How can I make Meatloaf with Ground Turkey instead of Ground Beef?

Question

What exactly would a recipe be for it???

Answer 1

You can substitute turkey for ground beef in your recipe. Or here's a nice recipe from the Barefoot Contessa:

Turkey Meatloaf Copyright, 1999, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, All rights reserved
Show: Barefoot Contessa
Episode: Scary Dinner

3 cups chopped yellow onions (2 large onions)
2 tablespoons good olive oil
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves (1/2 teaspoon dried)
1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
3/4 cup chicken stock
1 1/2 teaspoons tomato paste
5 pounds ground turkey breast
1 1/2 cups plain dry bread crumbs
3 extra-large eggs, beaten
3/4 cup ketchup

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
In a medium saute pan, over medium-low heat, cook the onions, olive oil, salt, pepper, and thyme until translucent, but not browned, approximately 15 minutes. Add the Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, and tomato paste and mix well. Allow to cool to room temperature.

Combine the ground turkey, bread crumbs, eggs, and onion mixture in a large bowl. Mix well and shape into a rectangular loaf on an ungreased sheet pan. Spread the ketchup evenly on top. Bake for 1 1/2 hours until the internal temperature is 160 degrees F. and the meatloaf is cooked through. (A pan of hot water in the oven under the meatloaf will keep the top from cracking.) Serve hot, at room temperature, or cold in a sandwich.

Answer 2

Do you want it to taste like a Meatloaf or a Turkey Loaf? If you want it to taste like a meatloaf, then do your standard meatloaf recipe. If you want it to taste like a Turkey Loaf, instead of using oats or bread or crackers to bind it, use something like the dry mix of Stove Top Stuffing. Take 1/2 medium onion, saute it until translucent, add some ground Sage (1/3 tsp per lb of turkey) and ground Poultry Seasoning (1/2 tsp per lb of turkey) until you can smell the spices. Then add them to your meat, egg, and stuffing mix. Use a little chicken broth to moisted the dry mix, mix everything together, place in the loaf pan and bake 350º for 40-45 minutes if you use 1 lb. Test it by seeing if the juices run clear - you don't want to overcook it but it does cook faster than beef. This will taste like your turkey and dressing together. You could make a nice gravy for it too. Yumm! I gather you are using turkey to cut down on the fats and saturated fats? This recipe will do it and, your gravy doesn't have to contain fats either.

Answer 3

You can just substitute the turkey in any recipe and prepare it the same way. The cooking time and temp should be about the same. Since the turkey is more lean, you might add a little olive oil or butter to keep it moist. Maybe a little more water than normal too. Like an extra 2 table spoons of water and 1 table spoon olive oil.

Answer 4

Veal IS ground beef. Veal is the meat from young calves still on milk. It would be a real waste to put veal in meatloaf. Use a 85% lean ground beef instead, or ground pork, or ground turkey, or mix any of those combos. But, Veal in meatloaf?? That's just odd.

Answer 5

The same way you would make it with beef. Just substitute the ground turkey instead when the recipie calls for beef. No problem.

Answer 6

Use the same recipe just don't cook the turkey for 2 long.Turkey cooks faster than beef.

Answer 7

Easy one!
Simply replace. The End.

You might want to up the seasonings a little as ground turkey lacks a little of the full body of flavor that beef has.

Answer 8

You can follow the same recipe you would use if you were using beef.

Answer 9

I don't know if you can. Have you ever heard of it being done that way? I've never even heard of Ground Turkey.