Mini BBQ (Or Not) Meat Loaves With Smashed Blue Cheese Potatoes
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Recipe: #26213
June 11, 2017
Categories: Comfort Food, Dinner, Lunch, Main Dish, Meatloaf, Side Dishes, Beef, Ground Beef, Pork, Pork Sausage, Vegetables, Potatoes, Southern, Kid Pleaser, Quick Meals, Sunday Dinner, Weeknight Meals, Oven Bake, Stove Top, Make it from scratch more
"Cooking the meat loaf in muffin tins decreases the cooking time, making them much easier to make on a weeknight. Plus they are cute and fun! Make an indentation with your thumb in the center of each meatloaf to keep them from shrinking and drying out."
Ingredients
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- FOR MINI MEAT LOAVES
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (354.2 g)
- Calories 611.8
- Total Fat - 41 g
- Saturated Fat - 14.9 g
- Cholesterol - 308.2 mg
- Sodium - 1125.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 32.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.6 g
- Sugars - 11.1 g
- Protein - 27.2 g
- Calcium - 163.1 mg
- Iron - 3.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 12 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°.
Step 2
For the Potatoes:
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Place the potatoes in a medium saucepan filled with water. Bring to a boil; cook 15 minutes or until tender. Drain.While the potatoes are cooking, mix the meat loaf ingredients.
Step 4
Return the potatoes to the pan. Add the buttermilk (or milk and sour cream), salt, garlic powder, and cheese; mash with a potato masher to desired consistency. Keep warm. (You can do this while the mini meat loaves bake.)
Step 5
For the Mini Meat Loaves:
Step 6
Coat 8 muffin cups with cooking spray.
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Combine sausage, sirloin, carrot, green onions, panko, black pepper, and egg in a large bowl, stirring just until combined.
Step 8
Divide the sausage mixture evenly among the prepared muffin cups. Make a 1/2-inch deep indentation in the center of each meat loaf. Top each meat loaf with 2 teaspoons barbecue sauce (optional).
Step 9
Bake at 350° for 15 to 20 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in the center registers 160°.
Tips & Variations
- Cooking spray
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