbread Pizza
- BBQ Chicken French Bread Pizza
- Chorizo Goat Cheese Pita Pizzas
I hope you give this toasted sandwich a try!
Happy cooking,
This post is was updated from the archives. It was first published in August 2016, now polished up and ready to enjoy again.
OK…this looks amazing and i love the special occasion you save it for. LOL!! I think I’ll save mine for when I watch
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I love that show, too! Thought I was the only one 🙂
I made this last weekend and loved it! So easy. I kept half for myself and gave the rest to a neighbor and it got rave reviews
Both my children were “Sandwich Artists” when they were in high school. Their Spicy Italian was one of my favorites.
Your sandwich looks amazing. I can’t wait to try it myself. Thank you for posting this.
I hope you enjoy it!