Ever grow tired of eating meatloaf? Me too! Make a classic dish pop by modifying it! It can be filled with almost anything and yet be entertaining and interesting!
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 cooking spray
- 1 onion
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 2 ½ pounds ground beef
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 12 crushed saltine crackers
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Montreal steak seasoning
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- ground black pepper to taste
- ¼ cup ketchup, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9×11-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Cut 3/4 each of onion, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, and yellow bell pepper into thin slices. Dice remaining 1/4 of onion and peppers.
- Mix ground beef, diced onion and peppers, tomato sauce, crushed crackers, brown sugar, egg, Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, olive oil, steak seasoning, garlic, and pepper together in a bowl until well-combined.
- Spread 1/2 of the beef mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top meat with sliced onion and peppers, leaving a 1-inch border. Spread remaining beef mixture over vegetables, tucking in sides to seal vegetables in the center of the meatloaf. Pour ketchup over the top of the meatloaf.
- 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).
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 419 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 111 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 27 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 898 mg |
| Sugars | 14 g |
| Fat | 25 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I make a similar version. I don’t add the brown sugar, instead I use slightly more Worcestershire. I add dan-o seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper. Instead of breadcrumbs I use a bag of stove top stuffing (any kind). I add whole 15oz can of tomato sauce, and 2 eggs. Holds together beautifully.
I love a good Meatloaf recipe. I’m going to try this with some changes to it. Mixed with the onions and peppers. I will add cheese, jalapeños, and some bacon crumbs. I believe I will make that for my birthday meal on the 4th. With some ranch mashed potatoes.
We love this recipe, this meatcake has so much flavor! I didn’t have any saltines so we used italian bread crumbs and it worked fine.
This turned out beautifully! I actually made a mistake and combined all the veggies with the meat mixture, but it still turned out fine. The meat mixture was a little loose, but the flavor was terrific! Great recipe!
As is the recipe is decent- but- I added
Made it with ground turkey
The meat recipe was rather loose which confused me. But the flavor and texture once cooked was fantastic!! Have made it again and cannot wait until it is out of the oven. My husband and I ate all of the leftovers. Will make sure that I make it when the grandkids are over! They will love it!!
This was a hit in our house. Nex5 day leftovers was even more flavorful. Made extra to put in freezer for another night.
I used leftover peppers, onions and tomatoes from pasta the night before – otherwise followed recipe. YUM My loving hubby says its the best I’ve ever made. Thanks for a great addition to our meals. We really liked this
I did not add the chicken stock. It was wonderful and my family loved it!
I liked the idea of the pepper and onion stuffed meatloaf, but, we weren’t crazy about this recipe. The meat mixture was very loose and seemed to have too much liquid in it. I had to add some additional crackers to help bind the mixture. Once cooked, although the meat wasn’t bad all I could taste was tomato and peppers. There wasn’t much other flavor and seemed very one note and bland. I don’t plan on making this again.