Recipe By : Rival's Crock-Pot Slow Cooker Cuisine; 1995
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beef
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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8 oz Can pizza sauce
1 Egg -- beaten
1/2 c Onion -- chopped
1/2 c Green bell pepper -- chopped
1/3 c Dry seasoned bread crumbs
1/2 ts Garlic salt
1/4 ts Black pepper
1 1/2 lb Ground beef
1 c Mozzarella cheese -- shredded
Foil handles -- see directions
Reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce; cover and refrigerate. In a mixing bowl
combine remaining pizza sauce and egg. Stir in onion, green pepper,
bread crumbs, garlic salt, and black pepper. Add ground beef and mix
well.
Fold meat mixture into a loaf and place on 3 foil handles. Transfer
loaf to any size Crock-Pot. Cover and cook 8 to 10 hours on LOW or 4
to 6 hours on HIGH. To ensure doneness insear meat thermometer into
center of loaf and internal temperature should read 170°F.
Spread loaf with reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce. Sprinkle with
mozzarella cheese. Cover and let cook 15 minutes more or until cheese
is melted. Using foil strips, lift loaf from Crock-Pot and transfer
to a serving plate. Discard foil strips. Serve.
Foil Handles:
Tear off three 20x3" strips of heavy foil or use regular foil folded
to double thickness. Crisscross the foil strips in a spoke design.
Place the foil handles on a large sheet of waxed paper. Place the
meat loaf on the spoke design. Lift the ends of the handles to
transfer the loaf to the Crock-Pot.
When ready to serve, simple lift the foil handles from the Crock-Pot
and remove the meal to a serving dish.
