Slow-Cooker Meat Loaf

A hearty, tender meat loaf made with lean ground beef and pork sausage, slow-cooked to perfection and topped with a sweet and tangy ketchup glaze.

american

Nutrition

Provides high protein from lean beef and pork with moderate fat and carbohydrates, though relatively high in sodium from processed ingredients and condiments.

18% of daily energy
12 g
Carbs
18 g
Total fat
24 g
Protein
Egg FreeNut FreePeanut FreeSesame FreeShellfish FreeSoy Free

This information is AI-estimated and percentages are of an average adult's recommended daily intake. For the most accurate details, please rely on product packaging. Always consult your doctor for professional dietary advice.


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Slow-Cooker Meat Loaf

Taste of Home (Lindsay D. Mattison)

8

servings

0

per serve

0

minutes

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Ingredients
Tomato Sauce
0.5 cup Tomato Sauce
Eggs
2 large Eggs lightly beaten
Ketchup
0.25 cup Ketchup
Worcestershire Sauce
1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
Onion
1 small Onion chopped
Saltines
0.333 cup Saltines crushed; about 10 crackers
Garlic
0.75 teaspoon Garlic minced
Seasoned Salt
0.25 teaspoon Seasoned Salt
Seasoned Pepper
0.125 teaspoon Seasoned Pepper
Lean Ground Beef
1.5 pound Lean Ground Beef 90% lean
Reduced-fat Bulk Pork Sausage
0.5 pound Reduced-fat Bulk Pork Sausage
SAUCE
SAUCE
Ketchup
0.5 cup Ketchup
Brown Sugar
3 tablespoon Brown Sugar
Ground Mustard
0.75 teaspoon Ground Mustard
Ground Nutmeg
0.25 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg

Equipment
Slow Cooker

Slow Cooker

Aluminum Foil

Aluminum Foil

Large bowl

Large bowl

Small bowl

Small bowl

Meat Thermometer

Meat Thermometer

Cooking spray

Cooking spray


Instructions
1
Prepare the slow cooker
Cut three 25x3-inch strips of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Crisscross the strips so they resemble the spokes of a wheel. Place inside a 4- or 5-quart slow cooker with the foil strips running up the cooker sides. Coat the strips with cooking spray.
2
Mix the meat loaf
In a large bowl, combine the tomato sauce, eggs, ketchup, Worcestershire, onion, saltines, garlic, salt and pepper. Crumble the ground beef and bulk pork sausage over the mixture, and mix lightly but thoroughly (the mixture will be moist). Shape the meat mixture into a loaf. Place the meat loaf on the center of the strips in the slow cooker.
3
Make the meat loaf sauce
In a small bowl, combine the ketchup, brown sugar, ground mustard and nutmeg.
4
Slow-cook the meat loaf
Spoon the meat loaf sauce over the loaf. Cover and cook on low for three to four hours, until no pink remains and a thermometer inserted into the thickest portion of the loaf reads 160°. Using the foil strips as handles, remove the meat loaf, and transfer to a platter.
Slow-Cooker Meat Loaf

Slow-Cooker Meat Loaf

Taste of Home (Lindsay D. Mattison)

8

servings

0

per serve

0

minutes

A hearty, tender meat loaf made with lean ground beef and pork sausage, slow-cooked to perfection and topped with a sweet and tangy ketchup glaze.

american
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Ingredients
Tomato Sauce
0.5 cup Tomato Sauce
Eggs
2 large Eggs lightly beaten
Ketchup
0.25 cup Ketchup
Worcestershire Sauce
1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
Onion
1 small Onion chopped
Saltines
0.333 cup Saltines crushed; about 10 crackers
Garlic
0.75 teaspoon Garlic minced
Seasoned Salt
0.25 teaspoon Seasoned Salt
Seasoned Pepper
0.125 teaspoon Seasoned Pepper
Lean Ground Beef
1.5 pound Lean Ground Beef 90% lean
Reduced-fat Bulk Pork Sausage
0.5 pound Reduced-fat Bulk Pork Sausage
SAUCE
SAUCE
Ketchup
0.5 cup Ketchup
Brown Sugar
3 tablespoon Brown Sugar
Ground Mustard
0.75 teaspoon Ground Mustard
Ground Nutmeg
0.25 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg

Equipment
Slow Cooker

Slow Cooker

Aluminum Foil

Aluminum Foil

Large bowl

Large bowl

Small bowl

Small bowl

Meat Thermometer

Meat Thermometer

Cooking spray

Cooking spray


Instructions
1
Prepare the slow cooker
Cut three 25x3-inch strips of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Crisscross the strips so they resemble the spokes of a wheel. Place inside a 4- or 5-quart slow cooker with the foil strips running up the cooker sides. Coat the strips with cooking spray.
2
Mix the meat loaf
In a large bowl, combine the tomato sauce, eggs, ketchup, Worcestershire, onion, saltines, garlic, salt and pepper. Crumble the ground beef and bulk pork sausage over the mixture, and mix lightly but thoroughly (the mixture will be moist). Shape the meat mixture into a loaf. Place the meat loaf on the center of the strips in the slow cooker.
3
Make the meat loaf sauce
In a small bowl, combine the ketchup, brown sugar, ground mustard and nutmeg.
4
Slow-cook the meat loaf
Spoon the meat loaf sauce over the loaf. Cover and cook on low for three to four hours, until no pink remains and a thermometer inserted into the thickest portion of the loaf reads 160°. Using the foil strips as handles, remove the meat loaf, and transfer to a platter.

dinnermain courseslow cookerfamily friendly

Nutrition

Provides high protein from lean beef and pork with moderate fat and carbohydrates, though relatively high in sodium from processed ingredients and condiments.

18% of daily energy
12 g
Carbs
18 g
Total fat
24 g
Protein
Egg FreeNut FreePeanut FreeSesame FreeShellfish FreeSoy Free

This information is AI-estimated and percentages are of an average adult's recommended daily intake. For the most accurate details, please rely on product packaging. Always consult your doctor for professional dietary advice.