Totally Tender Tomato Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped fine
• 2 medium carrots, chopped fine
• 1 red pepper, chopped fine
• 2 large eggs
• breadcrumbs
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• ground black pepper
• steak spices (to taste)
• 5 -6 dashes worcestershire sauce
• tabasco sauce
• 4 -5 dashes maggi seasoning, sauce
• 2 (10 ounce) cans condensed tomato soup

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl and using your hands -- mix meat, eggs, vegetables and spices adding bread crumbs to thicken the mixture so that it will form a large egg shape ball and hold its shape.
• 2 in a large dutch oven heat oil until a piece of onion dropped in sizzles.
• 3 using your hands shape the meat mixture into a large egg shape. with two spatchulas, going under the large egg ball in both directions -- gently place meat into the heated oil, cover and simmer each side until nice and brown -- colour of brown sugar. when ready to turn over, again use the spatchulas -- it makes it easy to flip when using the two of them. if the meat breaks, this is an indication that it was not browned enough on one side.
• 4 once both sides have browned, put in the two cans of tomato soup with ½ can of water and stir until the tomato soup is well blended with the water and oil. cover and let simmer for 30 minutes.
• 5 our family enjoys this best with garlic mashed potatoes but some like it with plain rice as the sauce is wonderful with both.