I love the ease of preparing meatloaf! I don’t always love the amount of baking time required to bake a full meatloaf though so I usually try to bake it in much smaller portions.
Enter the meatloaf muffin!
I’ve done them lots of times with my regular beef meatloaf recipe but today, I’m sharing my newest meatloaf fascination: chicken parmesan meatloaf!
What you’ll need:
1 lb ground chicken
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs
1 tsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, very finely minced OR grated
1 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
2/3 cup grated parmesan cheese, divided
4 oz fresh mozzarella, cut into cubes
1/2 cup marinara sauce
Let’s make it!
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
2) In a small skillet, pour 1 tsp olive oil and heat to medium. Add onion and garlic and lightly sauté for 1-2 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
3) In a large bowl, mix ground chicken, egg, breadcrumbs, onion mixtures, dried herbs, salt, pepper and 1/2 cup grated parmesan together. Gently mix with hands.
4) Fill each muffin cup about 1/3 full with meat mixture. Place one cube of fresh mozzarella in each muffin cup. Then, evenly divide the remaining meat mixture on top of the mozzarella.
5) Cover the top of each “muffin” with marinara sauce and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
6) Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until fully cooked.
What is your favorite type of meatloaf?
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I may have to try these! I love chicken for meatloaf and meatballs.
These look delicious and fun. I was this on the Sugar Bee link party. I am new at blogging and linking and stuff. But I love all the ideas out there! I will be back!
ah looks SOOO GOOD!!!
Oh this is great! Good for the freezer too! I’m so going to use this. I’d love to have you link this us to Titus 2 Tuesday this week on Cornerstone Confessions.. I hope to see you there.
Kathy
These sound amazing! I often bake meatloaf in muffin pans, too. So much easier! Pinning
Yum!
Would love to have you join my weekend linky party!
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Bobi
These look delicious. I have a link party on Wednesdays, and I would love it if you would link this and any other posts. It is called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Link Party. It runs from Wednesday to Sundays.
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/10/almond-sugar-body-scrub-and-wednesdays.html
I hope to see you there. Have a great Day.
Debi Bolocofsky
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Great idea! Thanks for sharing via Christina’s Adventures…I’ll be visiting often!
What a great recipe share! Visiting from Pintastic Monday – Pinned and I plan on trying these! Hope you’re off to a great week! Cheers!
Looks delicious. Thanks for sharing. I like the cupcake pan idea.
How cute! I actually made almost the same recipe last night, but in a big loaf pan. So good!
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Wow, this looks awesome. I’m definitely making these tonight!
Katie
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Yum, this looks great! Thanks for sharing, I pinned it
Brilliant! This is going on the weekly menu! Thanks
I’ve never used Chicken for meatloaf but these look delish! I love that you used muffin cups too. Perfect for little ones. Thanks for sharing