Best Recipe - Meatloaf

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Glaze:

  • 1/2 C ketchup / chili sauce
  • 1/4 C brown sugar
  • 4t cider or distilled white vinegar

 

Meatloaf:

  • 2t vegetable oil
  • 1 M onion chopped (~1C)
  • 2 M garlic cloves minced/pressed
  • 2 L eggs
  • 1/2 t dried thyme
  • 1 t salt
  • 1/2 t ground black pepper
  • 2 t dijon mustard
  • 2 t worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 t hot pepper sauce
  • 1/2 C whole milk / yogurt
  • 2 pounds meat loaf mix (50% ground chuck, 25% ground pork, 25% ground veal)
  • 2/3 cup crushed saltine crackers (16) or quick oats or 1 1/3 C fresh bread crumbs
  • 1/3 C minced fresh parsley
  • 8 slices bacon, more as needed.

 

1. For glaze: mix all together, set aside.

2. Meat loaf: heat oven to 350F. Heat oil in skillet. Add onion & garlic. Sautee until softened ~5 mins. Set aside to cool.

3. Mix eggs, thyme, salt, pepper, mustard, worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, & milk in a medium bowl. Add egg mixture to meat in large bowl along with crackers, parsley, cooked onion & garlic. Mix with fork until evenly blended & mixture does not stick to bowl. If it sticks, add more milk a couple T at a time until it doesn't.

4. Pat meat mixture into 9x5 loaf on work surface. Place on a foil lined, rimed baking sheet. Brush w half the glaze, arrange bacon across the loaf, overlapping slightly using a spatula to tuck the ends of the slices under the loaf.

5. Bake the loaf until the bacon i crisp & temp of loaf registers 160F -- ~1 hour. Cool at least 20 mins. Simer remaining glaze over medium heat until thickened slightly. Slice meat loaf & serve with remaining glaze.