The Ultimate Guide To Meatloaf

This is a "guide" more than a recipe, a general proportion guide for you to creatively experiment with any meatloaf-style meal.

Using this method you can make BBQ pork meatloaf, South of the Border Meatloaf, Pate a Champagne, and thousands of other varieties. More suggestions below. Experiment! Write down what you tried in case you love it!

Note!!! If you use a more fatty meat, such as Italian Sausage, reduce the amount of fat added or your meatloaf will be a greasy mess. A lower fat protein, like fish, is not recommended.

This is a "guide" more than a recipe, a general proportion guide for you to creatively experiment with any meatloaf-style meal.

Note!!! If you use a more fatty meat, such as Italian Sausage, reduce the amount of fat added or your meatloaf will be a greasy mess. A lower fat protein, like fish, is not recommended.

Cosmo @nibble4bits

Pennsylvania, USA

This is a "guide" more than a recipe, a general proportion guide for you to creatively experiment with any meatloaf-style meal.

Note!!! If you use a more fatty meat, such as Italian Sausage, reduce the amount of fat added or your meatloaf will be a greasy mess. A lower fat protein, like fish, is not recommended.

This is a "guide" more than a recipe, a general proportion guide for you to creatively experiment with any meatloaf-style meal.

Note!!! If you use a more fatty meat, such as Italian Sausage, reduce the amount of fat added or your meatloaf will be a greasy mess. A lower fat protein, like fish, is not recommended.

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 lbMeat (Beef, pork, lamb, veal, chicken, turkey, or ham. Or use a combination. It is possible to make a fantastic meatloaf with cod, scallops, or salmon.)
1/4 cupFat (Butter, raw bacon, pork fat, chicken fat. If your meat is a fatty one such as sausage, consider reducing the amount of fat you add.)
1/4 cupFiller (Bread crumbs, cooked or uncooked rice, finely ground rolled oats, finely ground bulghur wheat)
1egg for Binder (Substitute egg beaters or equivilant egg whites)
1/4 cupsauce (Ketchup, BBQ Sauce) - If you use a strong or salty sauce such as Teriyaki, Hoisin, or Worcestershire you will only need 1 Tablespoon
To taste- Seasoning (Thyme, marjoram, paprika, chili powder, curry powder, fresh ginger, onion Powder, scallion, garlic, Montreal steak)

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Steps

1

Basic Meatloaf
Use beef as your meat, butter as your fat, bread crumbs or rolled oats as your filler, ketchup as your sauce, ground marjoram as your seasoning. Mix everything preferably by hand. Pack into a loaf pan and bake at 350° F until done, it's beginning to brown, and the juices run clear—about 40 minutes.
2

Bacon Meatloaf
Same as Basic Meatloaf substituting bacon that has been processed into a paste instead of butter. This is really incredible.
3

Middle Eastern Meatloaf
Use a mixture of beef and lamb as your meat, butter as your fat, bulghur wheat as your filler, ketchup as your sauce, allspice as your seasoning. Proceed as with the Basic Meatloaf. A few pine nuts are good with this, too.
4

Chicken Teriyaki Meatloaf
Use ground chicken as your meat, butter as your fat, rice as your filler, teriyaki sauce as your sauce, fresh ginger as your seasoning. A mixture of scallions and onions is good. Proceed as with the Basic Meatloaf.