Description
This is my family’s favorite meatloaf recipe. Onion may be substituted for green onions (scallions).
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- ½ cup finely chopped green onions
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 1 rib celery, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- ⅔ cup ketchup, divided
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 ½ pounds ground beef
- ¾ pound spicy ground pork sausage
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- ⅓ cup minced fresh parsley
- 2 large eggs, slightly beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Heat butter in a large heavy skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion
- green onions
- carrot
- celery
- and garlic until fragrant
- about 5 minutes. Cover skillet with a lid and cook
- stirring occasionally
- until carrot is tender
- about 5 more minutes. Stir 1/3 cup ketchup
- Worcestershire sauce
- salt
- and pepper into vegetable mixture; cook until warmed through
- about 1 minute.
- Mix ground beef
- sausage
- vegetable mixture
- bread crumbs
- parsley
- and eggs in a large bowl; form into a loaf and place in a rectangular baking pan with 2-inch high sides. Cover loaf with remaining 1/3 cup ketchup.
- Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center
- about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 6