Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf

What makes everything better? BACON!

So today we bring you a simple to prepare bacon wrapped meatloaf. As we’ve mentioned in a previous meatloaf blog, replace ingredients below with what you have in the house or your preferred spices. Since I was adding fatty bacon, I used half chuck and half turkey meat.

3/4 pound ground chuck
3/4 pound ground turkey
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/3 cup barbecue sauce, divided
1 heaping tablespoon whole grain mustard
1-1/2 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1 whole egg
1/2 cup cheddar cheese
2 pieces of bread (crusty works best) torn into pieces
Roughly 7 slices of thick cut bacon

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Make sure to leave some BBQ sauce for topping the bacon. Line a cookie sheet with tin foil. Form a football shaped ball. Wrap bacon around meatloaf, not looking to overlap. Add the remaining BBQ sauce over the bacon.

Cook at 350 degrees for about an hour or so. You might want to increase heat at the end to crisp up bacon.

When it comes to what BBQ sauce to use, make your own for find your favorite. In the case of my dish, I used Smolder Sauce from The Rogue Estate which can be purchased at 9 Mile and Hilton Market.