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Tapia Family's Meatloaf

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Recipe Summary Tapia Family's Meatloaf

My family kept turning up their noses at my meatloaf. I tried several recipes in hopes of finding one that they would all like. They told it was just too darn plain for their taste. I tried adding oatmeal or rice instead of dry bread crumbs, adding different kinds of veggies, I used canned tomatoes, or ketchup, or tomato paste, or different styles of tomato sauce, even different spices until I came up with this one. When I saw all plates clean and being asked for more, I knew I had found the one they liked and the keeper for our family.

Ingredients | Family Meal Planner Ideas

2 pounds ground beef

1 (7.75 ounce) can Mexican-style hot tomato sauce

2 eggs

1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix

¾ cup dry bread crumbs

¼ cup diced green chiles

2 teaspoons garlic and herb seasoning blend (such as Mrs. Dash®)

1 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Mix ground beef, Mexican-style tomato sauce, eggs, onion soup mix, bread crumbs, green chiles, garlic and herb seasoning, and garlic powder in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Place mixture into a large loaf pan and shape into a loaf.

Bake in the preheated oven until meatloaf is no longer pink inside and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the middle of the loaf shows at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), about 1 hour.

I sometimes will even use 1/2 cup of grated carrots as well when I use bell peppers instead of canned diced green chiles. If I use bell pepper, I will also make up an envelope of brown gravy that I have added 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms to as well. Use all ground beef or 1 pound beef and 1 pound ground pork.

I save a little tomato sauce (1/4 cup tomato sauce) to pour on top in the last 15 minutes of baking if I not going to make a brown gravy to serve with it.

Info | Family Meal Planner Ideas

prep: 15 mins cook: 1 hr total: 1 hr 15 mins Servings: 8 Yield: 8 servings

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World Cuisine, Latin American, Mexican,