Best Meatloaf

This is the best meatloaf recipe ever: moist and tender on the inside with a yummy glaze on top. This recipe can easily be modified to your taste.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 213 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 pounds extra-lean ground beef
• 3 slices bread, toasted and crumbled
• 7 buttery round crackers, crushed
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce, divided
• 1.5 teaspoons salt
• 1.5 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 0.25 cup minced onion
• 1.5 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 0.25 cup milk, or as needed
• 3.5 tablespoons sour cream

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix the remaining tomato sauce and ketchup in a small bowl. Pour over the top of the meatloaf, and continue baking for 10 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Gather all ingredients.

Step 3

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat, and cook onion and garlic until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and season with salt and pepper.

Step 4

Combine onion and garlic mixture, beef, crumbled bread, crushed crackers, egg, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce, and 1/2 can tomato sauce in a large bowl. Mix until well combined. Gradually stir in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until mixture is moist, but not soggy. Transfer the mixture to a 5x9-inch loaf pan.

Step 5

Bake uncovered in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Continue baking 15 minutes, to an internal temperature of 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).