Italian Sub Pasta

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Sometimes I have these cravings to eat a specific flavor combination but don’t necessarily want to eat it in the typical way. For example, I was really craving an Italian Sub loaded with ham, salami, pepperoni and soppressata and covered in pepperoncini and Italian dressing. But I wasn’t in the mood for a sandwich. So I put on the thinking cap and come up with this pasta dish and whoa is it good! Italian Sub Pasta is such a tasty dish, my kids have already asked for it again.

I used a ham steak and cut it into chunks. If you have deli ham on hand, that will probably work fine to. For the other three meats, I used the thicker slices that you find by the fancy snacking cheese and such, not the stuff found by the other deli meats. I wanted them to be thick enough to get a fork into, so that it wouldn’t be difficult to eat.

For the Italian dressing, you can use what ever your favorite variety is. I used the Olive Garden brand for this, because they use pepperoncini flavors in it and I was really after that tang. You can use what ever you typically use, but keep in mind that it does take a full 16 oz bottle to get the right coating on the meats and pasta.

I used spaghetti noodles for this recipe because I didn’t want the pasta to overwhelm the dish. But if you don’t have spaghetti on hand, you can use any kind of long pasta. If you don’t have linguini or fettuccini to hand, you could use a short pasta as well, it just might not eat the same. You could do a green salad on the side of this. Or, like I did, a couple of slices of warm Italian bread. You could also do some sort of vegetable on the side. It is a pretty hearty dish so you might not need anything on the side at all.

Now Let’s Get Cookin’!

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