This comfort food recipe will bring back memories of mom's home cooking and family time around the dinner table. For the ultimate in nostalgia, be sure to serve with a generous spoonful of fluffy mashed potatoes.
Ingredients
- vegetable oil: 1 Tbsp
- onion: 0.5 cup (finely chopped)
- celery: 0.5 cup (finely chopped)
- green pepper: 0.25 cup (finely chopped)
- Heinz Tomato Ketchup: 1 cup
- ½ pounds lean ground beef: 1 piece
- soft, fresh breadcrumbs: 1 cup
- egg, slightly: 1 piece (beaten)
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- pepper: 0.25 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Heat oil in a skillet set over medium-high heat. Cook onion, celery and pepper until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in ketchup. Remove pan from heat and divide sauce mixture in half.
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Combine one half of the sauce with ground beef, breadcrumbs, egg, salt and pepper. Mix gently. Pat mixture into a lightly greased 9-x 5-in (2 L) loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour or until an instant read thermometer reaches 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
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Rest for 5 minutes. Reheat the reserved sauce mixture. Slice meat loaf and serve with sauce.
