Ben and I are fans of Alton Brown and just recently, Ben bought his cookbook online. We've been wanting to try the meatloaf recipe, but didn't want to spend oodles of money on ground chuck and sirloin. I subbed extra lean ground turkey for this recipe and loved the taste. The meatloaf however was over cooked. I don't know what my problem is with cooking meat to the right temperature? We had a thermomoter too and I was pulling it out to check what the temp was after 30 minutes. Not even close. I even googled to see what the temperature of the meat should be when the turkey was cooked through. One website said 165. Think that's a little bit too high. Alton's recipe said 155.
The great thing about this recipe is, that it's only 3 points per slice using extra lean turkey. I sliced it into 10 equal servings. You could have 2 slices for only 6 points too or make a turkey meatloaf sandwich.
Chop your veggies.
Process the bread croutons and spices together until they look like this.
Next, process the vegetables after you've taken out the bread crumbs.
Mix everything together in a bowl. It's ok to use your hands.
Shape your meat loaf into a loaf form so that it looks like the picture above. Use a bread pan to help you.
We had meatloaf and french fries.
Servings: 10 (That's per loaf. This recipe makes 2, and I halved the recipe. )
Points Plus: 3 (per slice, cut into 10 equal portions)
PrintAlton Brown's Meatloaf
- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 45 min
- Total Time: 1 hr 10 min
- Yield: 6 to 8 1x
Ingredients
6 ounces garlic-flavored croutons
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon dried thyme
½ onion, roughly chopped
1 carrot, peeled and broken
3 whole cloves garlic
½ red bell pepper
18 ounces ground chuck
18 ounces ground sirloin (I used extra lean ground turkey)
1 ½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 egg
For the glaze:
½ cup catsup
1 teaspoon ground cumin
Dash Worcestershire sauce
Dash hot pepper sauce
1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
In a food processor bowl, combine croutons, black pepper, cayenne pepper, chili powder, and thyme. Pulse until the mixture is of a fine texture. Place this mixture into a large bowl. Combine the onion, carrot, garlic, and red pepper in the food processor bowl. Pulse until the mixture is finely chopped, but not pureed. Combine the vegetable mixture, ground sirloin, and ground chuck with the bread crumb mixture. Season the meat mixture with the kosher salt. Add the egg and combine thoroughly, but avoid squeezing the meat.
Pack this mixture into a 10-inch loaf pan to mold the shape of the meatloaf. Onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, turn the meatloaf out of the pan onto the center of the tray. Insert a temperature probe at a 45 degree angle into the top of the meatloaf. Avoid touching the bottom of the tray with the probe. Set the probe for 155 degrees.
Combine the catsup, cumin, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce and honey. Brush the glaze onto the meatloaf after it has been cooking for about 10 minutes.
- Category: Easy
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 408
- Sugar: 7.7g
- Fat: 17.3g
- Saturated Fat: 6.2g
- Carbohydrates: 23.1g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 39.9g
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louis linslay says
hi,
Your turkey meat loaf tasted overdone because it is too lean/dry. Alton Brown uses ground beef with Fat in it and garlic croutons made with olive Oil for his meat loaf. Ground turkey is a super lean meat.
There are plenty of good/healthy cooking oils. Your website is very well made and a pleasure to look at.
Louis.