Savory Buttermilk Meatloaf

Description

This meatloaf recipe is very flavorful, and as the proverbial description goes, ‘melts in your mouth.’ As far as vegetables, I only used onions, but their sweetness, along with the simple brown sugar glaze, were a great counterpoint to the others flavors.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 2 ½ pounds ground chuck
  • 1 cup dry bread crumbs
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon hot sauce
  • ½ teaspoon dried tarragon
  • ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon cider vinegar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
  2. Make the meatloaf: Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until soft and translucent
  3. 6 to 7 minutes. Cool to room temperature
  4. about 5 minutes.
  5. Combine cooled onion
  6. ground chuck
  7. bread crumbs
  8. buttermilk
  9. ketchup
  10. eggs
  11. Worcestershire sauce
  12. salt
  13. pepper
  14. hot sauce
  15. tarragon
  16. and Italian seasoning in a bowl; mix together with a fork and let sit until bread crumbs absorb moisture
  17. about 10 minutes.
  18. Turn meatloaf mixture out into the center of the prepared baking sheet and form into a 9×5-inch loaf.
  19. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
  20. While the meatloaf is baking
  21. make the glaze: Whisk brown sugar
  22. mustard
  23. and vinegar together in a small bowl.
  24. After 45 minutes
  25. remove meatloaf from the oven and spread brown sugar glaze over top. Return to the oven and continue baking until no longer pink in the center
  26. about 30 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs

Servings: 6

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