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Boston Market Meat Loaf

OK...I know that I waxed rhapsodic about Ann Landers' Meat Loaf. But this one is darned good, too. It comes from the Top Secret Recipes website. Check it out, in case you ever want to replicate your favorite restaurant food. It's worth the trip!








1 cup tomato sauce
1-1/2 Tbsp. Kraft original barbecue sauce
1 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1-1/2 lbs. ground sirloin (10% fat)
6 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
dash garlic powder

Preheat oven to 400º F. Combine the tomato sauce, barbecue sauce and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat the mixture until it begins to bubble, stirring often, then remove it from the heat.
In a large bowl, add all but 2 tablespoons of the tomato sauce to the meat. Use a large wooden spoon or your hands to work the sauce into the meat until it is very well combined.
Combine the remaining ingredients with the ground sirloin-- flour, salt, onion powder and ground pepper. Use the wooden spoon or your hands to work the spices and flour into the meat.
Load the meat into a loaf pan (preferably a meat loaf pan with two sections which allows the fat to drain, but if you don't have one of those a regular loaf pan will work). Wrap foil over the pan and place it into the oven for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, take the meat loaf from the oven, remove the foil and, if you aren't using a meat loaf pan, drain the fat.
Using a knife, slice the meat loaf all the way through into 8 slices while it is still in the pan. This will help to cook the center of the meat loaf. Pour the remaining 2 tablespoons of sauce over the top of the meat loaf, in a stream down the center. Don't spread the sauce.
Place the meat loaf back into the oven, uncovered, for 25-30 minutes or until it is done. Remove and allow it to cool for a few minutes before serving.

If you already have a recipe that claims to be a clone for this delicious meat loaf...you can now toss it out, purge if from your hard drive, burn all hard copies. No clone recipe that I've found yet -- and there are several circulating -- has come even close to the tender, tasty meat loaf you can get from this popular chain. Don't be fooled! To make a REAL clone, first thing you've got to do is use ground sirloin, just as the restaurant chain does. And then you need to know how to make the special sauce that goes into the meat loaf and on top (no it's not ketchup and it's not V-8). And there's no minced onion in there (just look at it!), or onion soup mix for that matter. So, search no more for the perfect clone of Boston Market's tasty meat loaf. You've now got the result of days and days of vigorous testing. Even if you don't normally enjoy meatloaf, this one you'll be a cravin'.
(http://www.topsecretrecipes.com)

Top Secret Recipes

Serves 4.