Terrific Teriyaki Turkey Meatloaf

This delicious recipe was made by Chef Azuki with ingredients she had at her house.  There's a funny story about getting older and needing reading glasses that goes along with the unusual dimensions of our ingredient list.  Chef Azuki has these cute measuring cups in a variety of colors and each one holds a certain amount.  We both thought we were using the 1/4 Cup, but to our more critical eye, we found that it was indeed the 1/3 Cup we were using.  So if you're wondering how we came up with 1/6 of cup of soy sauce, that's 1/2 of a 1/3 cup.  Got that?  Does it sound like a common core math problem?  Well, we won't ask you to explain it back to us.  At least we're still laughing and enjoying our cooking adventures, even if we're going to have to break down and get reading glasses.

Terrific Teriyaki Turkey Meatloaf

Ingredients:
2.5 lbs of ground turkey
1/6 C shoyu (low sodium soy sauce)
1/3 C ketchup
4 Tbsp Brown sugar
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 C of panko
1 egg

Directions:
1.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees
1.  Mix together shoyu, ketchup, brown sugar and garlic powder
2.  Put the ground turkey in a large bowl and add the shoyu mixture and combine the ingredients
3.  Add panko (Japanese style bread crumbs) and egg, then incorporate this in well
4.  Put it in a pyrex loaf pan
5.  If you like the top of your meatloaf to look caramelized save a little sauce to pour on top
     (you'll have to watch it and tent it with foil if it starts to burn)
5.  Cook for 1 - 1 1/2  hours depending on your oven  (internal temperature of 160-170 degrees)


Yummy!  This is one terrific meatloaf!  I loved the hint of Asian flavor and the panko really kept this meatloaf moist.  You can find panko in the Asian section of your grocery store.  Try it, it's Great!

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