
Soy-Glazed Meatloaves with Wasabi Mashed Potatoes
Soy-glazed meatloaf with wasabi mash — comfort food with a bold, exciting twist.
- Total
- 35 min
- Serves
- 4
A meatloaf with a Japanese-leaning glaze: ground beef loaves brushed with a soy-and-sugar glaze, baked until caramelized, served with wasabi-spiked mashed potatoes and roasted carrots. The soy glaze and wasabi kick give the comfort-food classic an exciting twist. It's a familiar dinner made memorable by a few bold flavors.
Ingredients
- 5 Potatoes
- 12 ounces Carrots
- 1 Scallions
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 Slice Bread
- 1 Garlic Powder
- 2 Soy Sauce
- 1 Ground Beef
- 1 tsp Vegetable Oil
- 2 tsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Butter
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry all produce. Dice potatoes into 1/2-inch pieces. Trim, peel, and cut carrots on a diagonal into 1/2-inch-thick pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens; finely chop whites. Peel and finely chop garlic.
- 2. In a medium bowl, soak bread with 2 TBSP water (4 TBSP for 4 servings); break up with your hands until pasty. Stir in beef, sriracha, scallion whites, half the garlic, salt (we used 3/4 tsp kosher salt; 11/2 tsp for 4), and pepper. Form into two 1-inch-tall loaves (four loaves for 4). Place on one side of a baking sheet. Toss carrots on empty side of same sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper. (For 4, spread meatloaves out across whole sheet and add carrots to a second sheet.) Bake for 20 minutes (we'll glaze the meatloaves then).
- 3. Meanwhile, place potatoes in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until very
- tender, 12-15 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup potato cooking liquid, then drain. While potatoes cook, in a small bowl, combine soy sauce, garlic powder, 1/4 cup ketchup (1/2 cup for 4 servings), and 2 tsp sugar (4 tsp for 4).
- 4. Once meatloaves and carrots have baked 20 minutes, remove from oven. Spoon half the ketchup glaze over meatloaves (save
- the rest for serving); return to oven until carrots are browned and tender, meatloaves are cooked through, and glaze is tacky, 4-5 minutes more.
- 5. Meanwhile, melt 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) in pot used for potatoes over medium heat. Add remaining garlic and cook
- until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add potatoes and 1/4 tsp wasabi. Mash, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as necessary until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. (If you like things spicy, stir in more wasabi!)
- 6. Divide meatloaves, mashed potatoes, and roasted carrots between plates. Sprinkle with scallion greens and serve with remaining ketchup glaze on the side for dipping.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 450
- Protein
- 0 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Carbs
- 0 g
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