The BEST Meatloaf - This is one of our best recipes.

This is it - the only meatloaf recipe you'll ever need, and I mean that completely. Using dried stuffing mix instead of plain breadcrumbs transforms everything about this dish, creating layers of herb flavor and the perfect texture. The combination of Worcestershire, sage, and dry mustard gives it this complex, savory flavor that makes even meatloaf skeptics ask for seconds.

  

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups dried stuffing mix (Pepperidge Farms- get the herb flavored)

½ cup finely chopped onion

1 ¾ cup of milk

2 lbs. ground chuck

1 egg

4 t Worcestershire

1 ½ t salt

1/8 t dried sage

¼ t dry mustard

¼ t pepper

1 T McCormick's package of meat loaf mix, optional

 

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl combine dried stuffing mix and onion and 1 ¾ cups of milk. Soak 10 minutes.

Add all at once; 2 lbs of ground chuck, beaten egg, Worcestershire sauce, salt, dried sage, dried mustard and pepper and meatloaf mix if using.  Mix well. 

Reserve ½ of this mix to freeze or to make meatballs.

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes in a loaf pan.  When thermometer  reads 165 it is done.  Remove from oven and let sit for 15 minutes.

** I like to serve this with brown butter Lima beans.