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If you're like my husband, you enjoy a hearty meat loaf. Everyone who's ever tried it agrees it lives up to its name. This delicious dish doesn't last long!—Dorothy Pritchett, Wills Point, Texas

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Best Meat Loaf Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 1-1/2 hours

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped sweet red pepper
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
3 garlic cloves, minced
1-1/4 teaspoons chili powder
1-1/4 teaspoons dried sage
1-1/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
2 pounds ground beef
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
2/3 cup dry bread crumbs
4 bacon strips
SAUCE:
1/4 cup canned diced tomatoes
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture; mix well. Combine the milk, eggs and Worcestershire sauce; mix into the beef mixture. Add crumbs.
Grease a large sheet of foil. Place bacon on foil. Mold meat mixture into a loaf and place over bacon. Seal foil tightly around loaf. Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
Place wrapped loaf on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 1 hour. Open foil; drain juices. Combine sauce ingredients and spoon over loaf. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes longer or until no pink remains and a meat thermometer reads 160°. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 slice) equals 394 calories, 23 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 139 mg cholesterol, 1,094 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 28 g protein.

Originally published as Best Meat Loaf in Taste of Home April/May 1995, p9

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Enjoy this recipe with a light-bodied red wine such as Pinot Noir.

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Reviewed on Nov. 04, 2012 by Alice Bedney

This was the worst meatloaf that I have ever made! Don't you test these recipes?? I threw over half of it away! What a waste!!

Reviewed on Aug. 28, 2011 by santinawestbrook

Added a little more onion, and used 1 and 1/2 lb beef, 1/2 lb pork. Family loved it!

Reviewed on Jun. 28, 2011 by Grumma

My Family loved this recipe . We will make this recipe again . So easy and quick to prepare and so nice to come home from work and just pop it in the oven .- Denise St Laurent . Medicine Hat Alberta Canada