Meatloaf Topped with Bacon and Cheese

Name: Meatloaf Topped with Bacon and Cheese
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 slices bacon; 473 milliliters plain bread crumbs; 59 milliliters brown sugar; 85 grams button mushrooms, chopped; 85 grams celery, chopped; 12 eggs; 1 Tbsp garlic powder; 907 grams ground beef; 1 Tbsp ground cumin; 907 grams ground pork; 907 grams ground turkey; 237 milliliters ketchup; 1 slice Mozzarella cheese; 28 grams olive oil; 57 grams red bell pepper, chopped; 24 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 85 grams shiitake mushrooms, chopped; 118 milliliters soy sauce

Meatloaf Topped with Bacon and Cheese might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 393 calories, 28g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe serves 24. A mixture of bell pepper, ground cumin, soy sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the ground cumin you could follow this main course with the Moroccan Chocolate Mousse as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

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In a large bowl, combine the turkey, beef, pork, eggs and breadcrumbs and fold ingredients until evenly combined.

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Whole Turkey

Beef

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Pork

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In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, add olive oil and heat.

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Olive Oil

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Add the celery, peppers and mushrooms and saute until translucent.

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Remove from heat and allow to completely cool. Once cooled, add to meat mixture along with garlic powder, cumin and salt and pepper, to taste, and combine.

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Garlic Powder

Cumin

Meat

Place meat mixture into large loaf pan.

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Meat

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In another small bowl, combine the ketchup, soy sauce and brown sugar and smooth and slather onto meat mixture, reserving some for basting. Top with bacon slices, place into preheated oven and cook for about 1 hour or until the meatloaf registers 180 degrees F when an instant-read thermometer is inserted into the center.

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Bacon

Brown Sugar

Soy Sauce

Ketchup

Meat

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Once the meatloaf is at 180 degrees F, remove from the oven, top with extra sauce and cheese slices and place back into oven just until the cheese melts.

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Sauce

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Remove from the oven, cut and serve.

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Cook's Note: If the sauce and bacon on the top starts to get too brown, cover the loaf pan with a piece of aluminum foil.

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Bacon

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