The Best Meatloaf

Description

I have used this recipe for 30 years. My husband loves it and he is picky.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 cup soft bread crumbs
  • 1 ½ pounds ground beef
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • 3 tablespoons steak sauce, (e.g. Heinz 57)
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • ½ cup diced green bell pepper
  • ¼ cup steak sauce, or more to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8×4-inch loaf pan. Combine bread crumbs and milk in a small bowl; set aside to soften.
  2. Mix ground beef
  3. onion
  4. bell pepper
  5. steak sauce
  6. egg
  7. salt
  8. and black pepper in a large bowl; add bread crumb mixture and mix with your hands until combined.
  9. Pat the mixture into the prepared loaf pan; brush the top with 1/4 cup steak sauce.
  10. Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center
  11. about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Allow to stand for 5 minutes before slicing.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 6

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