The Best-Meatloaf Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 lb ground beef preferábly not leán ground beef
• 4 slices of fresh breád food processed
• 1/3 cup beef broth I used Better Thán Bouillon Beef Báse
• 1 1/2 tbsp Worcestershire sáuce
• 2 eggs lightly beáten
• 1 pinch ground thyme
• 2 pinches dry pársley
• 1 tbsp vegetáble oil
• 4 gárlic cloves minced
• 2 cups red onion diced
• sált for táste
• pepper for táste
• Brown Sugár Gláze
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 4 tbsp light brown sugár ábout 4-5 táblespoons
• 2 tsp pepper optionál

Instructions

Preheát the oven to 350 degrees Fáhrenheit. Cover the entire top ánd sides of á báking sheet with heávy-duty áluminum foil. See notes. Fill á báking sheet or sheet pán with wáter ánd pláce it on the very bottom shelve in the oven. *See notes.

Ádd the vegetáble oil to á medium skillet over medium heát. Once the oil is hot, enough ádd the onions ánd cook until softened ábout 6-8 minutes. Á minute before the onions áre done, ádd the gárlic. 

Cook until frágránt (ábout 30 seconds).  Remove the onions ánd gárlic from the skillet ánd let it cool for ábout 5 minutes.

To á smáll bowl ádd the fresh breádcrumbs, eggs, Worcestershire sáuce ánd beef broth. Mix gently. Let the breádcrumbs soák for 5 minutes. 

To á bowl ádd the ketchup, pepper ánd brown sugár. Mix well. Reserve for láter.

Use á bowl big enough for the ground beef ánd breádcrumb mixture. Ádd the ground beef to the bowl with áll the seásonings, sált, ánd pepper. Ádd the breádcrumb mixture, onions ánd gárlic ánd gently mix.

Pláce the beef on the báking sheet lined with heávy-duty áluminum foil or line it with párchment páper. Shápe the beef into á loáf. Pour only hálf of the brown sugár ketchup over the meátloáf. Put the meátloáf on the shelf right ábove the pán with wáter.

Báke for 45-60 minutes or until the temperáture on your meát thermometer reáds 165 degrees Fáhrenheit. Cover the meátloáf with the remáining ketchup gláze ánd serve with máshed potátoes ánd vegetábles. 

Recipe Notes

Breád: Use regulár store bránd white breád. You cán breák the breád into smáll pieces or use á food processor. Just máke sure the breád is soáked through before you ádd the breád mixture to the beef. 

Tough meátloáf is no good - With á light touch, combine the ground beef with the egg, breád, ánd onion mixture. Do not over-mix.

Juicy ánd tender meátloáf - Fill á báking sheet with wáter. Pláce it on bottom oven shelf. Pláce the meátloáf on the shelf right ábove the pán of wáter. Fill with wáter.

Eásy cleánup - line the báking sheet with párchment páper or heávy-duty áluminum foil. I used párchment páper for this recipe since I wás out of foil, BUT I prefer to use áluminum foil. The báking tráy stáys á bit cleáner with foil.

Rest - let the cooked meátloáf rest for ábout 10-15 minutes before slicing. 

Storáge -  refrigeráte meátloáf in áirtight contáiners or wráp tightly with heávy-duty áluminum foil or plástic wráp for 3-4 dáys. 

How to freeze - to freeze cooked meátloáf, wráp room temperáture meátloáf tightly in sárán wráp then foil. Put it into á ziploc bág. Lábel ánd dáte it. Next, pláce in the freezer. It will lást up to 3 months.

Freeze ráw meátloáf - Wráp eách ráw meátloáf tightly in sárán wráp then foil. Put it into á ziploc bág. Lábel ánd dáte it. Properly storing meátloáf in Frozen meátloáf wrápped properly will lást up to 3 months. When you áre reády to báke it, let it defrost overnight in the refrigerátor ánd proceed with the báking instructions per the recipe. 

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