American
Classic Meatloaf
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the oven to 375F and line a loaf pan or sheet pan.
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Soak the breadcrumbs in the milk for 5 minutes to soften.
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Mix the ground beef, soaked breadcrumbs, eggs, grated onion, garlic, half the ketchup, the Worcestershire, salt, and pepper until just combined.
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Press the mixture into the loaf pan and smooth the top.
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Spread the remaining ketchup over the top.
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Bake until the center registers 160F, about 55 minutes, then rest 10 minutes before slicing.
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Serve it with
A American dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Classic Meatloaf, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Classic Meatloaf carries dairy, gluten, eggs, and fish. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew |
| Gluten | Yes | Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 20 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 9 g
- Sodium
- 620 mg
- Saturated fat
- 10 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Classic Meatloaf takes about 75 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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