Shortage Meatloaf

Submitted by pantry shortage

"Flavorful meatloaf without the cost of buying extra ingredients. Use what you have on hand. The priciest items would be the Beef and the dry Onion Soup packet. You could try it with Ground Turkey."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 meat loaf
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef (leanest you can get)
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) packet onion soup mix
• 4 slices soft bread
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup ketchup

directions

1. Tear soft bread into very small peices and toss into mixer. Add dry onion soup packet, and 1/4 cup flour. Run the mixer on medium to high until you have fine soft bread crumbs. This only takes a few minutes , and is the key to getting the loaf right. The crumbs may dry out a bit, this is desired. Add the beef, dry mustard, salt, pepper, and eggs into the mixture. Blend well until you have a dough-ish ball for the loaf. Press the meat mixture into a loaf pan, with a large indentation lengthwise down the middle of the loaf. Bake on 420 degrees F. for 34- 40 minutes or until loaf appears quite done. Drain off the loaf, the indentation may have collected some grease be sure to drain this off. Pour ketchup down the " ditch" or the indentation of the loaf, and return to the oven for about 8 minutes. The ketchup will have congealed a bit. Let the loaf rest a few minutes before serving.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

Another one of those recipes I made to share with a neighbor couple, & I did use some homemade cranberry ketchup instead of the store-bought stuff! Other than that the recipe was followed, & everyone thought the meatloaf was wonderful! Firm enough for meatloaf sandwiches the next day! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in this fall's round of Pick A Chef]