Sunday Meatloaf Food

SUNDAY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Begin by gathering your ingredients so that you have them at hand on the counter or table. Prepare the ingredients.
• Crush the saltine crackers. To do this, I place one sleeve of crackers in a large freezer bag. Close it up squeezing out all the extra air. Then using my rolling pin, I'll crush the crackers until they are a nice fine crumb. This will make just short of 1 1/2 cups. Next, using a Chef's knife and cutting board, chop the onion.
• In a large glass or stainless bowl, combine the eggs and whole milk. Stir into the egg mixture the crushed crackers, chopped onion, dried parsley, liquid smoke, kosher salt and black pepper. Add in ground beef (or venison), ketchup, mustard, and brown sugar. Mix well, using a large spoon or your hands.
• Spoon the meat mixture into a greased 9x11 loaf pan. I've used both metal and glass pans to make this meatloaf. I think the glass pans are a little easier to clean up in the end. Plus, if it's pretty, you can serve the meatloaf directly from oven to table.
• Cover with tinfoil. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove the tinfoil, and pour 3/4 cups ketchup over meatloaf.
• Bake uncovered for another 10 minutes. Serve warm. This recipe will serve 4-6 people.

MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan. Add the onions, thyme, salt, and pepper and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes, until the onions are translucent but not brown. Off the heat, add the Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, and tomato paste. Allow to cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, combine the ground chuck, onion mixture, bread crumbs, and eggs, and mix lightly with a fork. Don't mash or the meat loaf will be dense. Shape the mixture into a rectangular loaf on a sheet pan covered with parchment paper. Spread the ketchup evenly on top. Bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, until the internal temperature is 160 degrees F and the meat loaf is cooked through. (A pan of hot water in the oven, under the meat loaf, will keep the top from cracking.) Serve hot.

SUNDAY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together ground beef, salt, eggs, pepper, evaporated milk and Worcestershire sauce. Spread 1/2 mixture into loaf pan.
• Spread stuffing mix on top of meat mixture in loaf pan. Top with remaining meat mixture.
• Spread tomato soup on top. Place strips of bacon on top of tomato soup.
• Bake for 1 hour.

MOM'S MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients. Add beef; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into an 8x4-in. loaf in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan., In a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients, stirring to dissolve sugar; remove 1/2 cup for sauce. Spread remaining mixture over meat loaf., Bake 60-65 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with reserved sauce.