how to make the best meatloaf for your friends and family at home.
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First you’re going to cut your pepper in half with a nice sharp knife get rid of one half you don’t need it all of those seeds they don’t really taste good just make sure you get those out okay deed now what you’re going to do is just cut
This into strips like this just like that and then dice them nice and small so now we can start on the other special ingredient which is our onion okay you can cut that side off just like this one hack that I have is you just
Cut a slice down the center and then you cut where you want to this I only want half okay and that makes it so that this just comes off it’s a good hack okay dice this really small I like to look away when I chop to just fight through the
Tears okay if I look at it too long I’ll start to cry okay if you close your eyes it just kind of makes it a little bit better this is what you’re looking for okay I’m going to take this and put this away the next part is to get a pan on
High heat and put some olive oil in there just like that now you’re going to take your diced onion and pepper and just slide that right into your pan a good Sizzle should never go so unnoticed this is a good sign of things to come my friends okay look at that
It’s marinating really really nice in there you want to make sure that the onions get nice and translucent that means that they’re cooking and caramelizing really well so now that the onions and peppers are super caramelized this means that these are ready to go you can see the color has changed in the
Onion that’s what you’re looking for now for the fun part we have two eggs good Perfect okay crack them in a large mixing bowl and just start whisking you want it to be highly whisked egg you want the meatloaf to be fluffy okay now you’re going to add 1/2 cup of whole milk make sure it’s whole pour that in there okay we have a
Half2 cup of cheddar cheese pour that in there okay we’re going to do a little sprinkle of salt we’re going to sprinkle that in just like that great and of course some black pepper get it nice and peppery like that the last part is to take your caramelized red pepper and onion and
Just add that to the mixture so just pour that all in here like this okay good just whisk this all together really nice this is going to become the base of your meatloaf plus our secret ingredient which makes the meatloaf okay you’re never going to have another meatloaf like this it’s insane
So for everybody to see this up close this is what that mixture looks like now normally Cracker Barrel will add some Ritz crackers into their meatloaf or you can add a breadcrumb or some sort of starch but this is the secret ingredient to make your meatloaf better than
Everyone else’s and that’s to add Chez itss instead Chez itss are the best secret ingredient into meatloaf so I’m going to show you what to do okay pour them out like this okay you can put this aside okay we might not need that many so don’t want to waste anything we’ll
Put some right back in the package okay just like that now you can just Crush these right grab a fist bowl and just crush them you want them to be very very small this is going to act like a breadcrumb unfortunately these don’t come already pre- crumbled so you have
To do it yourself now this is a one cup serving right here we’re going to take our crumble put that right into the one cup right here this is actually probably exactly one cup which is really good now you’re going to take take your mixture add the cheese that’s right in
There just like this okay give that a good whisk because now we’re preparing it for the meat okay so you want everything to be well mixed before you add the meat because if you don’t do that then it’s not going to integrate well the best part is right here 2 lbs of ground
Beef okay just take out the whole package this does need to fill up a whole loaf so might seem like a lot but it’s actually not okay dump it in okay one more get that all out don’t let that get in there okay here’s our perfect one lb
Beef good okay now what you’re going to do is just mix this all together okay mix it all in there you want it to get nice and ooey gooey okay oh man this is going to be so good the secret ingredient really is the cheese it because it is just like a
Breadcrumb there’s really no difference except that it’s cheesy we’re already making it really delicious so that cheese it just gives it that extra flare that most people don’t know about so you’re going to beet into the meat just like it’s a just like it’s a meatball honestly it’s really no different than
That or if you’re seasoning your hamburger beef okay okay you want to make sure that all of your seasoning gets mixed throughout or else it’s not going to be good I’ll give everybody a little closeup here of what it should look like fully mixed in okay do not forget
To mix it okay now that we’ve mixed in the beef you’re going to spray down a loaf pan like this be careful not to over mix your meat because you want it to be tender you don’t want it to be overworked that is a critical critical
Mistake that people make okay so here it is right here we’re going to take this okay put it into the loaf pan and smush it down be very very careful not to use less than the two lounds of beef or else it doesn’t fit into the loaf pan it only
Fills about half and it just it’s not going to come out like a meatloaf just it’s going to be a very very sad half Loaf and unless you’re okay with that I mean it’s just not going to come out that good so definitely use the full two
Pounds of beef okay so now we’re going to put this in the oven at 350 while that’s cooking it’s best to be time efficient and you’re going to make your topping so we have a/2 cup of ketchup right here I’m just going to spoon that into this little Bowl right here okay
Ketchup is the main ingredient so almost done here now you’re going to add couple squirts of yellow mustard whoever knows how to say this war Chester sauce warshire worest Shire wor we’re going to do a little drop and then finally two little teaspoons here of brown sugar mix that all
Together here we go this is going to be your topping okay this is our meatloaf it is all done smells so good I’m about to take it out of the loaf pan okay get yourself a nice little spatula make sure that all the sides are nice and
Loose now just get right under it just get it right onto a nice cutting board like that now for our beautiful sauce we’re going to take that and lather it on top while it’s nice and hot now for the cutting going go ahead and cut a nice slice oh
Make sure you have a plate ready to go look at that look how great that looks there’s my sauce just glazed and caramelized right on top and this is the best secret ingredient you can put into meatloaf it’s cheese itss you would have never guessed it look how good this
Looks you can tell that it’s going to be amazing you can absolutely tell if you like extra sauce it’s great to make some extra that way you can just lather that right here like that just like this okay perfect looks absolutely beautiful I want to just show everybody
My creation up close you can see how juicy the meat looks and how cheesy the meat looks I like mine to be on the cheesier side so that’s what you can see right here on the top is that nice yellow forming on the crust and here is what my amazing meatloaf looks
Like you can see how creamy and caramelized the topping is it’s almost like a glazed cake which is what you want that’s what the heat does to it you can see all of the amazing layers in here you really want to make sure that’s why it’s so important to make sure that
You’re mixing everything thoroughly but not too thoroughly otherwise it’s over tendered okay so this just looks so good here is my amazing meatloaf here it is let me turn it around here we go there we go this is my amazing meatloaf recipe with my secret ingredient that makes it the best
Meatloaf you’ve ever had in your life
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