Recipe

Spicy Turkey Meatloaf

Spicy Turkey Meatloaf

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by Sarah Shatz

Spicy Turkey Meatloaf

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by apartmentcooker

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Meatloaf
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    apartmentcooker's Notes:

    I can't make this enough - last time I had to bump it up to four pounds of meat to satisfy the crowd! I've made it with beef and chicken too, but turkey is my fave.

Serves 4

  1. Combine all ingredients for the meatloaf in a large bowl. Mix just to combine. If the mixture feels too wet, add more breadcrumbs.

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  2. Form the mixture into a loaf on a foil lined baking sheet. In a small bowl, combine the ingredients for the glaze until well combined.

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  3. Brush the glaze all over the loaf (this is why I don't use a loaf pan, so that you can get maximum glaze action).

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  4. Bake in a 350 degree oven until cooked through, about 35-45 minutes. Remove from the oven and baste occasionally. If you like, you can run the finished loaf under the broiler and the glaze will form a bit of a crust.

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15 Comments on Spicy Turkey Meatloaf

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I made this for dinner the other night and was really surprised by how much flavor it had. It's probably just me, but the onion was a little overpowering. Next time I will sautee it before adding it to the mix but otherwise I thought this was great.

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I made this recipe today as lunch for during the week. Its great recipe and tasted amazing especially the spicy sause on top. Thank you

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Excellent recipe! I have made it several times and all who have eaten it have totally enjoyed it. However, the instructions call for cooking it 35-45 minutes until done. Well, when I've made it I have had to bake it for at least 60 to 75 minutes until it's cooked through. Of course, if I increase the recipe, I also increase the cooking time. Tonight I used 1 1/2 lbs. of turkey and it took almost 2 hours to cook it until the center was cooked through. Otherwise, this recipe is wonderful.

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I made this yesterday.....it was delicious.

Wedding_pictures_162 Reply

Mine took about an hour, but it was fantastic. My picky eater husband was blown away. Thanks for a great recipe!

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Love, love the sauce. Didn't see the meatloaf recipe til I had already made mine from Giada deLaurentis' feta and sun dried tomato turkey meatloaf. Went looking for a sauce and added this one toward last half of meatloaf cooking time.....so delicious!!!

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I did not like this meatloaf at all but my family did. I found it salty, not spicy. What's more, after 40 minutes at 350 degrees per the cooking instructions, the loaf was no where near done. I had to cook it for another 30 minutes at 400 degrees.

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If you wanted to make individual meat loaves in muffin pans, ramekins, etc. do you think the cooking time would change?

Blue_lagoon_iceland Reply

Thanks for sharing. I made this recipe last week and thought it was really good (wrote it up on my blog: http://epifurious.tumblr.com/post/11294614133/spicy-turkey-meatloaf). Makes a great open-faced sandwich for leftovers as well.

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i made this tonight for dinner and it was a hit! i tripled the recipe (a couple hungry guys to feed!). it was very well spice and quite flavorful. my only suggestion would be to not add salt -- i used low sodium soy sauce and did not add any salt and it verged on being a little salty for me (i'm sure this will depend on the kind of ketchup, mustard, etc used). i also omitted the cumin from the glaze because there was already a lot in the meat and my jar seemed especially potent. overall, a success!

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This is one of the BEST meatloafs I have ever made!! Sooo tasty :o)

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Great recipe!! I am always looking for new meatloaf recipes. I almost added some turkey sausage to the mix (our favorite beef meatloaf recipe uses sausage) but I really didn't want the fennel taste. Maybe andouille or chorizo?? I rarely measure ingredients, but I think I came pretty close with the amounts for this one. I did add some Sriracha to the meatloaf mixture, as well as lots of fresh parsley, but those were my only additions. Delicious!

Alli_and_me Reply

I absolutely loved this! Though I did not measure everything exactly, I thought the end result with the combination of the spices and the soy sauce/rice vinegar was very tasty. Great idea! Thanks for sharing :)

N94600339_30363046_1613 Reply

Thanks for your input on the recipe! Definitely let me know if you try it halving the spices. You can use the method from the bacon-ey meatloaf in this week's vote and saute a small patty to test for seasoning -- I'm definitely going to try that next time!

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Let me begin by stating that I did not add the glaze because I was cooking this meatloaf for my young daughter, AND, I did not have Worscestershire sauce.

For 1lb of ground turkey, this felt like a lot of seasoning. There was an overwhelming soy/cumin/coriander presence. I would like to try this again, maybe halving the spices. And, of course, using the spicy glaze if it's adults only.

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