Granite City Inspired Meatloaf Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Fry bacon in large pan/skillet and remove when done. Remove all but about 3 tbsp grease.
• Remove pan from heat and add butter, let it sit until melted.
• Add shallots, garlic and celery and saute over medium heat for about 1 minute.
• Add carrots and saute for about 1 minute.
• Add Guinness, bouillon cubes, pepper and stir well. Add 1/3 cup steak sauce and 1/3 cup ketchup. Return to simmer/very low boil and let simmer for about 90 seconds. Remove from heat.
• Chop fried bacon. Combine hamburger, pork, eggs, bread crumbs, and bacon in large mixing bowl; mix well with spoon or hands.
• Add brown sugar and shallot and Guinness mixture from pan and mix well.
• Knead until consistently moist - add more bread crumbs if too wet, or more Guinness if too dry - it should be a moist but not wet consistency. (we ended up adding more breadcrumbs. I would guess we used at least 3 cups total) Form into an evenly shaped loaf in a large pan - this will NOT fit in a normal meatloaf pan.
• Wipe top and sides with the remaining 1/3 ketchup mixed with the remaining 2 tbsp steak sauce.
• Bake about 75 minutes in preheated oven at 350 degrees F - until center of loaf measures 160+ with meat thermometer.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Saute onion, pepper, garlic, and ginger in oil over medium heat until vegetables are tender and onions are soewhat browned. (I do this in a nonstick skillet and so do not have to use the oil. Add 1 t soy sauce, red pepper and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside to allow to cool.
• Drain pineapple really, really well. I usually put it in cheesecloth or an old clean tea towel and squeeze most of the juice out and then put it in a strainer to finish draining. You can reserve the juice for another use.
• In a large bowl, combine, beef, onion mixture, pineapple, bread, egg, buttermilk, 2 T terriyaki, 2 t soy, 1 T brown sugar, 1 T hoisin and mix until just combined. Mixing longer will make a tougher meatloaf. Place into a greased loaf pan.
• In a small bowl, combine ketchup, sweet chili sauce, hoisin, brown sugar and terriyaki glaze. Pour over meatloaf.
• Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes at 350. The meatloaf will most likely pull away from the sides of the pan and there will be lots of juice around the edges, you can serve as sauce on rice or simply drain it away before eating.
• Note: I sometimes put this together in the morning, stick it in the fridge and then set it out 30 minutes before baking.

Steps:

• Grase 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
• Preheat oven to 375-degrees F.
• Place bread in large bowl.
• Add water and let soak for 5 minutes.
• Drain off extra water.
• Mash bread with fork.
• Add next 7 ingredients (ground beef- pepper) to bread, mixing well.
• Transfer meat mixture to prepared pan.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Pour tomato sauce over meat loaf and sprinkle with oregano.
• Return to oven and bake 20- 30 minutes longer.
• Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.