This Louisiana Meatloaf with Cajun Gravy is bursting with tasty Cajun taste as a enjoyable solution to take this traditional consolation meals to the following stage! This recipe is straightforward to place collectively and really family-friendly. We’ve made this for associates and neighbors earlier than and it’s at all times successful! This meatloaf makes six large, filling servings that embody 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 monitor it within the WW app or web site, 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 needs 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 modifications, Tiana’s daring flavors nonetheless shine via! 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 assume you’re going to like Claire’s meatloaf!
Ingredient Notes
- Meat: I take advantage of 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 would additionally use all floor beef if that’s what you’ve, although that may change the diet data/WW Factors.
- Higher Than Bouillon: If you happen to don’t have this, you possibly can 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 you need to be capable to discover it fairly simply. I’ve the rooster, beef and vegetable bases in my fridge always. BTB is form of a paste somewhat than a powder, and the flavour is simply unmatched in my view!
- Gravy Grasp: I at all times use this once I make gravy! Gravy Grasp provides taste and browning to your gravy in a approach that enhances the entire thing. Kitchen Bouquet is an analogous product by a unique model, so in case you have that available then be happy to make use of that as a substitute!
- Mild Butter: I at all times have a bath of Land-O-Lakes Mild Butter Unfold with Canola Oil in my fridge, as a result of it’s the principle butter product that I take advantage of. I prefer it in recipes and likewise on toast, and so on. It really works nice and is much less energy/factors than conventional butter.
- Dried Chopped/Minced Onion: This ingredient is straightforward to search out by the dry spices in each grocery retailer I’ve been to, however it goes by totally different names relying on the model. If you happen to see chopped onion or minced onion, both one will work nice. I personally favor utilizing dried onion once I make meatloaf except 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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On the lookout for extra tasty, lightened up, consolation meals recipes like this Louisiana Meatloaf? Try my Skillet Hen with Mushrooms and Gravy, Sluggish Cooker Hen and Stuffing, Meatloaf with Gravy, One-Pot Hen Parmesan Pasta, Ham and Cheese Au Gratin Potato Bake, One-Pot Cheeseburger Pasta, Tacky Bacon Ranch Stuffed Hen, One-Pot Meatballs and Macaroni, Sizzling Turkey Sandwich with Gravy, One-Pot Creamy Tomato Pasta with Hen and Spinach, One-Pot Tacky Chili Mac, Sheet Pan Meatloaves with Roasted Potatoes and Inexperienced Beans, Swedish Turkey Meatballs, Hen and Dumpling Casserole, Stuffed Turkey Bundles with Gravy, and so many extra within the Consolation Meals class of my recipe index!
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, totally 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 take advantage of Land O’Lakes mild butter unfold with canola oil)
- 2 cups lowered sodium beef broth
- 1 teaspoon Higher Than Bouillon Beef Base, (you can even 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 components 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 via (ought to have an inside temperature of 160 levels).
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When there may be 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 just a little at a time. Prepare dinner for 1-2 minutes, stirring sometimes. Add the broth just a little bit at a time, whisking it into the flour combination till clean and nicely mixed. Add the bouillon and Gravy Grasp. Whisk frequently till the gravy involves aboil and thickens. Take away from warmth and permit to take a seat for not less than 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 Info 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 diet data)
