Have you ever noticed how there are certain recipes that we seem to come back to over and over? Perhaps it is something that you make on a weekly schedule or it might just be a recipe that you make when you can’t think of what else would be good for dinner. Although there might be a lot of choices in this regard, meatloaf is one that many of us love.
Most families have their own meatloaf recipe and they might just feel a little strange when it comes to stepping outside of that box. If you feel like taking a walk on the wild side, this cheesy bacon wrapped meatloaf is going to be right up your alley. It is a fantastic dish and once you put it on the table, it will become an instant hit.
Ingredients:
2 lbs ground beef
2 eggs
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 cup dry bread crumbs
1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 small yellow onion, diced
6 slices bacon
8 ounces sharp Cheddar cheese, cut into quarters
1 teaspoon ketchup
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a bowl, add your ground beef, 2 tablespoons ketchup, and eggs and mix with your hands until combined.
Add in the bread crumbs, Parmesan, garlic, pepper, oregano, basil, salt along with your onion and mix it again.
Line a baking dish with your bacon, so that it is all together.
Take about half of your meat mixture and place it across the bacon.
Add cheese over the entire loaf.
Put the other half of the meat mixture on top of the cheese.
Pull the ends of the bacon to cover the entire loaf, overlapping if you can in the center.
Cover the top of the loaf with 1 tbsp ketchup and place in the oven at 375 for 60 minutes (or until no longer pink in the center).
Once cooked, pull out the meat loaf and cover the top with your remaining cheese and return to the oven for another 5 minutes.