Meat Loaf with Sweet Potatoes

Name: Meat Loaf with Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8 servings.
Cuisine: Comfort Food Dinner Recipes, Comfort Food Recipes
Ingredients: 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce; 1 egg; 2 cups crushed butter-flavored crackers (about 50 crackers), divided; 1/2 cup chopped green pepper; 1/4 cup chopped onion; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 pounds lean ground beef; 1 can (23 ounces) cut sweet potatoes, drained; 1/2 cup molasses; 4 bacon strips

Mother often prepared this for supper after Sunday services. Sweet potatoes are a traditional part of Southern cooking. - Kay Goins, Church Hill, Tennessee

Ingredients

1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1 egg
2 cups crushed butter-flavored crackers (about 50 crackers), divided
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 teaspoons salt
2 pounds lean ground beef
1 can (23 ounces) cut sweet potatoes, drained
1/2 cup molasses
4 bacon strips

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the tomato sauce, egg, 1/2 cup of cracker crumbs, green pepper, onion and salt. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into a loaf in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes; drain. Combine sweet potatoes and molasses; roll potatoes in remaining crumbs. Add potatoes to the pan; place bacon strips over meat loaf. Bake 30 minutes longer or until the meat is no longer pink and a thermometer reads 160°.

Instead of a 23-ounce can of sweet potatoes, use four medium fresh sweet potatoes that have been peeled, cut and cooked.

Nutrition Facts

1 each: 477 calories, 22g fat (7g saturated fat), 103mg cholesterol, 1079mg sodium, 43g carbohydrate (23g sugars, 2g fiber), 26g protein.

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keverwann

Dec 14, 2007

The meatloaf portion of this is great! The sweet potatoes have _way_ too much molasses and did not add any flavor to the meatloaf. I'd make the meatloaf again, but leave out the sweet potato portion.