The best accompaniments are steamed broccoli and garlic mashed potatoes. a delicious, nutritious supper. It takes a lot of materials, but it’s worthwhile.
| Prep Time: | 40 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 40 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ⅔ cup minced white onion
- ¾ cup minced green onions
- ½ cup minced carrots
- ½ cup minced celery
- ¼ cup minced green bell pepper
- ¼ cup minced red bell pepper
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup ketchup
- ½ cup half-and-half cream
- 1 ½ pounds ground turkey
- ½ pound chicken sausage
- ¾ cup fresh bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons butter, divided
- 4 shallots, minced
- ¼ cup minced red bell pepper
- ½ cup minced yellow bell pepper
- 1 sprig fresh thyme
- 1 bay leaves
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- ½ cup half-and-half cream
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 roma tomatoes – peeled, seeded and chopped
- ½ cup ketchup
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- Melt butter in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Saute white onions, green onions, carrots, celery, green and red bell peppers, and garlic until soft, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
- In a large bowl, combine salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, nutmeg and cumin. Stir in eggs, ketchup and half-and-half. Blend in vegetable mixture from skillet. Add ground turkey, chicken sausage and bread crumbs. Mix well with hands, then shape into a loaf. Place into greased 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 70 minutes, or until cooked through and nicely browned. Let rest for 10 minutes, then serve with gravy.
- To make the gravy: Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Saute shallots with red and yellow peppers until tender, about 10 minutes. Season with thyme, bay leaf and black pepper. Stir in half-and-half, garlic, beef stock and chicken stock. Increase heat to high, and boil uncovered until liquid is reduced by 1/4, about 10 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and ketchup. Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes. Stir in remaining tablespoon butter, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Strain gravy, discarding bay leaf and thyme before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 491 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 31 g |
| Cholesterol | 236 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 34 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Sodium | 1444 mg |
| Sugars | 15 g |
| Fat | 27 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I make this regularly without the gravy it’s flavorful and high in protein I don’t find it to be too moist with the three eggs.
awesome flavor…on advice of others, less one egg, more garlic. Made an organic packet gravy, ran out of time. Kiddos ate it for dinner, lunch and dinner the next day.
The meatloaf was fabulous – very tasty and very hearty. Loved all the vegetables. i didn’t make the gravy as I didn’t have time that day. I used a store gravy. I will try that next time since the main recipe was so good.
Excellent flavor! A lot of work, but well worth it. I had trouble finding chicken sausage, so I used low fat Jimmy Dean sausage. Also came out too wet, so next time I will only use 1 egg. I did not strain the gravy, since it tasted fine with the cut up vegetables. I only discarded the bay leafs and thyme. Figured after cutting up more vegetables for the gravy, I wasnt’ go to toss them, I’d eat them!
I loved this recipe. I did not have time to make the gravy, so this rating is based only on the meatloaf itself. I did find it to be spicy from the cayenne, but I happen to like spice. Mine needed a bit more breadcrumbs. I used turkey sausage instead of chicken. I minced all the veggies in a food processor. Instead of placing in a bread pan, I formed a free standing loaf in a baking pan. It cooked for 60 minutes total. It was alot of work although it was worth it. If you are like me and love something different with unique flavors, this recipe is for you.
The chicken sausage gave this meatloaf a unique taste. The half and half and all of the different vegetables was waay too much for this recipe. The gravy was horrible (too thin, watery and milky). Next time, I’ll just stick to my regular salsa beef meatloaf!!
Meatloaf was good with the gravy. Must have the gravy (double the gravy)! Also mine was really sloppy (I doubled the recipe so the conversion might have affected it) and I had to add ALOT of bread crumbs. Doubling made enough for like 20 people. Overall good with the garlic mashed potatoes.
The taste of the meatloaf was pretty good although I was cooking for my family (4 kids) and all the kids thought it looked odd. Since it calls for ground turkey it turns out very pale and not looking like a typical meatloaf. My husband liked it and did make some sandwiches from the leftovers. Since the kids won’t touch it I probably won’t be making again.
My husband does not really care much for meatloaf, but this recipe was a hit. The combination of vegies and spices in this meatloaf made it an instant favorite. I did add cheesy french fried onions on top, which gave it an extra element of flavor.
We loved this recipe. I must confess to not being a big cumin fan, so I left that out. I cannot imagine that this would have been any better with it. The gravy was just deeeeeeeeeelish!
Using a food processor really helped cut down on the “mincing” time, as well as mixing the ingredients together. This was a nice combination of flavours, and tasted really yummy, although I did have difficulty with removing the casings from the chicken sausages. My kids loved it!
We don’t have any kids, so I cannot rate this receipe except for us adults!!! This receipe rating is ***** as far as I’m concerned, you can’t get the fresh made gravy, this was a great time to use your jar mix!!!