- What's up, what's up?
Delish Chef Millie Peartree here.
Guess what we're making today?
A Southern meatloaf,
but we're not using the traditional ground beef.
We're going to use ground turkey.
The reason why this is so special to me
is because it's something that my mom always made,
and used again, super simple ingredients
that you have on hand.
Let's get started.
And feel free to use purple onion, if you like.
That'll add another level of sweetness to it.
(knife chopping)
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This is what I call seasoning.
In my opinion salt and pepper ain't seasoning.
Seasoning is peppers, onions, aromatics.
All these things give your food good flavor.
And then we're going to use
a little bit of flat leaf parsley.
And I always like to use fresh herbs.
So this gives it like a level of brightness.
Okay, now that we have all of our vegetables chopped,
we're going to bring in two pounds of lean ground turkey.
So everything's going to go straight into a bowl.
So we're going to add out a cup of this onion.
We're gonna add our pepper.
We're gonna add our parsley.
And then let's go on to our seasonings.
We're going to add some season salt.
I love season salt.
I'm going to add some dried thyme.
We're going to add some paprika.
We're going to add some onion and garlic powder.
We're going to add some fresh cracked pepper.
And you can either add ground Ritz crackers,
saltines, breadcrumbs, whatever you have on hand.
We're gonna throw this in here.
We're going to add an egg,
and last but certainly not least catch ketchup.
We're giving this a little mix.
And again we don't want to over mix,
so I'm just going to bring it together with my spatula.
And now ladies and gentlemen,
I'm going to go in with my hands,
and yes I do use gloves at home.
I don't like the gushiness up under my fingernails
and everything like that.
My fingernails are little bit longer, so I don't want that.
So what we're gonna do is we're going to go
and we're going to mix.
So we're just going to bring this all together.
We want to make sure everything's incorporated,
this very well combined.
As you see, I'm folding it in.
Turning my bowl, and that's it.
So now we have our meat combined.
We have a loaf pan, and we're going to lightly
mist our pan with some spray.
Got in our pan.
We'll sort of spread it out,
'cause we want it nice and even.
So now that we have our meatloaf in our loaf pan,
we're going to combine some barbecue sauce
and some ketchup together.
And we're gonna take our ketchup barbecue mixture
and put it all on top of our meatloaf.
It's gonna be so good.
So we're going to take our meatloaf.
We're going to pop it into a preheated 350 degree oven
for about an hour, and it's going to be super delicious.
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Ooh, can you see that?
See the caramelization from the sugar
from the barbecue sauce and the ketchup.
See how it pulled away from the pan a little bit.
I'm so looking forward to digging into this
juicy delicious meatloaf,
and I'm going to pair it with my collard greens
and macaroni and cheese.
Look at all the good stuff in here.
We got peppers, we got onions.
You see that caramelization from the barbecue sauce
and from the ketchup.
See how tender that is.
Mm, that was good, mm.
Super moist, super flavorful.
Everything that you will want in the meatloaf,
and it's nice and lean and you don't feel guilty about it.
So let me tell you about this dish right here.
In New York City we used to have
a restaurant called The Shark Bar,
and this was one of my most favorite
and memorable dishes from that restaurant.
Without further ado, let's dive right in.
So good.
The tanginess and sweetness
of the barbecue sauce and ketchup.
You taste the peppers, the onions,
you taste all the seasonings we put in it.
It's not heavy.
It's light, it's moist.
It's everything that you will want in a meatloaf.
It's been a pleasure to cook with each and every one of you.
And I'm looking forward to doing it again soon.
See you later guys, bye
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