Photo: Lean Mean Turkey Loaf Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
- 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1/2 cup plain bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1/4 cup chopped red or green bell pepper
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons Baby Bam, recipe follows
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions
Make sure the oven rack is in the center position and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Wash your hands and place the turkey in a large mixing bowl. Add the onion, bread crumbs, celery, bell pepper, egg, 1 tablespoon of the ketchup, the garlic, Baby Bam, salt, and ground pepper, and mix with your hands until the ingredients are well incorporated.
Transfer the turkey mixture to a 1-pound loaf pan and use your hands to form it into a loaf shape. Wash your hands really well with warm, soapy water before proceeding.
Pour the remaining 3 tablespoons of ketchup on the turkey and smear evenly over the top with the back of a spoon.
Bake until brown on top, cooked through, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reaches 165 degrees F, about 45 to 50 minutes.
Using oven mitts or pot holders, remove the loaf from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes before serving.
You can easily make the turkey loaf into turkey burgers just by shaping them into burgers and cooking them like Baby Bam Burgers.
Baby Bam Seasoning:
- Here's something to season your foods, like the grown-ups do with Emeril's Original Essence. Add another dimension by sprinkling it into everything, from soups and sauces to pizza and hamburger patties. You fearless bammers out there can kick this up a notch by adding cayenne, to taste. (I'd start with about 1/4 teaspoon, and then take it from there.)
- 3 tablespoons paprika
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir well to combine with a wooden spoon.
Store in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
Yield: about 3/4 cup
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By marymeg2
Chestertown, MD
on March 08, 2013
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I love this recipe. Prepared exactly as written except the first time I didn't read correctly and put all the ketcup in the recipe and not on top. Still very good!! I make turkey burgers with this recipe sometimes and reduce the cooking time. Very, good! The Baby Bam freezes well, so you can use it later.
By mbeatty11
on July 29, 2011
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I made this for my husband, brother in law and best friend last night. I prepared it without the Baby Bam and only garlic salt and pepper, I also used Onion Soup mix instead of chopped onion. I did not think it was too salty at all, but if you find that the salt is too much you can always trade the regular ketchup for reduced sodium ketchup and substitute the salt in general with just using garlic powder. It may be because I am pregnant that I didnt taste the salt, but I loved it! I will definitly make this Turkey Loaf again and again! Bon Apetite!
By brothey
Nashville, TN
on August 20, 2010
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I am a personal chef and my clients love this recipe so much that they request it all the time. I don't find it overly salty at all so I'm not sure why people are saying that? Maybe check your measurements?
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