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Aunt Libby's Southern Meatloaf Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Meatloaf:
* 2 pounds ground beef
* 1 onion, chopped
* 1 cup ketchup
* 1 cup Italian-seasoned bread crumbs
* 2 eggs
* 1 ½ teaspoons salt
* ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Sauce:
* 1 ½ cups ketchup
* ¼ cup water
* 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
* 3 tablespoons brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
* 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
Directions:
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x5-inch loaf pan.


- Mix beef, onion, 1 cup ketchup, bread crumbs, eggs, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Press beef mixture into a loaf in the prepared loaf pan.


- Mix 1 1/2 cups ketchup, water, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce together in a saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat until sauce is smooth and warm, about 10 minutes. Pour 1/3 the sauce over meatloaf.


- Bake in the preheated oven, basting every 25 minutes with more sauce, until meatloaf is cooked through, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before slicing.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
6
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr Additional Time: 10 mins Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
If you need to use two meatloaf pans to make the meatloaf fit comfortably in the pan with room to spare, do so.
My Aunt Libby's original recipe calls for 2 pounds of ground beef, but I usually use 1.3 to 1.5 pounds of meat for my small family of three and adjust the other ingredients accordingly. So one meatloaf pan is all I need.
Try not to substitute ground beef with turkey and use a fattier 80% lean beef choice. True, it is not as healthy, but the taste is amazing!

 

 

 

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