Meatloaf with ʻUlu

‘Ulu is a great cultural food that you can eat it as is or add it as a nutritional boost to dishes like this meatloaf. This recipe is so versatile.

Ingredients

• 1/2 med onion (chopped) ✅
• 1 tsp butter (or olive oil)
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 1 tsp ketchup
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 2 cups chopped ʻulu (cooked) ✅
• 2 eggs ✅
• 3/4 cup skim milk ✅

Optional sauce:

• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a baking pan with foil.
2. In a small pan, cook onions with butter until tender. Let cool completely.
3. In a bowl add: ground beef, cooked onions, ketchup and seasonings. Mix together.
4. Chop up cooked ‘ulu. Add to mixture along with eggs and milk. Let sit for 5 min.
5. Form a loaf on the baking pan and bake for 40 minutes.
6. Remove meatloaf from the oven, top with sauce, then return to cook for another 10 minutes or until meatloaf reaches an internal temperature of 160F.

✅ WIC Approved Foods

This recipe was developed in collaboration with Kealohi Naipo aka @the.hawaiian.dietitian.