Your best meat loaf recipe please

Sounds simple tasty recipe I've never made one but going to give it a try

There are a million meatloaf recipes - and funny thing is, everyone’s (submitted) is the best! Hahaa! I’ll give you my ingredients, but leave the amounts up to you:

• for starters - 2/3 beef to 1/3 grnd pork
• chpd onion and green pepper
• Italian seasoned bread crumbs
• milk
• egg
• ketchup or BBQ sauce
• Worcestershire sauce
• garlic powder
• salt and pepper

Everything goes in one bowl, mix by hand till very well incorporated. Mold, place in shallow pan (with edges), bake. I do not put anything on top. Others may do ketchup or BBQ sauce.

One thing I always do - in a food processor (if you have one) I mince down the meats to a finer chop. Found out it holds up the loaf better when slicing.

Lover of cold meatloaf sandwiches!
USA Gundy

I think a nut roast would be a veggie alternative. Served with an onion or tomato gravy.

I have never had a meat loaf and am not exactly sure what it is? Are there vegan version recipes ?

P.S. I should have mentioned that Jamie's recipe uses crushed Jacobs Cream Crackers - not breadcrumbs.

While certainly this is a"staple" dish for many American families (I'd say it's on a par with shepherds pie in the UK), our dear British Jamie has a delicious meatloaf recipe which we have used. IMO don't need to cover it in bacon (Jamies's suggestion) - or certainly not as much bacon as he states! (But you can do this, if you like bacon!) His recipe includes a tomato sauce - again, IMO this isn't necessarily needed - or you could use you own "sauce ideas". Worth a look?

Thanks for this. never made one, never tasted one so far as I know.. and I am elderly and born and bred in Birmingham.
I have read about "meat loafs" always thought it was an American food... what do you serve with it please? forgive my ignorance lol

Auntieflo 😁

Good sense of humour!

Had meat loaf tonight. Lovely.
DH singing Bat out of hell!

I'm making it tomorrow!

Oo, glad it sounds good!

I suspect the addition of the oats was to make a pound of mince serve 2 adults, 3 kids plus leftovers! but I've always loved the texture.

In the same way, Mum always made sponge cakes with an 8 oz flour to 4oz sugar, 4oz butter ratio rather than the standard 4-4-4. That heavier texture is Still how cakes Should taste, for me!

That sounds a lovely meatloaf I assume the oats are there to replace breadcrumbs to keep it moist I like the addition of oats.

Thanks Ailedh .
I used to make a Katie Stewart one , which is delicious , but fiddly .
Your recipe is much easier .

Thanks so much Ailedh that looks like the one my aunt used to make . We will be having this to-night .

My Mum's and then mine was:

1lb mince
1 chopped onion
1 large handful of porridge oats
1 beaten egg
Plenty of salt and pepper.
Bacon rashers

Squidge everything by the bacon together by hand, well.

Lìne a loaf tin with the bacon rashers, so that they overlap the tin (meet rashers two by two along the tin).

Pack the mince mixture in.

Fold the overlapped bacon over the top.

Squirt some tomato ketchup over the top.

Bake at 180 for an hour.

We also used to do it with sausage meat instead of mince, and minus the bacon. I would add sage to the mixture and put a fruity jam on the top instead of the ketchup.

Boy, I'm hungry now!!