This Louisiana Meatloaf with Cajun Gravy is bursting with tasty Cajun taste as a enjoyable strategy to take this basic consolation meals to the following stage! This recipe is simple to place collectively and really family-friendly. We’ve made this for associates and neighbors earlier than and it’s at all times a success! This meatloaf makes six massive, filling servings that embrace sufficient gravy to pour over your aspect dishes as nicely. I just about at all times serve meatloaf with mashed potatoes and a vegetable, and each style nice smothered in Cajun gravy! Not solely is every serving of Louisiana Meatloaf with Cajun Gravy tasty and satisfying, it’s additionally simply 327 energy or 7 WW Factors every! To view your present WW Factors for this recipe and observe it within the WW app or website, click on right here!
My household calls this recipe “Claire’s Well-known Meatloaf” as a result of my five-year-old daughter, Claire, loves this dinner and desires to assist make it on a regular basis. We discovered the unique recipe in The Disney Princess Cookbook (affiliate hyperlink) as Tiana’s Bayou Meatloaf and although we made a bunch of adjustments, Tiana’s daring flavors nonetheless shine by! For our model, we elevated the quantity of every spice that goes into the meatloaf, use dried onion as a substitute of contemporary, and make a Cajun gravy to go together with it as a substitute of the unique honey-ketchup topping. To lighten it up I additionally swapped in floor turkey breast for the unique floor pork, and used much less ketchup, milk, and breadcrumbs within the recipe. I actually suppose you’re going to like Claire’s meatloaf!
Ingredient Notes
- Meat: I exploit a mix of lean floor turkey breast and lean floor beef on this recipe, and it seems nice! We’ve additionally used floor rooster rather than the bottom turkey and it’s additionally scrumptious. You might additionally use all floor beef if that’s what you will have, although that may change the vitamin information/WW Factors.
- Higher Than Bouillon: When you don’t have this, you’ll be able to substitute powdered bouillon or cubes for the Higher Than Bouillon, however I extremely suggest buying it. I’ve seen it in just about each grocery retailer I’ve been to, together with a small native retailer in my space, so it’s best to have the ability to discover it fairly simply. I’ve the rooster, beef and vegetable bases in my fridge always. BTB is form of a paste reasonably than a powder, and the flavour is simply unmatched in my view!
- Gravy Grasp: I at all times use this after I make gravy! Gravy Grasp provides taste and browning to your gravy in a means that enhances the entire thing. Kitchen Bouquet is an analogous product by a special model, so in case you have that readily available then be at liberty to make use of that as a substitute!
- Mild Butter: I at all times have a bathtub of Land-O-Lakes Mild Butter Unfold with Canola Oil in my fridge, as a result of it’s the primary butter product that I exploit. I prefer it in recipes and likewise on toast, and so forth. It really works nice and is much less energy/factors than conventional butter.
- Dried Chopped/Minced Onion: This ingredient is simple to search out by the dry spices in each grocery retailer I’ve been to, however it goes by completely different names relying on the model. When you see chopped onion or minced onion, both one will work nice. I personally choose utilizing dried onion after I make meatloaf until I’m going to cook dinner the onions beforehand, as a result of I can’t stand when the onions aren’t cooked sufficient for my liking. I can’t simply throw them within the combine uncooked and depart it to likelihood! Dried onion solves that downside for me and works nice on this recipe.
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Louisiana Meatloaf with Cajun Gravy
This satisfying Louisiana Meatloaf with Cajun Gravy is bursting with tasty Cajun taste!
- 2 massive eggs
- 1 lb 99% lean floor turkey breast
- 1 lb 95% lean floor beef
- 2 tablespoons dry minced/chopped onion, (discovered by the dried spices, completely different manufacturers name it minced or chopped)
- 1 ¼ teaspoons celery salt
- 1 ¼ teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 ¼ teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 ¼ teaspoons paprika
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¾ cup plain dry breadcrumbs
- ¼ cup skim milk
- ¼ cup ketchup
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons Cajun seasoning, (discovered by the spices)
- 4 tablespoons mild butter, (I exploit Land O’Lakes mild butter unfold with canola oil)
- 2 cups decreased sodium beef broth
- 1 teaspoon Higher Than Bouillon Beef Base, (you too can use powdered bouillon or a bouillon dice, however I extremely suggest BTB, it’s superior)
- ½ teaspoon Gravy Grasp Seasoning and Browning Sauce
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Pre-heat the oven to 350 levels. Calmly mist a 2 quart casserole dish (mine is a 7×11 Pyrex) with cooking spray and put aside.
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Crack the eggs into a big mixing bowl and calmly beat with a fork. Add the bottom turkey and floor beef and mush them collectively to mix.
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In a small bowl, combine collectively the dried minced onion, celery salt, garlic powder, thyme, paprika, and black pepper. Pour the spice combination over the meat within the massive mixing bowl. Add the breadcrumbs, milk, and ketchup to the bowl and use clear fingers or a fork to combine the substances collectively till nicely mixed. Switch the meat combination to the ready casserole dish and unfold evenly all through the dish.
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Switch the casserole dish to the heated oven and cook dinner for 45-50 minutes till cooked by (ought to have an inside temperature of 160 levels).
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When there’s about 10 minutes left on the meatloaf, stir the flour and Cajun seasoning collectively in a small dish. Soften the butter in a medium saucepan over medium warmth. When the butter is melted, whisk within the Cajun flour somewhat at a time. Prepare dinner for 1-2 minutes, stirring sometimes. Add the broth somewhat bit at a time, whisking it into the flour combination till clean and nicely mixed. Add the bouillon and Gravy Grasp. Whisk commonly till the gravy involves aboil and thickens. Take away from warmth and permit to sit down for a minimum of 5 minutes to thicken.
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When the meatloaf is prepared, slice it into 12 equal slices. Every serving is 2 slices of meatloaf and 1/3 cup of gravy.
WW Factors per (2 slices meatloaf + 1/3 cup gravy) serving: 7 (Factors calculated utilizing the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Diet Data per (2 slices meatloaf + 1/3 cup gravy) serving:
327 energy, 20 g carbs, 4 g sugars, 10 g fats, 4 g saturated fats, 41 g protein, 1 g fiber, 914 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com)
Weight Watchers Factors Plus:
8 per (2 slices meatloaf + 1/3 cup gravy) serving (PP calculated utilizing a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the vitamin information)
