Tasty, moist everyday basic meatloaf from a Paula Deen recipe at Food Network.
My heart can’t take reading most Paula Deen recipes. The doctor in my just can’t take it. But I enjoy watching her cook and her personality. So last week I wanted meatloaf and a Food Network email arrive, and there were Paula Deen and her basic meatloaf, and it looked like I would live through it.
The original recipe was for 1 pound. Never will I make a 1 pound meatloaf. Meatloaf is for leftovers. So first I double it. Then I “rounded” the ingredients a little. 1 cup of onion is one medium onion and so on. Also, I decreased the salt a little and decreased to topping since doubling does not double the surface area.
Rating
It may be a 4 but I like my meatloaf better. My wife described this as eating stuffed peppers (she likes stuffed peppers). So take your choice. Both are good and quick.
Preheat oven to 375 convection.
Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and transfer to baking dish. Like all meat loaf, do not over mix.
Mix topping and spread over meatloaf then bake for approx 1 hour. Until internal temp of about 170.
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 onion medium chopped about 1 cup
- 1 green pepper medium chopped 1 cup
- 2 eggs whipped
- 1 cup Quick oats
- 14 1/2 oz diced tomatoes
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 3 tablespoons Brown sugary
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- Preheat oven to 375 convection.
- Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and transfer to baking dish. Like all meat loaf, do not over mix.
- Mix topping and spread over meatloaf then bake for approx 1 hour. Until internal temp of about 165-170.
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All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
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Last Updated
August 17, 2016
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Chris
“Hey ya’ll! Today we’re goin’ to make some meatloaf. First, ya take a pound of butter….”
heh heh, I know what you mean about some of her recipes but she is charming as can be. You’re right about meat loaf. You can’t have meatloaf sandwiches without leftovers!
Dr Dan
You sound just like her… I do enjoy watching her and if I was a cardiologist I would consider it just good for business. This meatloaf is a little too “fluffy” for a good sandwich.