Meatloaf
- Nutrition Facts
- Calories: 159
- Protein: 15.3
- Fats: 5.1
- Carbohydrates: 11.8
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- Time: 1 hour 30 mins
- By: Irjkf
- Ratings 4
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The burgers are the most traditional dish made of minced meat. But in Europe, and especially in the United States a meat loaf is often prepared of minced meat. It is usually prepared in the baking dish used for bread and cakes. Meatloaf actually resembles a loaf of bread, but it tastes like meat dish: tasty, nutritious and healthy. So, today HozOboz will tell you how to cook meatloaf.
The origin of the meatloaf
The meatloaf is one of the most popular dishes in the USA but it has European roots. In particular, the archetype of meatloaf was mentioned in the famous collection of Roman recipes «Apicius», which, by the way, is written at the end of forth or at the beginning of fifth century. Meatloaf is also a traditional dish in Germany and Belgium, closely related to the famous Dutch meatballs. Moreover, there is another Bavarian meatloaf recipe which HozOboz will soon prepare for you.
The meatloaf is called Faschierter Braten in Austria and it’s wrapped in bacon or bacon just as in Denmark. In Czech Republic they bake it together with boiled eggs and gherkins. Boiled eggs are also used in Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary, Israel and many others. They provide extremely delicious meatloaf with egg. There exist one more meatloaf recipe in the Middle East which is made of mutton or beef and with the great amount of parsley.
One of the most fascinating way of cooking meatloaf derives from Philippines where it’s wrapped into the banana leaves and steamed. Moreover, meatloaf has been one of the most popular dishes in South Africa for centuries. There, it’s usually cooked with dried apricots, almonds and curry. Such meatloaf is slightly sweet.
American meatloaf is also very particular: the first settlers from Pennsylvania were the first to cook it. However, meatloaf first appeared in American cookbooks only at the end of the nineteenth century. Today there are as many recipes for this dish that it's almost impossible to cook all of them. For example, slow cooker meatloaf recipe. Why not? But today HozOboz offers nearly traditional recipe of meat loaf with photos. Why nearly? Soon you find out.
Health benefits of meatloaf
Meat Loaf - is a dish of forcemeat to which you add the beaten eggs (often only the whites), breadcrumbs and spices. These will include the basic variant. HozOboz offers you an improved version where we will use oatmeal instead of breadcrumbs. These contain a vast variety of energizing carbohydrates, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, fiber, proteins, etc. However, we are told about the benefits of oatmeal since childhood and now we repeat them to our children. So, if children don’t enjoy an oatmeal, try meatloaf with oatmeal - they will definitely love it. Besides, a lot of useful features are concentrated in the chicken fillet used in this recipe.
This is the most valuable part of the chicken since there is no other that meat can not compete on the amount of protein in it. Moreover, the chicken protein consists of amino acids for as much as 92%, and without them human body can not operate normally. Chicken breast meat contains not only a lot of protein and phosphorus, vitamin B, H, PP, but sulfur, magnesium, chromium, zinc, cobalt and other healthy elements as well. Now, having figured out that the meat loaf recipe for today is a very healthy dish, HozOboz wants you to get it started immediately.
Ingredients needed to cook a meatloaf
- 2/3 glass of oatmeal
- 1/3 glass of milk
- 1/3 glass of tomato sauce + 2 tablespoons for greasing
- 2 pcs. of chicken breast (550-600 grams each)
- 1/2 pf grated carrots
- 2 egg whites
- half an onion
- 1/2 glass of grated cheese
- 1/3 teaspoons of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
- other spices
The preparation of meatloaf
- Cut the chicken breast into slices.
Cut the chicken breast into slices.
- Put the chicken through a meat grinder.
Put the chicken through a meat grinder.
- Pour the oatmeal with milk. Leave it for 5-7 minutes. You’d better use fine-grained flakes, although this is not essential.
Pour the oatmeal with milk. Leave it for 5-7 minutes. You’d better use fine-grained flakes, although this is not essential.
- Grate carrots.
Grate carrots.
- Add the carrots to the forcemeat and mix them.
Add the carrots to the forcemeat and mix them.
- Now, add the flakes to the minces meat and whip everything.
Now, add the flakes to the minces meat and whip everything.
- Cut the onion finely.
Cut the onion finely.
- Add the onion to the forcemeat and mix one more time.
Add the onion to the forcemeat and mix one more time.
- Then add tomato sauce to the meat and mix all the contents. It’s recommended to use spicy tomato sauce.
Then add tomato sauce to the meat and mix all the contents. It’s recommended to use spicy tomato sauce.
- Slightly whip the egg whites.
Slightly whip the egg whites.
- Add the whites to the forcemeat, season it with salt and pepper, add some spices. (HozOboz recommends you to use dried or fresh herbs).
Add the whites to the forcemeat, season it with salt and pepper, add some spices. (HozOboz recommends you to use dried or fresh herbs).
- Grate some cheese.
Grate some cheese.
- Add the cheese to the minces meat.
Add the cheese to the minces meat.
- That’s how your forcemeat should look like now. There are only fe steps left and you’ll finish cooking the meatloaf the recipe with photos of which we preapeperd for you today.
That’s how your forcemeat should look like now. There are only fe steps left and you’ll finish cooking the meatloaf the recipe with photos of which we preapeperd for you today.
- Lay the forcemeat in a rectangular bread pan. Don’t forget to lay it with parchment.
Lay the forcemeat in a rectangular bread pan. Don’t forget to lay it with parchment.
- Having lived the forcemeat, grease surface with tomato sauce.
Having lived the forcemeat, grease surface with tomato sauce.
- Bake your meatloaf at 400F for 35-40 minutes.
Bake your meatloaf at 400F for 35-40 minutes.
- Take the dish out of the oven and leave it for 10 minutes. Then take it out of them pan and it’s ready to serve either chilled or hot.
Take the dish out of the oven and leave it for 10 minutes. Then take it out of them pan and it’s ready to serve either chilled or hot.
- Now at this amazing photo of meatloaf we have now!
Now at this amazing photo of meatloaf we have now!
Today we cooked a delicious meatloaf the recipe of which is the key element of cookbooks all around the world. For someone this is bavarian meatloaf, someone goes for English way. But HozOboz is sure that our current recipe will definitely go right to your personal recipe journal.
