Meatloaf With Apple Green Onion And Bell Pepper Recipes

THE BEST MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch loaf pan.
• Combine milk and soft bread crumbs in a small bowl and allow to soften, about 5 minutes.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, salt, pepper, egg, 3 tablespoons steak sauce, chopped onion, and green bell pepper. Add bread crumb mixture, and mix with your hands until all ingredients are combined.
• Pat the the mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Brush the top with additional steak sauce.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour or until done. Allow to stand 5 minutes before slicing.

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).

GREEN PEPPER MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the eggs, green peppers, onion, celery leaves, parsley and soup mix. Crumble beef and sausage over the mixture and mix well. Shape into a 12x4-in. loaf. , Place on a rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour. Place bacon strips over top if desired. Bake 45-60 minutes longer or until no pink remains and a thermometer reads 160°.

MEATLOAF WITH APPLE, GREEN ONION, AND BELL PEPPER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Put the meat in a large bowl. Toast the bread and let cool slightly before crumbling. Roughly chop the bacon. Using clean hands, mix the meat with toast crumbs, 2/3 of the bacon, 4 tsp fennel seeds, salt, egg, tomato paste, and cheese. Cut the peppers into 1-inch pieces and roughly chop the garlic and green onions.
• Heat the butter in a skillet. Saute the remaining bacon, peppers, green onion, garlic and the remaining fennel seeds over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, cut the apple into quarters and remove the core. Cut each quarter into 6 wedges. Remove the pan from the heat and toss the vegetables with the chopped apple. Add to the meat mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Press the meat into a 9X5-inch loaf tin, smoothing the top. Bake about 50 minutes, until golden brown and the internal temperature reaches 160°F Allow to cool for 30 minutes.