My (famous) Mouthwatering Meatloaf-Part One

This is always a big hit with my Shabbos Guests. The secret is carmelizing the onions and garlic before mixing it into the mixture. Also, slow cook this meatloaf and it will stay really moist.

This a meat dish. Substitute firm tofu, blended, for ground chicken to make this a pareve or vegetarian dish.


Ingredients:


1.25 Pounds of Ground Chicken (Ground meat, ground turkey, or firm tofu may also be used)
2 Eggs
3-4 Green Onions
3 medium size yellow onions
4-5 cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground salt (sea salt preferred)
Ground pepper, to taste
1 1/2 cups finely ground bread crumbs
1/2-3/4 cups salsa
1/2 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon olive oil or cooking spray


How To:

1. Peel, chop and rinse garlic
2. Peel, chop, and rinse onion
3. Take garlic, and then onion, and place in mini food processor to finely chop
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
5. Heat large frying pan on stove
6. Saute garlic and onion
7. Remove chicken from packaging and place in a large bowl
8. Pound chicken out
9. Add 1 teaspoon each of garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley and salt.
11. Add pinch of ground pepper
12. Mix together
13. Ground challah roll halves in mini food processor, or against grater
14. Add bread crumbs to onions and garlic
15. Saute mixture until brown
16. Add Sauteed bread crumbs, onions, garlic to center of meat in bowl
17. Knead entire mixture together
18. Use olive oil or non-stick no-cal spray and grease meatloaf pan
19. Place meat mixture in center of loaf pan and spread out evenly
20. Top with a layer of ketchup
21. Add 1/2-3/4 cup of salsa and blend in with ketchup
20. Place entire loaf in preheated oven
21. Boil egg (7 minutes)
22. Cook loaf for 45 minutes
23. Remove from oven
24. Rinse egg and let cool for 5 minutes
25. Slice egg in nice round slices
26. Slice green onions into quarters
27. Place sliced eggs in center of loaf
28. Place green onions on sides
29. Sprinkle on paprika and parsley
30. Place back in oven for additional 10-15 minutes
31. Take out of oven and serve