Any cut of meat will taste wonderful with this marinade. I enjoy using it to marinate beef for cube, skirt, or anything in between. It has simple components that, when mixed and given time to integrate, will consistently produce soft, juicy meat.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 9×5-inch loaf |
Ingredients
- ½ cup ketchup
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons lemon juice, divided
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 3 slices bread, shredded
- ¼ cup diced onion
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 cube beef bouillon, crumbled
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Stir together ketchup, brown sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and mustard in a small bowl until smooth.
- Place beef, bread, 1/3 cup ketchup mixture, onion, beaten egg, remaining 3 tablespoons lemon juice, and bouillon in a large bowl; mix until well combined. Form into a loaf and place into a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and pour off fat carefully from the pan. Spread remaining ketchup mixture over the top of loaf.
- Return to the oven and continue baking until no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of loaf should read at least 160 degrees F (71 degrees C).
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 318 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 90 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 398 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 17 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
One of the best and easiest recipes I’ve made for meatloaf.
This is the only recipe that I use for meatloaf! Definitely make a little more glaze, you’ll be happy you did!
Yes, but added celery, mushrooms and crushed calabrian chili peppers!! Best meatloaf ever.
Really liked this meatloaf. I have not made one in a very long time and this was good. Moist. I used just about all the glaze in the meat mixture. I made more for the topping. It was not too sweet. I used whole grain oats instead of the bread as someone suggested. I removed from oven 2x to pour off excess grease. I will make again for sure! Added salt and pepper to meat.
So moist and flavorful!
Really really great meatloaf! This is my only go to recipe!!! I too used a beefy onion soup mix, added a little horseradish and used fresh squeezed lemons. Delish!!!
Love this
This is an excellent recipe. I will make it again. Next time I probably will add some salt to the beef. The glaze is tasty and simple. This is a very easy meal to prepare.
Very good, my husband and I loved it. The meatloaf was very moist, will make again
This is the best meatloaf I have ever had. This is the only recipe my daughter or I use. I usually have to make two loaves.
We love this meatloaf! I’ve probably made it 20+ times. Originally, I followed the suggestion to put a couple slices of bread under the meatloaf to soak up the grease. It worked but was messy. Last time I made it, I decided to put the meatloaf on a wire cooling rack and put the rack inside a cake pan. Perfection! After the first hour of cooking, I put the meatloaf in a new pan and pour the extra glaze on it. Tips for even more deliciousness with this recipe: Brown the diced onion. Then blend/food process the onion with a little ketchup to purée it before adding to meat mixture. Triple the sauce/glaze part of the recipe. You’ll be glad you did! In addition to adding some of the sauce to the meat mixture, I coat the outside of the meatloaf with the some of the glaze before cooking. And I put a single layer of bacon over the glaze. (My mom always put bacon on the outside of her meatloaf. Love the extra crunch and bacon taste!) I use precooked bacon from Costco. Tried regular uncooked bacon once, and it didn’t get crispy enough even after an hour+ of cooking.
My family loves this recipe. My family likes more topping, so I make a double amount of it.
The sauce is pretty good. I used onion soup mix in place of the fresh onion and bouillon. I also used 1 pound turkey and 1 pound beef. I would make this again.
This is a great recipe. I add a tablespoon of horseradish sauce to the sauce to give it a little zip and I double the sauce. Otherwise I follow the recipe. It’s the best meatloaf I have ever made. My father loves it and he is very picky about his meatloaf!
Doubled the sauce, but only with 1/3 cup brown sugar
Delicious! I added a clove of garlic, a teaspoon of garlic powder, a tsp of powdered worcestershire , a teaspoon of cayenne pepper . So moist and packed with flavor
This is the recipe I’ve been looking for! No reason to look any further! I let the wet ingredients sit for 10 minutes and then add the beef. Be careful not to over mix… love, love, love.
I used sweet onions and honey mustard instead of the dry mustard. It came out delicious. Every plate at the table was clean at the end of the meal. It also made great leftovers.
Simple. Very good.
I made no changes and it was yummy!!
It was wonderful