Creole Meatloaf

Title:
Creole Meatloaf

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Meats,
Main
Dishes,
Lamb




Ingredients:





 1 1/2 lb Lean ground beef


   1/2 c  Cooked white rice


   1/2 c  Chopped onion


   1/2 c  Chopped bell pepper


     1 ts Salt


   1/2 ts Crushed thyme (to taste)


     1    Egg


     2 cn Tomato sauce (8 oz size)


     1 tb Cooking oil


   1/2 c  Chopped celery


     1 tb Finely chopped parsley






 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl mix ground beef, rice, onion,


 bell pepper, salt, thyme and eggs. Add 1/2 8-oz can tomato sauce. Blend and


 shape into loaf; place in shallow pan. Bake one hour, pour off fat.


 Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, heat oil and cook sauce over medium heat


 until tender. Stir in remaining 1 1/2 cans tomato sauce and add parsley.


 Simmer over low heat while meatloaf is cooking.  After pouring off the fat


 from the meatloaf, top  with tomato sauce mixture. Return to oven and cook


      10    minutes more.


 


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