Cheese-Filled Meat Loaf

Name: Cheese-Filled Meat Loaf
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 slices bacon, divided; 59 milliliters brown sugar; 59 milliliters dry bread crumbs; 1 egg, beaten; 1 clove garlic, minced; 454 grams ground beef; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 79 milliliters ketchup; 59 milliliters crushed pineapple, drained; 1 teaspoon salt; 237 milliliters shredded Cheddar cheese, or as needed; 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Cheese-Filled Meat Loaf might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 17g of protein, 25g of fat, and a total of 356 calories. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up bacon, garlic, ketchup, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the pineapple you could follow this main course with the Pineapple Cupcakes as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Chop 4 bacon strips; set remaining 4 bacon strips aside.

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Bacon

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Oven

Cook chopped bacon in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring often, until bacon is browned and crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Set chopped bacon aside.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Lightly mix ground beef, bread crumbs, beaten egg, garlic, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl until thoroughly combined.

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Worcestershire Sauce

Black Pepper

Breadcrumbs

Ground Beef

Garlic

Salt

Egg

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Bowl

Spread meat mixture out on a piece of waxed paper, forming a rectangle about 10 inches square.

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Spread

Meat

Spread Cheddar cheese and cooked chopped bacon over the meat, leaving a 1/2-inch edge all around. Carefully lift an edge and roll the meat around the filling.

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Cheddar Cheese

Spread

Bacon

Meat

Roll

Place into a loaf pan with the seam side down.

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Loaf Pan

Bake meat loaf in the preheated oven until hot and beginning to brown, about 30 minutes.

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Meat

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Oven

Mix ketchup, brown sugar, pineapple, and 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce together in a bowl, stirring to dissolve brown sugar.

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Worcestershire Sauce

Brown Sugar

Pineapple

Ketchup

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Bowl

Remove meat loaf from oven and place remaining 4 bacon strips onto meat loaf, weaving them together.

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Bacon

Meat

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Oven

Spread pineapple mixture over woven bacon and top of loaf.

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Pineapple

Spread

Bacon

Return meat loaf to oven and bake until bacon topping is crisp and pineapple mixture has baked into a glaze, about 20 more minutes. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of the meat loaf should read 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

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