Chef Newmans Soon To Be Famous Meatloaf

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Ingredients:

• 2 lbs. of ground beef
• 1 ½ cups of bread crumbs
• 2 tbsp of your favorite seasoning salt
• 1 12oz can of Mandarin orange segments
• 1 12oz can of Campbell's tomato bisque soup
• 8 oz. of sliced mushrooms
• 2 tsp of pepper
• 1 sweet onion (medium size), diced
• 2 tbsp butter or oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp of olive oil, or vegatable oil

Instructions:

• In a medium sized frying pan add the oil and let it get hot on medium to medium high heat.
• Add the sweet onion and sugar and saute the onions until they caramelize (golden brown), then remove from heat.
• Pre-heat your oven to 300°.
• Then in a medium mixing bowl add the can of tomato bisque soup, the juice from the mandarin oranges (save orange segments) and mix well.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix ground beef, caramelized onions, bread crumbs, seasoning salt, pepper, mushrooms, orange segments, and two thirds of the tomato bisque / mandarin juice mixture.
• Then mix it together well using your hands (be sure to wash your hands afterwards) and fold it in completely.
• Press mixture into a medium sized loaf pan, press down around all the edges to make a moat around the meatloaf, then pour the rest of the tomato bisque / mandarin juice mixture over the top of the meatloaf.
• Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Note: if you use a glass loaf pan then only cook it for 1 hour.
• Let your meatloaf sit on a cooling rack for 15 minutes (in the pan) then slice in ½ to ¾ inch slices and serve!!

This recipe submitted by Chef Newman.