Meat Loaf Italian Style

* Exported from MasterCook *

Meat Loaf Italian Style

Recipe By : Rival's Crock-Pot Slow Cooker Cuisine; 1995
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beef

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 8 oz can pizza sauce
1 egg -- beaten
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/3 cup dry seasoned bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
foil handles -- see directions

serves 8

Reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce; cover and refrigerate. In a mixing bowl combine r
emaining pizza sauce and egg. Stir in onion, green pepper, bread crumbs, garli
c salt, and black pepper. Add ground beef and mix well.

Fold meat mixture into a loaf and place on 3 foil handles. Transfer loaf to an
y size Crock-Pot. Cover and cook 8 to 10 hours on LOW or 4 to 6 hours on HIGH.
To ensure doneness insear meat thermometer into center of loaf and internal t
emperature should read 170 degrees F.

Spread loaf with reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
Cover and let cook 15 minutes more or until cheese is melted. Using foil sti
rps, lift loaf from Crock-Pot and transfer to a serving plate. Discard foil st
rips. Serve.

Foil handles:
Tear off three 20 x 3-inch strips of heavy foil or use regular foil folded to d
ouble thickness. Crisscross the foil strips in a spoke design.

Place the foil handles on a large sheet of waxed paper. Place the meat loaf on
the spoke design. Lift the ends of the handles to transfer the loaf to the Cro
ck-Pot.

When ready to serve, simple lift the foil handles from the Crock-Pot and remove
the meal to a serving dish.

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