Wampus
somebody shut me the fark up.
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2009
- Location
- Mooresville, IN
So Caseydog posted a thread today that got me thinking about smokd meatloaf. The wife asked what we were gonna do for dinner and I replied, "MEATLOAF!"
So I looked up Alton Brown's recipe for meatloaf and made only a couple of minor variations. Here's what went in it:
*8 ounces onion & sage flavored croutons (ground in processor
*1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
*1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
*1 teaspoon chili powder
*1 teaspoon dried thyme
*1/2 onion, finely chopped
*1 carrot, finely chopped
*3 cloves garlic, minced
*1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
*3 lb ground beef
*1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
*1 egg
Here's the ORIGINAL recipe:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/good-eats-meat-loaf-recipe/index.html
Alton's recipe called for garlic flavored croutons, but I only had the ones listed. He also called for finely chopping the veg in a processor and adding in raw, but I saute'd the veg after finely hand chopping. I added salt and pepper to veg and then added it to the ground croutons.
He also called for 18 ounces each of ground chuck and ground sirloin, but the wife already picked up 3 lbs of ground beef, so that's what I used.
So after adding the spices, veg, bread crumbs and meat to a bowl and mixing it was a bit dry and crumbly, so I added another egg to the mix which worked.
Formed into a loaf and sprinkled with Simply Marvelous Cherry Rub (LOVE that stuff! Steph, I'll be ordering more of that FO SHO!!!!)......
Then on the smoke for about an hour over cherry wood until it hit 145d internal.
Finished......
Sliced.....
And plated with my famous (around our house) sour cream mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, saute'd asparagus and homemade chicken gravy (from drippings of the 4 yardbirds I smoked right before the meatloaf:heh.....
WOW it's great to be workin the smoker again.
GOOD WEEKEND!!!!:thumb:
Thanks for lookin'!
So I looked up Alton Brown's recipe for meatloaf and made only a couple of minor variations. Here's what went in it:
*8 ounces onion & sage flavored croutons (ground in processor
*1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
*1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
*1 teaspoon chili powder
*1 teaspoon dried thyme
*1/2 onion, finely chopped
*1 carrot, finely chopped
*3 cloves garlic, minced
*1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
*3 lb ground beef
*1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
*1 egg
Here's the ORIGINAL recipe:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/good-eats-meat-loaf-recipe/index.html
Alton's recipe called for garlic flavored croutons, but I only had the ones listed. He also called for finely chopping the veg in a processor and adding in raw, but I saute'd the veg after finely hand chopping. I added salt and pepper to veg and then added it to the ground croutons.
He also called for 18 ounces each of ground chuck and ground sirloin, but the wife already picked up 3 lbs of ground beef, so that's what I used.
So after adding the spices, veg, bread crumbs and meat to a bowl and mixing it was a bit dry and crumbly, so I added another egg to the mix which worked.
Formed into a loaf and sprinkled with Simply Marvelous Cherry Rub (LOVE that stuff! Steph, I'll be ordering more of that FO SHO!!!!)......
Then on the smoke for about an hour over cherry wood until it hit 145d internal.
Finished......
Sliced.....
And plated with my famous (around our house) sour cream mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, saute'd asparagus and homemade chicken gravy (from drippings of the 4 yardbirds I smoked right before the meatloaf:heh.....
WOW it's great to be workin the smoker again.
GOOD WEEKEND!!!!:thumb:
Thanks for lookin'!