Bacon-Wrapped Cheesy Meatloaf

Name: Bacon-Wrapped Cheesy Meatloaf
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 package (16 ounces) thick cut bacon; 1 1/2 lb ground beef (chuck or about 80/20); 1 cup shredded cheese (your favorite one or more); 1 envelope beefy onion soup mix (lipton or other); 1/3 cup ketchup; 2 tbsp yellow mustard; 1 tsp worcestershire sauce; 2 eggs; 1 cup - give or take - cracker crumbs (any kind-I used bacon ritz); 2 clove minced garlic; 1 salt & pepper to taste

asisul81 @cook_3091659

Bacon-Wrapped Cheesy Meatloaf

asisul81 @cook_3091659

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Ingredients

20 mins

8 servings

1package (16 ounces) thick cut bacon
1 1/2 lbground beef (chuck or about 80/20)
1 cupshredded cheese (your favorite one or more)
1 envelopebeefy onion soup mix (lipton or other)
1/3 cupketchup
2 tbspyellow mustard
1 tspworcestershire sauce
2eggs
1 cup- give or take - cracker crumbs (any kind-I used bacon ritz)
2 cloveminced garlic
1salt & pepper to taste

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Steps

20 mins

1

Preheat oven to °350. Line bottom & sides of loaf pan with bacon, slightly overlapping (or weave into a lattice pattern), saving about 5 strips to cover top.
2

In large bowl add ground beef & shredded cheese. In small bowl mix together all other ingredients & let sit for about 5 minutes. Pour in with meat & cheese & mix lightly with a fork, kinda fluffing it up as you go.
3

Stuff meat mixture into bacon lined pan and layer top with remaining bacon. Just try to keep it evenly spread across whole top of meatloaf. Cover with foil (I used 2 layers) & bake for about an hour and a half until meat thermometer reads °160F.
4

Take out of oven & uncover. Bake uncovered another 15-20 minutes until bacon is browned & at desired crispiness. Also, if desired, take back out & add a layer of ketchup across top & bake another 10-15 minutes until ketchup has carmelized into a glaze type topping. (Or use broiler & keep an eye on it until it's ready, it won't take long.)
5

When done let sit for 10 minutes. Cut & serve. Is great with mashed or baked potatoes or on a sandwich roll.