Lucindas Meatloaf Food

LINDA'S LUSCIOUS MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Put beef and onions together in a lg.
• bowl.
• Mix well.
• Add bread crumbs, eggs, and milk, and mix well.
• Add rice and water, and mix well.
• It will be soupy.
• Add 1/2 c.
• ketchup, and 1/2 c.
• tomato sauce, salt and pepper, and mix well.
• I use my hands to mix it together.
• Put mixture in a 9x13" casserole dish, shaping into a loaf.
• In a bowl, mix the remaining ketchup and tomato sauce together.
• Pour over top of meatloaf.
• Bake in 350 oven for 1 hr.
• and 15 mins.
• ,or until no longer pink in the middle.

LUCINDA'S MEATLOAF

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325°F with a rack in the middle position. In a large bowl, soak the bread crumbs in the milk for 5 minutes. 2. Add the beef, onions, carrots, egg, salt, and pepper to the bread crumb mixture. Mix gently. 3. Shape the meat mixture into a loaf and put it in an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan. Make 3 holes, evenly spaced lengthwise, in the meat loaf and fill them to the top with the sauce. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until firm to the touch. Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes. 4. Pour any accumulated juices over the top of the meat loaf. Slice and serve with the remaining chili sauce on the side.

LINDA'S MEXICAN MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Mix the hamburger, minced onions, bread crumbs, beaten egg, and Italian Seasoning together well with your hands.
• Add in the ketchup, 1/2 the can of tomato sauce, and 1/2 the can of Ro-tel tomatoes. Mix well.
• Put 1/2 the mixture into an oven-proof baking pan (I used a teflon pan), making a square or a circle, whichever you prefer.
• Cover the top of the meat mixture with a generous amount of cheese, not coming quite to the edge.
• Top the cheese with the rest of the hamburger mix, and pat down to make a loaf. Press the sides together a little so the cheese won't drip out when cooking.
• Mix the tomato sauce and Ro-tel tomatoes together and spread on top of the meatloaf.
• Bake in a 350 oven, for about 30 minutes before taking it out, to drain off the juices in the pan. (I set the juices aside to put in my Mexican Rice, as part of the water to make the rice).
• Put back in oven for 30 more minutes then take out, and cover to top of the meatloaf with the rest of the cheese.
• Put back in the oven, and watch carefully for the cheese to melt on top.
• Remove, cut, and serve.

CLASSIC MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Place the carrot, celery, onion, red bell pepper, mushrooms, and garlic in a food processor, and pulse until very finely chopped, almost to a puree. Place the minced vegetables into a large mixing bowl, and mix in ground chuck, Worcestershire sauce, and egg. Add Italian herbs, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Mix gently with a wooden spoon to incorporate vegetables and egg into the meat. Pour in bread crumbs. With your hand, gently mix in the crumbs with your fingertips just until combined, about 1 minute.
• Form the meatloaf into a ball. Pour olive oil into a baking dish and place the ball of meat into the dish. Shape the ball into a loaf, about 4 inches high by 6 inches across.
• Bake in the preheated oven just until the meatloaf is hot, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, ketchup, Dijon mustard, and hot sauce. Stir until the brown sugar has dissolved.
• Remove the meatloaf from the oven. With the back of a spoon, smooth the glaze onto the top of the meatloaf, then pull a little bit of glaze down the sides of the meatloaf with the back of the spoon.
• Return meatloaf to oven, and bake until the loaf is no longer pink inside and the glaze has baked onto the loaf, 30 to 40 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the loaf should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Cooking time will depend on shape and thickness of the meatloaf.