Best Dawns Meatloaf Recipes

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Provided by Ina Garten

Categories main-dish

Time 1h25m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 tablespoon good olive oil
3 cups chopped yellow onions (3 onions)
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup canned chicken stock or broth
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 1/2 pounds ground chuck (81 percent lean)
1/2 cup plain dry bread crumbs (recommended: Progresso)
2 extra-large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup ketchup (recommended: Heinz)

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.

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Provided by Albert Reynolds

Categories Meatloafs

Time 2h5m

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 lb ground beef
1/2 lb or 3 links of italian sausage
3 slice bread, torn into pieces
1 c milk
1 large egg, beaten
1/4 c minced onion
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp each, pepper, celery salt, garlic, dry mustard, &, sage
1 tsp worcestershire sauce

Steps:

1. Mix all ingredients thoroughly by hand.
2. Dump into ungreased loaf pan & spread it level.
3. If you want ketch-up or tomato sauce or whatever on top, now is when you add it. We don't care for it, so, we don't put it on.
4. Bake in 350º oven for 1 1/2 hours.
5. Remove from loaf pan to drain the grease off. We use a spatula on each end. It is firm enough to hold up without breaking in the middle.