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spicy meatloaf

Not Your Mama's Meatloaf

Dinner Dessert Repeat
This is Not Your Mama's Meatloaf! Packed with mushrooms, green onions, and tomatoes, this meatloaf is moist, flavorful, and topped with a Calabrian tomato paste that gives it just the right amount of kick.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

For the Meatloaf:

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 2 cups cremini mushrooms chopped (about 10 mushrooms)
  • 4 stalks green onions chopped
  • 1 small roma tomato chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • ½ c bread crumbs pro-tip, use extra bread and grind in blender or food processor
  • ¼ c milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ teaspoon flaky sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground pepper about 8-10 pepper grinds
  • ¼ c parmesan cheese shredded any hard cheese like parmesan or romano will work as well
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

For the Topping:

  • 8 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 2 teaspoon calabrian chili paste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a small bowl, combine the bread crumbs and milk to soak, set aside. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a baking sheet and set aside.
  • Chop the mushrooms into small pieces, mince the garlic, chop the green onions and tomato, set aside. In a small bowl combine the tomato paste with the calabrian chili paste, set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the ground beef, chopped mushrooms, green onions, tomato, garlic cloves, eggs, sea salt, ground pepper, parmesan cheese and bread crumb mixture. Mix the ingredients with your hands until fully combined.
  • Place the beef mixture on the sheet pan and form into a rectangle. This mixture should cover the length of the sheet pan, shape the mixture as evenly as possible to ensure even cooking.
  • Next add half of the tomato paste mixture and spread into an even layer over the meatloaf. Place in the oven and cook until the internal temperature is 160°F about 45-50 minutes.
  • The meatloaf will have quite a bit of runoff liquid on the sheet pan from the mushrooms and tomatoes, this is normal, you can discard the liquid when serving.
  • Let the meatloaf rest for about 5 minutes. Add the rest of the tomato paste mixture evenly on top and enjoy!
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