Good Eats Meatloaf

Recipe courtesy of Alton Brown

6 ounces garlic-flavored croutons

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 onion, roughly chopped

1 carrot, peeled and broken

3 whole cloves garlic

1/2 red bell pepper

18 ounces ground chuck

18 ounces ground sirloin

1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1 egg

For the glaze:

1/2 cup catsup

1 teaspoon ground cumin

Dash Worcestershire sauce

Dash hot pepper sauce

1 tablespoon honey

Directions

Heat oven to 325 degrees F.

In a food processor bowl, combine croutons, black pepper, cayenne pepper, chili powder, and thyme. Pulse until the mixture is of a fine texture. Place this mixture into a large bowl. Combine the onion, carrot, garlic, and red pepper in the food processor bowl. Pulse until the mixture is finely chopped, but not pureed. Combine the vegetable mixture, ground sirloin, and ground chuck with the bread crumb mixture. Season the meat mixture with the kosher salt. Add the egg and combine thoroughly, but avoid squeezing the meat.

Pack this mixture into a 10-inch loaf pan to mold the shape of the meatloaf. Onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, turn the meatloaf out of the pan onto the center of the tray. Insert a temperature probe at a 45 degree angle into the top of the meatloaf. Avoid touching the bottom of the tray with the probe. Set the probe for 155 degrees.

Combine the catsup, cumin, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce and honey. Brush the glaze onto the meatloaf after it has been cooking for about 10 minutes

I gonna make it for dinner tonight...

In Meat Loaf?

GAK!

You gonna put beans in it too?

nope...

No beans, but maybe some GAK!

Ground chuck

Ground pork

No carrots.

1 med onion

1 red bell pepper

3 cloves garlic

For glaze I use

Brown sugar dissolved in balsamic vinegar then add molasses hot sauce and catsup. I don't add it untill the last 10 min of bake time, then turn the broiler on just enough to give it some color.

I usually put carrots in mine as well...........although they are very finely diced or more often, shredded.

Also I like to sweat the minced veggies (carrots, celery, peppers, onion, garlic) briefly in hot oil (then add them & the oil to the mix).

I like a ground beef/ground pork/ground lamb (if it's cheap) mixture and mashed ritz crackers instead of plain breadcrumbs.

Dude,

How was it?

fret

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Pack this mixture into a 10-inch loaf pan to mold the shape of the meatloaf. Onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, turn the meatloaf out of the pan onto the center of the tray.