Midtown Meat Loaf Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Tear bread into 2-inch pieces; place in a blender. Cover and pulse to form coarse crumbs; transfer to a large bowl. Stir in egg, milk, cheese, onion, carrot, salt and pepper. Add beef; mix lightly but thoroughly. Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. , In a small bowl, mix glaze ingredients; spread over loaf. Bake 60-75 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Freeze option: Bake meat loaf without glaze. Securely wrap cooled meat loaf in foil, then freeze. To use, partially thaw meat loaf in refrigerator overnight. Prepare and spread glaze over top; reheat on a greased shallow baking pan in a preheated 350° oven until heated through and a thermometer inserted in center reads 165°.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Combine seasoning in small bowl. Makes 1/4 C. Cook bacon until crispy (about 8 min) If fat starts to smoke lower heat to med. Remove bacon with slotted spoon and set aside. Add onions to skillet and cook until golden (about 5 min.) Add peppers, celery, bay leaves and 2 T seasoning mix and cook, stirring and scraping occasionally about 4 min. Add remaining seasoning mix and cook, stirring often about 5 min. Remove from heat and discard bay leaves. Combine tomato juice, evap. milk and cooked bacon in large bowl. Add cooked vegetables and blend mix. Gently add meat, eggs, cracker crumbs in another large bowl. Add vegetable mixture and gently incorporate everything together without packing mixture. Spray 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray. Turn meat into pan and mold into loaf. Bake at 350 for 30 min. Turn pan around and bake another 15 in. Cut into 3/4 inch slices.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk eggs, milk, salt, and ground black pepper in a large bowl. Add crumbled bread and stir until dissolved. Mix ground beef, onion, Cheddar cheese, and carrot into bread mixture; transfer mixture to a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Combine brown sugar, ketchup, and mustard in a small bowl; spread over meat mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 1 to 1 1/4 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).