Milagro Meat Loaf

By Bostoncook

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup minced onions
• 1/2 bell pepper, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted and ground
• 1 1/4 lbs lean ground beef
• 3/4 lb ground pork
• 1 1/2 cups dry breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup barbecue sauce
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 egg
• milk, as needed
• additional barbecue sauce (optional)

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

1. Melt butter in a heavy skillet. Add onion, bell pepper, and garlic and saute until they are softened. Stir in the black pepper, cayenne, salt, and cumin, and saute 2 or 3 minutes more. Place the vegetables in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients (except milk) and mix well with your hands. The meat should feel quite moist but not soupy. If it is too dry, add milk a Tbsp. at a time until consistency is right.

2. Mound the meat into a 9x5 loaf pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350ºF for 40 minutes. Raise oven temperature to 400ºF and bake another 20 to 30 minutes. If you wish, brush with another Tbsp. of barbecue sauce the last 10 minutes of cooking.
Serve meatloaf hot or cold.

This was just delicious. Used a red pepper, all ground beef (no pork), ground cumin (and more than called for). Basted the top with bbq sauce. Didn't take as long to cook as indicated. Baked in a pan with an insert to let the fat drip down. Just delicious.