11/15/24, 5:57 PM Easy Meatloaf to Make at Home | Best Meat Loaf Recipe | Ina Garten | Food Network
Meat Loaf
Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten
Show: Barefoot Contessa: Modern Comfort Food Episode: Cooking for Beginners
Level: Easy
Directions:
Total: 1 hr 25 min
Cook: 1 hr 25 min 1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Yield: 6 servings
2 Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan. Add the
Ingredients: onions, thyme, salt, and pepper and cook over medium-
low heat, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes, until the
1 tablespoon good olive oil onions are translucent but not brown. Off the heat, add the Worcestershire sauce, chicken
3 cups chopped yellow onions (3 onions) stock, and tomato paste. Allow to cool slightly.
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
3 In a large bowl, combine the ground chuck, onion mixture, bread crumbs, and eggs, and
2 teaspoons kosher salt
mix lightly with a fork. Don't mash or the meat loaf will be dense. Shape the mixture into
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
a rectangular loaf on a sheet pan covered with parchment paper. Spread the ketchup evenly
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce on top. Bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, until the internal temperature is 160 degrees F and the
1/3 cup canned chicken stock or broth meat loaf is cooked through. (A pan of hot water in the oven, under the meat loaf, will keep
1 tablespoon tomato paste the top from cracking.) Serve hot.
2 1/2 pounds ground chuck (81 percent lean)
1/2 cup plain dry bread crumbs (recommended: Copyright 2010 by Ina Garten. All rights reserved.
Progresso)
2 extra-large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup ketchup (recommended: Heinz)
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