Meat Loaf-in-a-Mug (Single Serving)

By Addie

“Here’s a quick, delicious single serving of meat loaf,” writes Ruby Matt of Garnavillo, Iowa. This clever take on a classic gives you traditional meat loaf flavor with hardly any cleanup and no leftovers!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon ketchup
• 2 tablespoons quick-cooking oats
• 1 teaspoon onion soup mix
• 1/4 pound lean ground beef
• Additional ketchup, optional

Preparation

Step 1

In a small bowl, combine the milk, ketchup, oats and soup mix. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Pat into a microwave-safe mug or custard cup coated with cooking spray.

Cover and microwave on high for 3 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and a meat thermometer reads 160°; drain.

Let stand for 3 minutes. Serve with additional ketchup if desired. Yield: 1 serving.

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave.
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REVIEWS:

I love this recipe. It is very easy to make and delicious!

If you need a ubstitute for onion soup mix: use any grill seasoning that you like.

Does anyone have any idea what I can use instead of onion soup mix... my husband is very allergic to onion even in dried or processed form. :/

Reviewed on Feb. 23, 2009 by mighead

Just great. First time I've cooked meat in the microwave and I was VERY pleasantly surprised at how good it was!

Didn't have quick oats so I had to use old-fashioned...no problem!

Was out of ketchup so I used cocktail sauce! Might do that permanently! The horseradish in it is great with meatloaf! Used extremely lean ground turkey and there wasn't any grease left in the bottom...so nice...Didn't trust my mugs in the microwave so I just made it in a one-cup pyrex measuring cup. Didn't look as great but it worked perfectly. Didn't have onion soup mix so I used grill seasoning which worked well. Think I'll quadruple this recipe and cook one mug while I line 3 other mugs with plastic wrap and freeze them. When frozen I'll bag them up and save them for a rainy day!