Triple Threat Meat Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 3 shallots, finely chopped
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon thyme, chopped
• 1 lb ground sirloin
• 1/2 lb ground turkey
• 1/2 lb ground lamb
• 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
• 1 1/2 cups ketchup, divided
• 4 tablespoons red wine vinegar, divided
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 if baking now, preheat oven to 425. line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
• 2 heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. add bell pepper and onion, and cook for 5 minutes.
• 3 stir in garlic and shallots, and cook for 2 minutes. set aside to cool.
• 4 in a large bowl, whisk together eggs, parsley, and thyme.
• 5 add sirloin, turkey, lamb, panko, 1/2 c ketchup, 2 tablespoons vinegar, and cooled vegetables; mix just until combined.
• 6 pack meat mixture into a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. invert loaf pan onto prepared pan.
• 7 in a medium bowl, whisk together remaining 1 cup ketchup, remaining 2 tablespoons viegar, tomato sauce, honey, mustard, hot sauce, sale and pepper.
• 8 reserve one-quarter sauce for serving. brush remaining sauce evently over meat loaf.
• 9 bke for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• 10 remove from oven, and let stand for 10 minutes before slicing.
• 11 if freezing, place meat mixture in sealed ziptop bag; place sauce in separate bag. freeze both bags flat inside a larger bag.
• 12 to serve, thaw and bake as directed above.