It's been a long time since I added any recipes. I'm still cooking a lot and still trying new recipes, but I'm just not finding the time to post everything. Plus, I've tried some new recipes that were good, but not great, and I don't generally make those a second time. So what would be the point of entering them here?
Anyway, mealtime at our house is stressful, frustrating, miserable, etc. The kids are terrible eaters especially at dinner time. But tonight something wonderful happened. I tried a new recipe. And both kids ate it. All four of us ate the same thing for dinner! It was like a scene out of movie about a happy, functional family.
As usual, I made a few changes to the original. Nothing major. I kept all the same ingredients, but I always add extra of the ingredients that give it a special flavor. In this case it was fresh herbs, onion, and celery. The other change I made was in the chipotle ketchup. I just used the adobo sauce from canned chipotle peppers to keep it from being too spicy for us. I also just used plain ketchup on a section of the meatloaf since my kids don't like spicy (yet). Here it is:
2 ounces applewood smoked bacon
1 pound ground beef
1 small to medium yellow onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup panko
2 small eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon coarse kosher salt
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon ancho chile powder
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup ketchup
1-2 tablespoons adobo sauce from canned chipotle chiles
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat the bottom and sides of a glass bread pan with cooking spray. Pulse the bacon in a food processor until it is coarsely ground. Transfer to a large bowl. Add ground beef and next 13 ingredients (through black pepper). Mix well (I just used my hands). Transfer meat mixture to the prepared bread pan and smooth the top.
Bake the meatloaf for 35 minutes. While meatloaf is baking, mix the ketchup and adobo sauce. Spoon about half the chipotle ketchup on top of the meatloaf and bake an additional 10 minutes. Serve with remaining chipotle ketchup.
Makes 4 generous servings.
