Description
When I was growing up, my mom never ever made meatloaf and I always wanted to try it – I finally tried it at a restaurant and loved it. When I moved out on my own I started experimenting with different recipes and creating my own version. I finally came up with the best meatloaf I have ever made, and I wanted to share it.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ¼ cup minced onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 2 pounds extra-lean ground beef
- 3 slices bread, toasted and crumbled
- 7 buttery round crackers, crushed
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 3 ½ tablespoons sour cream
- 1 ½ tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce, divided
- ¼ cup milk (Optional)
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat
- and cook onion and garlic until onion is soft and translucent
- about 5 minutes. Remove from heat
- and season with salt and pepper.
- Combine onion and garlic mixture
- beef
- crumbled bread
- crushed crackers
- egg
- sour cream
- Worcestershire sauce
- and 1/2 can tomato sauce in a large bowl. Mix until well combined. Gradually stir in milk
- 1 teaspoon at a time
- until mixture is moist
- but not soggy. Transfer the mixture to a 5×9 inch loaf pan.
- Bake uncovered in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C)
- and continue baking 15 minutes
- to an internal temperature of 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
- Mix the remaining tomato sauce and ketchup in a small bowl. Pour over the top of the meatloaf
- and continue baking for 10 minutes.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 12