Comfort Food Meatloaf
- 2 pounds ground beef (lean)
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup chopped yellow pepper (can substitute green)
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup tomato ketchup or tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon Kosher or sea salt
- ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon dry basil
- breadcrumbs as needed (I used Italian flavored)
Chop the onion and pepper fine.
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Place the meat in a bowl.
Add all of the ingredients except the bread crumbs.
Mix well. I use my hands. I cannot get meatloaf mixed well with a spoon. Just stick your hand down in there and go at it. When it’s well mixed, it’s going to be wet.
Add the bread crumbs just a few tablespoons at a time until you have a firmer, dryer consistency without it being a hard ball. You just want to touch it without it being sticky.
Place in a loaf pan. Cover with aluminum foil.
Bake for 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 15 minutes or so.
Calories: 410kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 27gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 135mgSodium: 590mgPotassium: 474mgSugar: 2gVitamin A: 105IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 3mg
You can put some ketchup or tomato sauce on the top of the loaf before you bake it. I don’t like it that way as much as without, so I left it out of the recipe.
High in niacin, phosphorus, vitamin B6, and vitamin C, and very high in selenium, vitamin B12, and zinc.
Hallee Bridgeman
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