Dutchs Easy Easy Meatloaf Recipes

DUTCH'S EASY-EASY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• 1. Make a Meatloaf to your favorite recipe, omitting any bread or cracker crumbs.
• 2. Crush the pork rinds in a Ziplock bag w/ a rolling pin until they're coarse powder.
• 3. Substitute the crushed pork rind for whatever you used as your binder. Same consistency as what you normally make.
• 4. Either bake it in an oven or do as I did, use a greased stoneware Bundt pan and into the microwave for 15~17min on high, checking at the 3/4 mark for doneness. You can use a food thermometer or an old Chef's trick if you like. Stick a BBQ stick/skewer into the center and quickly put it under your lower lip. If it's HOT, you're most likely done. You can always stick it back in for a minute or two.
• 5. The reason for this method? I have a buddy that loves meatloaf. He does NOT like breading or crackers of any kind in it. I told him "You HAVE to have some binder to help it hold together". I agonized and then a light bulb flashed!!! :-) You can't tell that pork rind is in there. Holds well and slices fine for those wonderful fried in butter thin slices for sandwiches the next day. So your arteries scream! So WHAT! :-)

DUTCH MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Using a large spoon, combine onion, 8-oz tomato sauce, breadcrumbs, egg, salt, and pepper.
• Add ground beef, mixing with hands.
• Form into a loaf and place into a casserole dish, preferrably one with a lid. I like to poke a few holes into the top of the loaf so some of the sauce can get down into the loaf itself.
• In a bowl, whisk together water, 8-oz tomato sauce, mustard, brown sugar, and vinegar.
• Pour half of the mixture over the loaf. Cover the casserole dish with the lid, and bake the meatloaf for 1 1/2 hours. Baste at least once.
• Pour the remaining mixture into a saucepan and bring to a simmer, allow sauce to reduce until about as thick as tomato sauce. This takes about 20 minutes.
• Allow meatloaf to cool for 10 minutes before slicing. Pour thickened sauce over slices to serve.

DUTCH MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Meal loaf:.
• In a medium bowl, mix ground beef, onion, and egg together. Add the milk soaked bread crumbs, salt and pepper, then the tomato sauce to the meat mixture and lightly blend together.
• Form into a loaf. Place in a shallow pan.
• Bake in a moderate oven set at 350 degrees.
• Sauce Mixture:.
• Immediately begin mixing the sauce ingredients in a smaller bowl. Combine well.
• Pour over meat loaf.
• Continue baking 1 1/2 hours longer, basting occasionally.

DUTCH MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Mix meat, breadcrumbs, 1/2 tomato sauce, egg, salt & pepper.
• Shape into loaf.
• Combine remaining ingredients with 1/2 tomato sauce.
• Pour over meat.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 75 minutes.