Best Simple Meat Loaf Recipes

SIMPLE MEAT LOAF

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Craving the homey taste of mom's kitchen? With this recipe, your kitchen will soon fill with the aroma of great dinnertime memories, and you can enjoy this traditional favorite in under an hour. Meat loaf is economical and great for leftovers. Never made it before? No need to worry, it's simple to prepare using the following recipe from our Test Kitchen.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Dinner

Time 50m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons 2% milk
2 tablespoons ketchup
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons meat loaf seasoning mix
1 pound lean ground beef
Additional ketchup, optional

Steps:

In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into a loaf and place in an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until no pink remains and a thermometer reads 160°. Serve with additional ketchup if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 239 calories, Fat 11g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 123mg cholesterol, Sodium 493mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 25g protein.

SIMPLE MEAT LOAF

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This is an easy blend that I came up with after looking at a few different recipes. It just happened to please my family; I'm posting it here so I won't lose it, lol. They tend to like foods fairly bland and boring. I didn't measure to see how many cups of bread crumbs I got, as I kept crumbling slices of toast until it looked right. And the beef broth was my own homemade, still gelled from being in the fridge; I don't know if canned would be different.

Provided by All Thumbs

Categories Meat

Time 1h25m

Yield 2 loaves, 10-12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

2 1/4 lbs ground beef (I used 85% lean)
1 1/2 cups dry breadcrumbs (I used about 10 slices of dry toast)
2 eggs
0.5 (1 ounce) package onion soup mix (try to get about half the powder and half the dried onion flakes)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/3 cup ketchup
1 cup beef broth

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°F.
Spray baking sheet with nonstick spray. Set aside.
Crumble beef into large mixing bowl.
Add all other ingredients and mix well with hands.
Shape into two oblong loaves.
Place on baking sheet.
Bake in preheated oven until at least 160F inside.
We like ours well done; after 80 minutes it was 180F and perfect.
Let rest 5 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 312.3, Fat 17.2, SaturatedFat 6.5, Cholesterol 106.6, Sodium 492.5, Carbohydrate 14.9, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 2.9, Protein 23

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