Ground Chicken or Turkey Meatloaf

This is a recipe for making a moist
ground chicken or turkey meatloaf.
It's seasoned with ginger, soy sauce,
and hot Szechwan cooking sauce.
Sauteed vegetables and rice act as
filler to keep the meatloaf moist.

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
2 Tablespoons finely chopped green onions
2 Tablespoons finely chopped carrot
2 Tablespoons finely chopped celery
1/2 teaspoon minced peeled ginger root
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup cooked long-grain rice
1/4 cup water chestnuts
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
1 to 2 Tablespoons Szechwan hot sauce
1 pound ground chicken or turkey
Sesame seeds

Directions:
Heat oil in small non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
Add green onions, carrots, celery, ginger root and garlic.
Saute 2 minutes or until tender. Combine green onion mixture,
rice, water chestnuts, soy sauce, and Szechwan sauce
in large bowl; stir well. Crumble chicken over
green onion mixture, and stir until just blended.
Preheat over to 350 degrees F.
Pack mixture into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan
coated with cooking spray;
sprinkle sesame seeds over top of meatloaf.
Bake for 50 minutes or until meat loaf registers 160 degrees F.
Let loaf stand in pan 10 minutes. Remove loaf from pan;
cut into 12 slices. Serve with Chinese hot mustard
and sweet-and-sour sauce, if desired.