Meat Loaf

Name: Meat Loaf
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 79 milliliters canned chicken stock or broth; 118 milliliters plain dry bread crumbs (recommended: Progresso); 2 extra larges eggs, beaten; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves; 1 kilograms ground chuck (81 percent lean); 118 milliliters ketchup (recommended: Heinz); 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 Tbsp good olive oil; 1 Tbsp tomato paste; 3 Tbsps Worcestershire sauce; 710 milliliters chopped yellow onions (3 onions)

Meat Loaf might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. This recipe makes 6 servings with 626 calories, 37g of protein, and 42g of fat each. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have ketchup, chicken stock, onions, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

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Oven

Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan.

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Olive Oil

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Frying 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.

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Worcestershire Sauce

Chicken Stock

Tomato Paste

Onion

Pepper

Thyme

Salt

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.

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Breadcrumbs

Ground Chuck

Onion

Egg

Meat

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Baking Paper

Bowl

Frying Pan

Spread the ketchup evenly on top.

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Ketchup

Spread

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.)

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Water