Buffalo Meatloaf Recipes

ELLEN'S BUFFALO MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Crumble the bread slice into crumbs and set aside. Grease an 8x8 inch baking dish.
• Thoroughly mix ground buffalo meat, onion, egg, ground mustard, tomatoes, salt, pepper, and bread crumbs in a large bowl.
• Form the meat mixture into a loaf shape about 8x4 inches and place into the middle of the baking dish. Apply ketchup to the top and sides of the meatloaf.
• Bake in preheated oven until meat is no longer pink and ketchup forms a glaze over the meatloaf, 1 1/2 hours. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

BISON MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a large baking dish; set aside.
• Place 1/2 pound ground bison, 1 piece of yellow pepper, 1 piece of red pepper, 1 piece of onion, 1 1/2 teaspoons rosemary, 1 1/2 teaspoons sage, 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano, and 1/2 clove garlic in the bowl of a food processor; process until well combined. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Repeat process three more times with remaining bison, peppers, onion, rosemary, sage, oregano, and garlic.
• Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to bowl with bison mixture and season with salt and pepper; mix until well combined. Using your hands, form bison mixture into a loaf and place in prepared baking dish. Transfer to oven and bake for 30 minutes.
• Add chicken stock, wine, and tomatoes to baking dish; bake, basting with juices every 15 minutes, until meatloaf is firm to the touch and pan juices are bubbly, about 1 hour more.
• Let meatloaf stand 5 minutes before slicing and serving with pan juices.

BUFFALO BLUE CHEESE MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Add beef; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into an 8x4-in. loaf in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish., Bake 20 minutes. Spread wing sauce over top; sprinkle with cheese. Bake until a thermometer reads 160°, 20-30 minutes longer. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.

BACON-WRAPPED BUFFALO MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-heat. Cook and stir chopped bacon in hot butter until almost crisp, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Pulse onion, carrot, celery, red bell pepper, poblano pepper, mushrooms, and garlic in a food processor until finely chopped. Add vegetable mixture and rosemary to bacon in the skillet; cook and stir until vegetables soften and sweeten, about 5 minutes.
• Mix vegetable mixture, bread crumbs, and milk together in a bowl. Let cool to room temperature. Stir egg, salt, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, and cayenne pepper into vegetable mixture. Add buffalo meat to vegetable mixture and mix with your hands until well-blended.
• Turn meat mixture out into prepared baking dish and shape into a 9x5x3-inch meatloaf. Lay bacon strips crosswise over the top of the meatloaf, tucking in ends of bacon under the loaf.
• Whisk rice vinegar, brown sugar, and mustard together in a bowl until glaze is smooth.
• Bake meatloaf in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Brush glaze over loaf and continue baking until no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 155 degrees F (68 degrees C). Cool for 10 minutes before slicing.

BISON MEAT LOAF #1 (BUFFALO)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Using your hands works best.
• Spray a shallow, oval casserole dish or small roasting pan with Pam.
• Pat meat mixture into dish/pan.
• Lightly spray top of loaf with Pam.
• Bake for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours.
• Can be served as is or with Italian-style sauce.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 8x4- or 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix all ingredients except Buffalo wing sauce. Add 1/4 cup of the Buffalo wing sauce; mix well to combine. Press mixture in pan.
• Bake uncovered 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until meat thermometer inserted in center of loaf reads at least 165°F. Carefully drain meatloaf. Let stand 10 minutes. Pour remaining 1/4 cup Buffalo wing sauce over loaf before slicing.

BUFFALO (BISON) SLOW-COOKER MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Mince onions in food processor, if available, if not just chop very finely. Do the same to mushrooms.
• Add everything except meat together in a bowl. Combine gently. Add meat and combine well with hands.
• Place 4 (will vary with size of slow-cooker) crumples of aluminum foil in bottom of slow-cooker. Then make an X with 2 four inch wide (will vary with size of slow-cooker) sections of foil. The crumples will keep the meatloaf from sitting in the drippings (fat) and the foil X will assist in getting the meatloaf out of the slow-cooker.
• Shape meat mixture into a loaf (rectangley with a rounded-ish top works just fine ;] ). Place in slow-cooker on top of foil X. Squeeze ketchup in horizontal stripes across top of meatloaf until generously covered. If ketchup drips down sides that's good too. Sprinkle with basil (I used oregano) for garnish. See attached photo.
• Cook in slow-cooker for 4-5 hours on HIGH setting or 6-8 hours on LOW setting. Slice in middle and if no longer pink meatloaf is done.
• Slice into 12-14 servings at 3/4 inch thick. Serve with green veggies such as broccoli.
• Meatloaf is an easy to adapt to any taste, for example, omitting onions and mushrooms. Red, yellow, orange or green peppers would all go nicely. Turkey can be used as well instead of Buffalo or Beef. I would use less onion/mushrooms with Turkey as to not overpower the natural taste of the meat. Also, other sauces can be substituted for ketchup depending on the outcome you'd like to have. BBQ sauce or even a mixture of A1 and honey would be good. I also had the thought of making a loaf of just onions, mushrooms, breadcrumbs and the rest omitting the meat all together. Some research would be needed for cooking temp and time but I imagine it would be a delicious vegetarian alternative :)
• Happy cooking and enjoy!

BUFFALO MEATLOAF WITH SPINACH AND ROASTED BABY POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Toss potatoes with 1 tablespoon oil in medium bowl. Place on 13x9-inch rimmed baking sheet or roasting pan. Sprinkle with salt. Roast 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons oil in medium skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and onion; sauté until mushrooms are beginning to brown and onion is translucent, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat; mix in sage and thyme. Cool slightly.
• Mix buffalo, mushroom mixture, egg, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, panko, salt, and pepper in large bowl. Push potatoes to sides of baking sheet; shape buffalo mixture into 6x3-inch loaf in center of sheet. Roast 30 minutes. Combine 1/4 cup tomato sauce and red pepper in small bowl. Pour over top of meatloaf. Roast 20 minutes longer. Remove from oven; let rest while preparing spinach.
• Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil and garlic in large pot over medium-high heat. Add spinach, and toss until wilted, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt. Slice meatloaf; serve potatoes and spinach alongside.
• *Available in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets and at Asian markets.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients; stir in 3/4 cup cheese. Add chicken; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into an 8x4-in. loaf on a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Arrange bacon over top., For glaze, in a small bowl, mix wing sauce, mustard and honey; spoon over meat loaf. Bake until a thermometer reads 165°, 45-50 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining blue cheese and, if desired, additional celery. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

BUFFALO MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Soak breadcrumbs in milk until milk is absorbed.
• Beat eggs slightly, add in with breadcrumb mixture. Add ground meat, diced onion, salt, pepper and sage. Combine well.
• Grease loaf pan, pack mixture lightly into pan.
• Combine brown sugar, catsup, nutmeg and dry mustard for sauce and spread over top of loaf.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.
• Drain off any liquids (if any).
• Turn out of pan. Let sit for a few minutes, slice to serve.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATLOAF

Steps:

• For the sauce: Whisk together the ketchup and hot sauce in a small bowl and set aside.
• For the meatloaf: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• Melt the butter in a medium saute pan over medium-high heat. Once melted, saute the celery and onion until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer the mixture, with the drippings, to a large bowl. Add the hot sauce to the bowl and stir to combine. Add the chicken, blue cheese, salt, pepper, eggs and 1 1/2 cups of the panko and mix until well combined.
• Press the mixture into the prepared loaf pan, pressing more in the center of the loaf to create a divot. This will allow the meatloaf to bake evenly and not create a mound after it is baked. Spread the sauce over the top of the meatloaf. Mix the Parmesan with 1/2 cup of the panko and sprinkle the mixture on top of the sauce. Bake until the center is set and the top is golden brown, 45 minutes to an hour. Let rest about 15 minutes before cutting to serve.
• Meanwhile, toast the remaining 1/4 cup panko in a dry pan until lightly golden and set aside.
• Garnish the meatloaf slices with the toasted panko and chopped celery leaves.