Best 9 Meatloaf Pepper Boats Recipes

ONION- AND PEPPER-STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x11-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Cut 3/4 each of onion, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, and yellow bell pepper into thin slices. Dice remaining 1/4 of onion and peppers.
• Mix ground beef, diced onion and peppers, tomato sauce, crushed crackers, brown sugar, egg, Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, olive oil, steak seasoning, garlic, and pepper together in a bowl until well-combined.
• Spread 1/2 of the beef mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top meat with sliced onion and peppers, leaving a 1-inch border. Spread remaining beef mixture over vegetables, tucking in sides to seal vegetables in the center of the meatloaf. Pour ketchup over the top of the meatloaf.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan. Add the onions, thyme, salt, and pepper and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes, until the onions are translucent but not brown. Off the heat, add the Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, and tomato paste. Allow to cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, combine the ground chuck, onion mixture, bread crumbs, and eggs, and mix lightly with a fork. Don't mash or the meat loaf will be dense. Shape the mixture into a rectangular loaf on a sheet pan covered with parchment paper. Spread the ketchup evenly on top. Bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, until the internal temperature is 160 degrees F and the meat loaf is cooked through. (A pan of hot water in the oven, under the meat loaf, will keep the top from cracking.) Serve hot.

MEATLOAF PEPPER BOATS

Steps:

• 1. Cut bell peppers into halves lengthwise, leaving part of stem on, and scoop out seeds and membranes. Preheat oven to 350°.
• 2. Sauté the onion and pepper in the olive oil for about 2 minutes; add garlic and sauté another 2 minutes.
• 3. Mix the meat, sautéed vegetables, seasonings, ketchup, egg and rice in a medium bowl.
• 4. Mix well and pack into the pepper halves, mounding each one like a meatloaf. Place in a baking dish and bake for 30 minutes. Then apply 2 tablespoons extra ketchup to the top of each pepper boat if desired, and continue baking another 15 minutes.
• 5. Peppers are done when meatloaf reaches internal temperature of 160°.

CLASSIC MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Place the carrot, celery, onion, red bell pepper, mushrooms, and garlic in a food processor, and pulse until very finely chopped, almost to a puree. Place the minced vegetables into a large mixing bowl, and mix in ground chuck, Worcestershire sauce, and egg. Add Italian herbs, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Mix gently with a wooden spoon to incorporate vegetables and egg into the meat. Pour in bread crumbs. With your hand, gently mix in the crumbs with your fingertips just until combined, about 1 minute.
• Form the meatloaf into a ball. Pour olive oil into a baking dish and place the ball of meat into the dish. Shape the ball into a loaf, about 4 inches high by 6 inches across.
• Bake in the preheated oven just until the meatloaf is hot, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, ketchup, Dijon mustard, and hot sauce. Stir until the brown sugar has dissolved.
• Remove the meatloaf from the oven. With the back of a spoon, smooth the glaze onto the top of the meatloaf, then pull a little bit of glaze down the sides of the meatloaf with the back of the spoon.
• Return meatloaf to oven, and bake until the loaf is no longer pink inside and the glaze has baked onto the loaf, 30 to 40 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the loaf should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Cooking time will depend on shape and thickness of the meatloaf.

GREEN PEPPER MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the eggs, green peppers, onion, celery leaves, parsley and soup mix. Crumble beef and sausage over the mixture and mix well. Shape into a 12x4-in. loaf. , Place on a rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour. Place bacon strips over top if desired. Bake 45-60 minutes longer or until no pink remains and a thermometer reads 160°.

BELL PEPPER MEAT LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and line a medium baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut ends off peppers and finely chop (minus the stems), then set aside. Remove seeds and slice peppers into 2" thick rings; you should be able to get 2 rings out of each pepper. Place on prepared baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, combine beef with chopped peppers, bread crumbs, egg, Worcestershire sauce, onion, thyme, garlic, and tomato paste. Season with salt and pepper and stir until combined. Fill each pepper ring with meat loaf mixture.
• In a small bowl, whisk together ketchup and brown sugar and brush on tops of meat loaves. Bake for 35 minutes, then top with cheese, and bake 5 to 10 minutes more, or until cheese is melty. Garnish with parsley and serve.

BLACK FOLKS SOUTHERN SOUL FOOD MEATLOAF RECIPE

Steps:

• Season the ground beef with the all-purpose seasoning salt and set it aside.
• Add the sweet ketchup and brown sugar to a small bowl and stir until the sugar dissolves. Set the ketchup mixture aside.
• Open the Instant Pot and turn on the sauté setting for 5 minutes.
• Keep the lid off and add the butter, onion, bell peppers, and garlic to the stainless-steel inner pot.
• Sauté the vegetables in the butter for about 2 minutes or until the onions and peppers have softened.
• Turn off the sauté setting and remove from the heat the inner pot with the onion and pepper mixture.
• In a large bowl, mix the bread crumbs and the milk.
• Then mix in the egg, Worcestershire sauce, onion powder, thyme, basil, parsley, paprika, pepper, and the sautéed vegetables.
• Gently mix the seasoned ground beef into the other ingredients until all the ingredients are well combined. (You can do the mixing by kneading with your hands, stirring by hand, or with a stand mixer on low.)
• Form a loaf with the ground beef meat mixture and place it in a pre-greased loaf pan that fits inside the Instant Pot inner pot. Or place the meatloaf on a piece of greased aluminum foil that you wrap around it like a boat. The foil should come above the meatloaf on all sides but not cover the top of the loaf. Pro tip: You can make multiple little meatloaves and place them side by side or stacked in the Instant Pot. If you have multiple trivet racks, you can use another one as a shelf to stack!
• Spoon or brush the top of the meatloaf with the set-aside ketchup mixture.
• Pour the water into the Instant Pot stainless steel inner pot and add the Instant Pot trivet rack to the pot.
• Place the foil-wrapped meatloaf or meatloaf in a pan on the trivet rack.
• Close the Instant Pot lid (make sure the valve is up - in the position for sealing) and pressure cook on high for 35 minutes.
• When the cooking time is finished, allow a natural pressure release for at least 5 minutes.
• To open the Instant Pot lid, move the valve to 'venting' and manually release any remaining pressure, if applicable.
• Use an oven mitt to remove the meatloaf using the trivet rack handles.
• Remove the meatloaf from the foil or pan, being very careful because the drippings will be hot!
• Optionally garnish your meatloaf with fresh chopped parsley or fresh sprigs of thyme.
• Then slice this Black folks' Southern soul food meatloaf on a platter, serve, and enjoy!

PEPPER JACK MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In large bowl combine the egg, bread crumbs, onion, salt and pepper.
• Crumble beef over mixture and mix well.
• In a 8x4-inch greased pan press half of the beef mixture onto the bottom and halfway up the sides.
• Sprinkle 3/4 of a cup of cheese over meat within 1/2 in of sides.
• Pat remaining beef mixture over cheese.
• Bake uncovered for 50 - 55 minutes.
• Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top and bake for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

ZUCCHINI BOATS

Steps:

• Trim the ends off zucchini. Cut zucchini in half lengthwise; scoop out pulp, leaving 1/2-in. shells. Finely chop pulp. , In a skillet, cook beef, zucchini pulp, onion, mushrooms and peppers over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Remove from the heat. Add 1/2 cup cheese, ketchup, salt and pepper; mix well. Spoon into the zucchini shells. Place in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° until zucchini is tender, 25-30 minutes.