Cheeseburger Meatloaf
Cheeseburger Meatloaf
This is the Cheddar variant to the Swiss Cheese Meatloaf recipe I posted here. I just threw this together but did not take any step by step photos, as I thought this would just be average, but was I wrong. This is excellent and so easy. I use minced pork for meatloaf so if you do the same, you should use a meat thermometer to make sure the correct internal temp is reached. I will make this again so I can take the step by step photos. Links to the shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 1 kilo minced pork, OR ground beef
- 250 grams Cheddar cheese, real cheese, no fake stuff here
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 eggs
- 2 dill pickles, small, sliced, OR make from a shortcut
- 2 tablespoons dil pickle juice
- 4 slices bread, white or wheat works, torn apart
- prepared yellow mustard, couple of squirts
- 3 tablespoons BBQ sauce, OR make from a shortcut
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180 C. Get out a couple of loaf pans.
- In a large bowl combine all the ingredients with just a large spoon, no need for hand mixing, takes just a minute.
- With your block of cheese, you will need 10-12 slices (1/2 to 2/3 of the block), the rest of the block you need to shred for the topping. This is the cheese I use. This Mainland Brand Cheddar cheese, 250 grams, from New Zealand, and is real cheese.
- I use two loaf pans when making meatloaf. Take the meat mixture and pat down in the bowl and using the large spoon, mark it into 4 sections, use 1/4 of the mixture in each loaf pan, spread out and pack down, then top with the cheese slices, 5-6 slices on the meat mixture.
- Use the remaining meat mixture to to cover each loaf pan. Top with more BBQ sauce. Bake for for 40 minutes, and use a meat thermometer to check internal temp then continue to bake about 10 minutes more to ensure the cheese is melted. Remove from oven and sprinkle on the shredded Cheddar cheese and return to the oven for just a few minutes to melt the cheese on top. Remove from oven and let rest for about 5-10 minutes before serving.
Notes
Minced pork is about 135 Baht/kilo. The block of cheese will cost about 180 Baht. For 8 servings this would be about $1.12 per serving, for 10 servings this would be about 90 cents per serving. Very reasonable.
Variants: Layer in some sliced mushrooms over the cheese before adding the remaining meat mixture. Another variant would be to add sliced bacon to the top.
Shortcuts: BBQ Sauce, Dill Pickles.
My own recipe.
I made this on 23 June 2016 on a whim and I must say, this is very good! Easy to put together. I made this using 2 loaf pans. One loaf pan is easily 3-4 servings. Photos are mine except the cheese photo, that is courtesy Tesco Lotus Thailand. When I make this again, I will take step by step photos. This is on my #1 Go to recipe list.
Heavenly!! 😀