Stovetop Meat Loaves

Name: Stovetop Meat Loaves
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings.
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons 2% milk; 2 tablespoons quick-cooking oats; 1 tablespoon chopped onion; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1/2 pound lean ground beef; 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch; 1/2 cup Italian tomato sauce; 1/4 cup cold water

Who says meat loaf has to bake in the oven for hours? For this convenient recipe, all you need is your stovetop and 30 minutes. It’s a quick, simple dish to make for one or two people. —Emily Sund, Geneseo, Illinois.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons 2% milk
2 tablespoons quick-cooking oats
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound lean ground beef
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 cup Italian tomato sauce
1/4 cup cold water

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the milk, oats, onion and salt. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into two loaves.
In a small nonstick skillet, brown loaves on all sides; drain. Combine the cornstarch, tomato sauce and water until smooth. Pour over meat loaves. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook until meat is no longer pink, 15-20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

1 meat loaf: 292 calories, 13g fat (5g saturated fat), 99mg cholesterol, 548mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 2g fiber), 33g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Top of the Stove Meat Loaf in Cooking for 2 Winter 2007

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Lori

Sep 10, 2019

Thank you for this recipe! We are remodeling our home and I only have a stovetop and no oven, so it is so hard to find recipes like this! Adding Hatch green chilies and it is amazing!!
aelliflame

Feb 19, 2018

This is so tasty and so easy.
kgburgess

Nov 30, 2016

This was a delicious recipe for meatloaf! I've always made meatloaf in the oven, but this was a great alternative way to cook them. Simmering them in the sauce kept them nice and moist! I generally like more onion and "stuff" in my meatloaf, but this really suited my picky daughter. She ate it in record time! I served it with seasoned baked potatoes and peas. Yum!
lmmanda

Aug 19, 2016

This was a really good meatloaf recipe. I doubled it to feed our family of 4. Instead of salt I used about 1/2 T of Montreal steak seasoning in the loaves. I also used the steak seasoning in the tomato gravy to taste.
b4jcol

May 2, 2015

Perfect for the two of us.
PaigeIdzerda

Apr 8, 2013

This is an excellent and easy recipe, When the meat loaves were done, I put a slice of provolone cheese and dried parsley on top and left covered in the pan until cheese melted. I made these with the parmesan peas and rice (for 2). Thanks for a great recipe!
jaxwilso8

Nov 1, 2010

My boyfriend and I have found a new meatloaf! My mom's is always the best of course, but this one is QUICK and amazing! Very tasty! I did add some Montreal Steak Seasoning to the mix.