meatloaf recipes here :)

[Katy]

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It doesn't take that much shortning & butter and the only thing it smells like is fried chicken!

I'll feed you fried chicken, but we'll pass on the sushi.......

 

[Carolyn]

You can use a minimum amount of oil in a cast iron skillet and cook chicken in the oven that mimics fried chicken well but is not as greasy. You can roll it it crumbs or flour it. I don't really have a recipe but bet you could find one on here. I don't know if I could still fry a chicken or not, long time out of practice.

 

[redhen]

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LOL..he sounds like a man with GOOD food tastes! Meat loaf, fried chicken, stuffed pork chops and chicken fried steak (with sausage gravy)!!! Thats the type of food we eat here...

(of course..i have a big butt too)

 

[Junkmanme]

I haven't made a meatloaf in a couple of years....although I do like it.

I used to just mix up a bunch of this "stuff"

hamburger
crackers (crumbled)
chopped Anaheim Chiles (previously roasted, frozen, and peeled)
diced onion
chopped fine garlic
dash of cumin
a bit of italian seasonings (separate or together)
any leftover "dried bread" (or some toast)
maybe a bit of Worcestershire Sauce or Soy Sauce

Mix it all together.

Then I would roll it out like pizza dough...
and lay sliced or shredded cheese upon it (mild cheddar OR mozzarella)
Then roll it up, tuck the ends,
and put it into bread-pans (the kind that have the "insert" for meat loaf
that lets the grease drip OUT).

Then bake it.
(I forget the time/temperature...whatever the cook-book suggests)
The last 15-20 minutes of baking...I would spread a small can of tomato paste
over the top.

It seemed to make a good meatloaf.
(I forgot to mention...I also add an egg or two for "binding". -sorry 'bout missing that- )

-Junkmanme-

 

[MeatKing]

Not to hijack your thread...

But for a fried chicken taste, (without being fried)

take you chicken legs/thighs, put in bowl plastic bag, with milk and lemon juice (enough lemon juice to curdle the milk)
Let sit in fridge at least 12 hrs... (I do overnight/next day till supper)
Make a bread crumb mixture (kind've like shak n bake) I use whatever spices suit my fancy

Dredge chicken in egg, then bread crumbs, egg again, bread crumbs again
Next your supposed to fry just a bit of oil in cast iron (hot)
Then after the your to put in oven to finish cooking

I skip the fry in oil part and it is sooo good! Nice crispy coating, juicy like fried.... The only down fall, it waste alot of milk!


Ok now for my meat loaf, fancyed up

Make your meat loaf mixture (Whatever spices/egg ect. that you want

Next take spinach, saute till it gets small, cool off
Add spinach to ricotta cheese

Get baking pan ready (I use a bread load thingy)
Take plastic wrap lie on counter,so that one end is facing you... spread meat loaf mixture over plastice wrap, kind've like a cake
Take you spinach/cheese mixutue, place it at other end, now the idea is to wrap up the spinach mixture so it's in the middle of the meat loaf, (Sorry I'm not good a discribing... You just use the plastic to move the meat loaf, don't obiously wrap it into the loaf..
So now, it's a loaf with spianch/cheese in the middle...
it's in bread pan thingy...
Now you take raw bacon and place over top pf the meat loaf, not lenght ways, but the way you would slice it if it was bread...
So the idea, after it's cooked, bacon shrinks, and you cut like bread the loaf out, each piece/ person gets a piece of bacon...
yummy, this was how I introduced spinnach to hubby, now he likes it

 

[halo]

My local organic farm/chef has a lot of special tricks. He fries a lot of food, but fries it in peanut oil. Says you can get the oil hotter, which is the trick to non-greasy fried foods. He also says you can re-use it, which I didnt realize.

 

[MeatKing]

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We use peanut oil for our deep fried turkery!

 

[halo]

I just love meatloaf, and theres so many great ideas here. I love chopped bell pepper and onion in it, but it does seem to fall apart because of all of that in it (Im pretty generous with it). Ill have to try more bread crumbs next time. But yum!!

 

[peeplessinNC]

My favorite meatloaf recipe is this one from Marcia Adam's Cooking from Amish Country:

1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup Ritz cracker crumbs ( about 3/4 of a sleeve)
3/4 cup grated Swiss cheese, divided
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
2 -3 slices bacon, cut in 1 inch pieces

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, combine evaporated milk, sage, egg, salt, pepper, crumbs, 1/2 cup of the Swiss cheese, onion, and ground beef.
3. Mix until just combined, do not over mix.
4. Pack into loaf pan and arrange bacon strips on top.
5. Bake for 45 minutes.
6. Remove, sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup of Swiss cheese, and return to oven for 10 minutes.
7. Let stand 5-10 minutes.
8. Slice and serve.

Notes from Peepless:

I use my KA mixer to mix both meatloaf and meatball recipes. Put the liquid, crumbs/oatmeal/binder, seasonings, egg(s) and any chopped vegetables in the mixer; blend briefly then let sit a few minutes to hydrate the dry binder/crumbs. Then start adding in the meat (about the size of a large meatball) one portion at a time while the mixer is running on low speed. When all the meat is in, mix on low for 1 minute or less to incorporate all the ingredients. Do not mix on high or for very long! Put in your greased pan, make a free-form loaf on a baking sheet or form your meatballs and bake.

 

[newlyweds]

Here's my fave, made in muffin tins, to cook faster and easy to serve the kiddos.

http://www.newlyweds-blog.com/2009/01/13/mini-meatloaf/