Down Home MEAT LOAF Rolled In Bacon

Okay well here we go two of the best comfort foods known to man combined in one of the best meatloaf recipes you will find. Okay first off this isn’t your normal recipe for a meatloaf as there is no tomato sauce/ketchup on top, instead we are using bacon! Why don’t we use a topping sauce you may ask?

Well….simply put the bacon wont let the red sauce stick, it will just slide off into a greasy red mess on the sides of your loaf.

Anyhow if you try this I guarantee you will like it, the bacon just does something so spectacular to the meatloaf that it will literally make your toes curl and have you moaning in excitement. I mean for real you will scream my name, Okay, okay maybe not my name but you may give me a “Billy damn, that’s good!”

So, give it a try and let me know what you think.

Here we go with how to prepare it. So hit print screen now and then cook it up!

Down Home Meat Loaf Rolled In Bacon

The Store Bought Stuff: (Ingredients)

-2 lbs ground beef
-2 eggs
-1 1/2 cups bread crumbs
-1/2 cup onion - diced
-1/2 cup bell pepper - diced
-1/2 cup celery - diced
-1 tbsp Basil
-1 tbsp Thyme
-1 tbsp Oregano
-4 tbsp Worchestire sauce
-1 tsp salt
-1 tsp pepper
-1lb sliced bacon (Your choice, I use Bryan)

Throwing It All Together: (preparation)

Dice the onion, bell pepper, and celery. Saute quickly and set aside to cool.

Ground beef add the eggs, Worchestire sauce, herbs, salt, pepper and combine loosely.

When the vegetables are cooled add to the ground beef mixture and incorporate.

Add the bread crumbs to adjust the consistency of the mix.

Shape meat mixture onto the edge of the arranged bacon and use parchment paper or wax paper to roll the bacon around the meat mixture, you know just roll it up inside the bacon.

Bake on a rack at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until the internal temperature is 180 degrees or cooked, you will know when it is..

Slice and serve with some mashed potato's, corn, green beans and some corn bread with a big ol' glass of down home sweet tea, that's some good eatin' right there!

Enjoy y’all!