Best Meatloaf Ala Sauteed Onions Recipes

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.

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.

ONION- AND PEPPER-STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x11-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Cut 3/4 each of onion, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, and yellow bell pepper into thin slices. Dice remaining 1/4 of onion and peppers.
• Mix ground beef, diced onion and peppers, tomato sauce, crushed crackers, brown sugar, egg, Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, olive oil, steak seasoning, garlic, and pepper together in a bowl until well-combined.
• Spread 1/2 of the beef mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top meat with sliced onion and peppers, leaving a 1-inch border. Spread remaining beef mixture over vegetables, tucking in sides to seal vegetables in the center of the meatloaf. Pour ketchup over the top of the meatloaf.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

ONION MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Cut three 20x3-in. strips of heavy-duty foil; crisscross so they resemble spokes of a wheel. Place strips on the bottom and up the sides of a 3-qt. slow cooker. Coat strips with cooking spray. , In a large bowl, combine eggs, oats, ketchup and soup mix. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into a loaf. Place loaf in the center of the strips. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until a thermometer reads 160°. , Using foil strips as handles, remove meat loaf to a platter.

MEATLOAF WITH SAUTEED ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and put the pan you will cook your meatloaf in, into the oven to heat.
• Melt butter in bowl then mix in water, salt, and pepper.
• when mixed, then add the rest of the ingredients except for the ketchup and onion.
• Spray nonstick spray in baking pan.
• Form into meatloaf shape and place in pan.
• Bake 40 minutes.
• While baking, go ahead and sautee the onion in a little butter in a skillet then set aside.
• Remove from oven and cut into slices then add ketchup to the desired amount and top with onions.
• Pop back in oven for 10-15 minutes and then serve.

MEATLOAF WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pan on medium-low heat. Add the onions and sugar; cook until brown and sweet-approximately 20-30 minutes. Lower the heat if the onions are browning too quickly.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the meatloaf ingredients with the caramelized onions (including all those browned bits at the bottom of the pan!); Do not overmix.
• Transfer the meatloaf mixture to an oiled or parchment-lined loaf pan. (I used a large soup spoon, patting the mixture down and into the corners of the pan. Use the back of the spoon to smooth the top of the loaf.) If desired, lightly sprinkle the top of the loaf with dried parsley.
• Bake at 375 for 45-60 minutes or until the meatloaf is not longer pink in the center.
• Servings are estimated. Cooking time includes caramelizing the onions.

MEATLOAF ALA SAUTEED ONIONS

Steps:

• 1. BEGIN CARAMELIZING THE SLICED ONIONS ON TOP OF THE STOVE. I USE A COVERED CHICKEN FRYER PAN. PLACE GROUND BEEF, OATS, EGGS, CHOPPED ONION AND ALL OF THE SEASONINGS IN A BOWL AND MIX THOROUGHLY. ONCE THE ONIONS ARE GOLDEN BROWN WHILE COOKING IN THE BUTTER AND OLIVE OIL SLIDE THEM AROUND THE PAN PLACING INDIVIDUAL SIZED MEATLOAF PATTIES AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE PAN. ALLOW THE MEAT TO BEGIN BROWNING. ADDING WATER IF THE ONIONS SEEM TOO DRY.
• 2. COMBINE THE 2 DIFFERENT STYLES OF INSTANT MASHED POTATOES TOGETHER AS ONE ALLOWING THEM TO REST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. SMOOTH THE POTATOES OVER THE ONIONS COVERING THE MEATLOAFS, CREATING A MASHED POTATO CRUST (SIMILAR TO SHEPERDS PIE).
• 3. SPRINKLE THE CHEESE ON TOP OF THE POTATOES AND PLACE THE PAN INTO A 350 DEGREE OVEN REMEMBERING TO KEEP PAN SLOWLY COOKING ON TOP OF THE STOVE WHILE ADDING THE TOPPINGS ALLOW TO FURTHER COOK 15 - 20 MINUTES. MAKING SURE THAT THE SIDES ARE BUBBLING BEFORE TAKING OUT TO SERVE. IT WILL BE VERY HOT, BUT DELICIOUS ONCE COOLED A BIT.