Best Cheesy Turkey Meat Loaf Recipes

CHEESY TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Lightly grease an 8.5-inch loaf pan. Set aside.
• Add olive oil to a small saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onions and saute until tender.
• Add garlic and cook until fragrant.
• Remove from heat and let cool.
• In a large bowl add the cooked onion & garlic, ground turkey, crushed croutons, and egg.
• Mix together ketchup and BBQ sauce and add to the bowl.
• Add in salt, pepper, smoked paprika, thyme, oregano, sage, and parsley.
• Add in milk and mix JUST until combined. Do not overwork the meat.
• Fold in cheese.
• *optional*Fry up a tinyl test patty if you want to check the seasonings.
• Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan and smooth out.
• Brush the top with BBQ sauce and sprinkle with a bit of parlsey.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes (may need more time depending on the type of pan you use. See note*)
• Remove from oven and let cool.
• Slice and serve.

CHEESE STUFFED TURKEY MEATLOAF RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Spray a small nonstick skillet with cooking olive oil spray over medium heat and saute shallot until golden, about 2 to 3 minutes; remove from heat.
• Combine the glaze ingredients in a small bowl.
• In a large bowl combine ground turkey, mushrooms, shallot, breadcrumbs, ketchup, egg, salt and marjoram. Mix with your hands until well blended. Place on a 12- x 16-inch piece of parchment paper and pat firmly into a 10- x 12-inch rectangle.
• Sprinkle cheese mixture evenly over ground turkey followed by the spinach. Roll up jelly roll-style, starting from the short end, by lifting wax paper and removing the paper as you roll. Seal ends well. Place seam-side down in prepared baking dish.
• Bake 45 minutes. Remove from oven, brush the sauce over roll, and return to oven 10 to 15 minutes, or until no pink remains. Remove from oven and allow to stand 10 minutes. Slice into 16 slices and serve.

TURKEY MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine first 8 ingredients. Add turkey; mix lightly but thoroughly., Transfer to a 9x5-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Mix topping ingredients; spread over loaf. Bake until a thermometer reads 165°, 60-65 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

CHEESY TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Spray a medium skillet with cooking spray. Add onion and garlic and saute until the onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Mix ground turkey, cheese cubes, crushed crackers, 1/3 cup ketchup, egg, garlic salt, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add cooled onion and garlic mixture and mix until well combined. Transfer to the prepared loaf pan. Place the loaf pan on a baking sheet and cover with aluminum foil.
• Cook in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove foil and drain any excess juices from the loaf pan. Top meatloaf with ketchup and cook, uncovered, until no longer pink in the center, about 30 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

CHEESY TURKEY MEATLOAF BITES

Steps:

• Spray a nonstick mini muffin tin with vegetable oil cooking spray or grease with oil.
• Place the zucchini, onions, bell peppers, carrots, and garlic clove into the food processor and pulse until everything is in tiny pieces.
• Add the egg, worchestershire sauce, herbs, bread crumbs, cheese, and turkey. Pulse until everything is combined.
• Place about a tablespoon of the meatloaf mixture in the muffin pans and pack down with a spoon.
• Bake until the mini turkey loaves are cooked through or an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center registers 165 degrees F, about 20 minutes.
• This recipe can also be baked in a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan and baked for 50 minutes. To Freeze: After baking, let bites come to room temperature, place in a ziploc bag, label and freeze up to 3 months. When ready, defrost over night in the fridge and place in a 300 degree oven for 5 minutes to reheat.

TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 8x4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook onion, bell pepper and garlic in oil 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool.
• In large bowl, mix cheese, bread crumbs, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon ketchup, the salt, pepper, egg and onion mixture. Crumble turkey over mixture; stir just until blended. Pack mixture into loaf pan.
• Bake 35 minutes. In small bowl, mix 1/2 cup ketchup, the brown sugar and mustard. Spread over meatloaf. Bake 5 minutes longer or until meat thermometer inserted in center reads 160°F. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

CHEESY CAJUN TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add onions and peppers; cook 5 to 6 min. or until tender, stirring frequently.
• Mix turkey and remaining ingredients in large bowl. Add onion mixture; mix lightly. Shape into loaf in 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Bake 45 to 50 min. or until done (160ºF). Let stand 5 min.

BEST TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a jelly roll pan.
• Mix ground turkey, buttery round cracker crumbs, milk, onion, egg, salt, garlic, and black pepper in a bowl; shape into a loaf and place on the prepared jelly roll pan.
• Mix ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce in a separate bowl; set aside.
• Bake meatloaf in preheated oven for 30 minutes; remove from oven and drain liquids. Top meatloaf with ketchup topping. Return loaf to oven and continue baking until no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

INCREDIBLY CHEESY TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a bowl, mix the turkey, milk, bread crumbs, and eggs by hand. Season with salt and pepper. Fold the cheese cubes into the mixture. Transfer to a loaf pan, and top with ketchup.
• Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, to an internal temperature of 180 degrees F.

CHEESE-STUFFED TURKEY MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine ground turkey, egg, parsley, bread crumbs, adobo, and salt and pepper in a large bowl. Mix well. Press half of the turkey mixture into the bottom of the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup cheese in a mound down the center of the pan; top with the remaining meat to form a loaf.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through, about 1 hour. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup cheese on top during the last 5 minutes of baking. Allow cooked meatloaf to rest for at least 5 minutes before slicing.

CHEESY TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Cook and stir red peppers, onions and garlic in hot oil in large skillet on medium heat 5 min. or until crisp-tender. Stir in black pepper; cool.
• Mix egg, 1/2 cup ketchup, soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce in large bowl until blended. Stir in vegetable mixture. Add turkey, cracker crumbs and 3/4 cup cheese; mix just until blended. Shape into 10x5-inch loaf in shallow pan; top with remaining ketchup.
• Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until done (160ºF), topping with remaining cheese after 50 min.

TURKEY MEATLOAF MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Combine ground turkey, Cheddar cheese, onion, bread crumbs, milk, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, salt, and pepper in a large bowl; mix well with your hands.
• Drop scoops of the turkey mixture into the muffin tin using a large ice cream scoop.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 45 minutes.