Halloween Bloody Baked Rats With Oozy Guts

Niki Freeman
Niki Freeman @nikifreeman
Florida

Halloween inspired mini meatloaves shaped like rats with cheese in the middle and baked in tomato sauce!

This is a fun, inexpensive, creepy Halloween entree that will gross out and impress your dinner guests. When you cut the rat open, gooey cheese will come oozing out. Garnished with a spaghetti noodle tail, carrot ears and pea eyes, these pests are sure to be a devilishly delectable dinner.
#nikicuisine #halloween

Halloween Bloody Baked Rats With Oozy Guts

Halloween inspired mini meatloaves shaped like rats with cheese in the middle and baked in tomato sauce!

This is a fun, inexpensive, creepy Halloween entree that will gross out and impress your dinner guests. When you cut the rat open, gooey cheese will come oozing out. Garnished with a spaghetti noodle tail, carrot ears and pea eyes, these pests are sure to be a devilishly delectable dinner.
#nikicuisine #halloween

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Ingredients

1.5 hours
4-8 (8 rats)
  1. 2 lbsground beef
  2. 1/2onion, chopped
  3. 1egg, beaten
  4. 1 cupdry bread crumbs
  5. 1 (1.25 ounce)packet meatloaf seasoning mix
  6. 1 cupcubed Cheddar cheese
  7. 3 (10 ounce)cans tomato sauce
  8. 1 cupwhite sugar
  9. 1 tablespoonWorcestershire sauce
  10. 1 ounceuncooked spaghetti, broken into fourths
  11. 1/2carrot, cut into 1/8-inch thick slices
  12. 1 tablespoonfrozen green peas
  13. 4black olives, halved (optional)

Cooking Instructions

1.5 hours
  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. 2

    In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, onion, egg, bread crumbs, and meatloaf seasoning. Use your hands to mix until well blended.

  3. 3

    Divide meat mixture into 8 portions. Mold each portion around a cube of cheese like a meatball. Shape into a point at one end and lengthen the body a bit by rolling between your hands. Place your ''rat'' into a shallow baking dish, and continue with the remaining meat to make a total of 8 rats. Insert pieces of uncooked spaghetti into the rounded end of the rats to make tails.

  4. 4

    In a medium bowl, stir together the tomato sauce, sugar and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over the rats in the dish and cover the dish with a lid or aluminum foil.

  5. 5

    Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven. Uncover the dish and continue to bake for another 20 to 30 minutes, basting occasionally with the sauce to glaze the rats.

  6. 6

    While the rats finish baking, heat the peas and carrots in a small bowl in the microwave for about 15 seconds.

  7. 7

    Carefully transfer the rats to a serving platter so that their delicate tails don't fall off. Press peas into the pointy end to make eyes, and insert carrot slices to make ears. If using, press half a black olive onto the pointed end to make a snout. Spoon some of the tomato sauce around them and serve.

  8. 8

    Serving suggestion: line serving platter with a bed of straw (cooked spaghetti) and place the bloody rats on top! Drip some of the tomato sauce on the spaghetti.

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Niki Freeman
Niki Freeman @nikifreeman
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A home cook with a passion for cooking and creating in my kitchen. I enjoy making soups, curries, stir-fries, pasta dishes, English roast dinners and the challenge of creating new meals using whatever is in the fridge and pantry. Asian, Indian, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines are among my favorites. Anything spicy. I prefer savory over sweet and rarely eat desserts. Avid collector of recipe books and dishes!http://www.instagram.com/nikifreemanhttp://www.facebook.com/nikicuisine
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Cat Day
Cat Day @cook_26941336
I bet it tastes good but I might not want to show my guinea pig this lol😂

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