American
Classic Meatloaf
Classic Meatloaf is American home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 lb ground beef
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1 onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Heat the oven to 375F and line a loaf pan or sheet pan.
- Soak the breadcrumbs in the milk for 5 minutes to soften.
- Mix the ground beef, soaked breadcrumbs, eggs, grated onion, garlic, half the ketchup, the Worcestershire, salt, and pepper until just combined.
- Press the mixture into the loaf pan and smooth the top.
- Spread the remaining ketchup over the top.
- Bake until the center registers 160F, about 55 minutes, then rest 10 minutes before slicing.
Serve it with
A American dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Classic Meatloaf, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Classic Meatloaf carries dairy, gluten, eggs, and fish. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Gluten | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish, Grains, and Egg
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Classic Meatloaf takes about 75 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on beef, breadcrumb, and onion.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.