Easy Meat Loaf

Simple and delicious meatloaf recipe combines egg, condensed French onion soup, crushed butter-flavored crackers and lean ground beef. Meatloaf is topped with condensed golden mushroom soup and baked in hot oven one hour or until meat is thoroughly cooked and outside has browned.

Ingredients -

1 Large Egg, lightly beaten
1 (10.5 ounces) can Condensed French Onion Soup, undiluted
1-1/3 Cups Crushed Butter-Flavored Crackers
1 pound Lean Ground Beef
1 (10.75 ounces) can Condensed Golden Mushroom soup, undiluted

Preparation:

1. Combine the egg, onion soup and cracker crumbs in a medium bowl.

2. Crumble the beef over the mixture and mix well.

3. Shape into a loaf.

4. Place the loaf in a greased 11-in. x 7-in. x 2-in. baking dish.

5. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

6. Pour the mushroom soup over the loaf.

7. Bake for 1 hour longer or until the meat is no longer pink and a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees.

8. Drain.

9. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

Ground Beef Recipe Tip -
Red Meat

	The reason meat appears red on the outside is the reaction of fresh meat with oxygen. The meat may appear dull grey or brown on the inside due to a lack of oxygen. Meat will lose this bright red appearance as it ages. Meat that appears brown or grey on the outside should not be purchased.

Ground Beef Recipe Tip -
Grass-Finished Beef

	Grass-finished cattle have never been fed grain. They have been eaten grass or forage throughout their lives. Grass-finished beef has a different taste than beef from cattle having been grain fed.

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