I made my first meatloaf when I had a ton of leftover ground beef from trying my hand at meatballs. We were having a few guests for Shabbos, and I was filling the pot with enough meatballs to feed an army. Hubby suggested I use the remaining meatball mixture for meatloaf. “I can’t serve that at a Shabbos meal!” I said. “It’s so unattractive and ordinary.” Hubby assured me it would be wonderful.
At dinnertime, I brought it to the table, apologizing every step of the way. And surprise, it was such a huge hit! More people complimented the meatloaf (the best meatloaf ever) than the meatballs. It has since evolved into this unique barbecued version.
Best Barbecued Meatloaf
Servings
6 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Grow and Behold ground beef
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup bread crumbs
- ½ cup barbecue sauce
- 2 tablespoons onion powder
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Place all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well.
- Press into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350°F for 1 hour.
- Loosen edges of meatloaf with a blunt-edged knife and turn meatloaf out onto a platter. Slice and serve.
Tips
- Place a few hard-cooked eggs in the middle of the loaf before baking. Or make a shepherd’s pie by adding either instant or homemade mashed potatoes. Spread a layer of potatoes over the beef before baking.
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Not being fanatical but, I would’ve preferred that Jaime NOT have her mug of coffee with milk on the same counter in such close proximity with the “ground meat” mixture while she was meshing with her hands incorporating other ingredients.
Yup, it’s right, obviously, you can make it as you like, but this is how Jamie makes it.
BBQ meatloaf, is it really 2 Tablespoons of garlic and onion powder? That seems excessive.
It’s so simple and doesn’t seem like a classic Yom Tov dish at first glance but TOTALLY agree it’s worthy of serving! XO Jamie
OH JANE!!!! Thank you so so so much for letting me know. It warms my heart to read your comment and to know you both so enjoyed this recipe. It’s a family favorite and we were just craving this comfort dish at well. Stay safe and healthy. Sending you love.
I made this last night for my husband and me. Today it is almost gone! So delicious! Thank you Jamie! We needed comfort food during this difficult pandemic. Be safe everyone! 🥰
Wow. This meatloaf tastes absolutely yummy! I’m so excited to serve it over yom tov! Thank you for another perfect on first try recipe!
you can use a spiced ketchup. Whisk ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, a touch of vinegar and 2 teaspoons of brown sugar and you basically have barbecue sauce.
I think the closest sub for BBQ sauce would be ketchup, you can even try making your own BBQ sauce from tomato paste and brown sugar or molasses or date honey, we have a quite few recipes on the site.
I love this recipe! Thank you! I was just wondering, what can I try to substitute for the bbq sauce. Stuck in a pinch, and no bbq sauce on hand. Help!
Can I use thousand island dressing, marinara sauce, or something with silan? Trying to think of ingredients on hand. Thanks.
Ketchup, silan, soy sauce and vinegar also works as a quick no-cook BBQ sauce. And you could go in a diff flavor direction and sub BBQ sauce for marinara. ENJOY!
needed a quick meatloaf tonight.. used your recipe. substituted real onion and garlic for the powders. used less bread crumbs to cut down on the carbs and used a little coconut flour instead of one of the ¼ cups of crumbs. sprinkled a little lowry’s salt for taste. I’ll see how it comes out in an hour.
Oh Nancy — It means to world to me that you took the time to comment and let me know. I hope you enJOYed the meatloaf!!!
I love your recipes and youtube videos.. so helpful meatloaf is in the oven now… thanks
WOW Bassie – a huge thank you to you!!! I so appreciate you letting me know that you are enJOYIng everything and especially the videos – I work hard on them so it’s super great to get the positive feedback. Thanks again!
Hi Jamie! Just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your incredible, quick, easy and delicious recipes. I have your cookbooks and know most of the recipes by heart. I love how simple yet amazing they are, without lots of complicated ingredients. The videos are an added bonus :)!
Leah!!!! WOW I can not thank you enough for taking the time to write and comment. I so appreciate it and am so beyond thrilled to know that you are enJOYing, what you like and specifically what you find useful. I will try to do more of everything for you. Wishing you lots of success with your studies.
Hi Jamie
I am a student and live far away from my family. Your recipes save my time bc I don’t have to look into 100 websites in order to find one recipe with kosher ingredients. I am thankful for having access to these wonderful videos for free.
One other helpful things for me is your explanations on how you save your leftovers from one dish to make another.
Thanks a lot.
OOOOOOOH how very “American” and cool! Please let me know if he liked it.
I’m making this tonight for my Israeli husband (we live in Haifa), I’ve never made him meatloaf in our almost 4 years together, your recipe looks great!
Yeah baby sounds awesome!!! meatloaf is so simple and classic and so perfect – love your idea!
Love meatloaf! An interesting trick I do is to put it on the smoker rather than the oven. I like using pecan wood for smoking. Then in last 15 minutes hit it favorite BBQ sauce to glaze.
LOL!!!!!!!! I adore this comment. I have been accused in the past of being too effusive – thanks for letting you know you like my reactions!
I love your Recipes I also really enjoy the sound effects when you and your friends are sampling the food.. I believe when you eat something that’s really good and pleasing to your pallet, it should be natural that yum that’s good come out of your mouth. Personally if no displaying of how good something tastes when I am viewing via the Internet I will not try that recipe because I can only see the reactions of you and your friends tasting the food, which give me the impression it’s good. Please continue letting me know it’s good when you indulge!
Harriet!!!! So sorry I missed this comment and so glad you told me you left it or I wouldn’t have realized it was you. Thrilled you made these as individual meatloaves and that everyone loved. Perfect way to dress it up for Shabbos!
Jamie, just made your meatloaf!! looks and smells great. can’t wait to try it this shabbat. Harriet
Great Rivka – love you tweaks thanks for sharing with all of us!
Love this recipe! I make it with ground white meat turkey and use ketchup instead of barbecue sauce. About 1/2 cup panko crumbs. Thanks
YAY – thanks so much! Brown the leftovers in a saute pan with a little oil and break up with the back of a wooden spoon and then serve on rolls like sloppy joes or in tacos, over pasta or toss into a salad.
Love this recipe. (As all of your recipes). Question- Do you have any recipes for the leftovers? Thanks.
YAY! thanks for commenting!
WOW thanks so much for the incredible feedback! Am loving life here — it is so meaningful and purposeful – I feel blessed to be able to live in Israel!
I enjoy listening to the show and have gotten wonderful receipes. I have always received incredible comments when serving the dishes. Keep up the good work. Was wondering how life in Israel is.
Just made this last week, my husband loved it. Will definitely add to my rotation!
My family loved it.
oh I am so happy — and it’s so easy!!! thanks for the feedback.