BEEF AND BACON MEATLOAF

By gaster16

Ingredients

• 1 - 12 ounce red onion, coarsely diced
• 3 large garlic cloves, peeled
• 1-1/4 lbs. ground beef
• 1/2 cup ketchup, divided
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 7 slices thick cut bacon 5 coarsely chopped, 2 halved crosswise
• 4 slices white sandwich bread, torn into pieces

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Blend onion and garlic in processor until onion is finely chopped. Transfer to large bowl, add beef, 1/4 cup ketchup and next 3 ingredients.

Add chopped bacon and bread to processor. Pulse until bread is chopped. Scrape mixture into bowl with beef. Transfer mixture to 9x8x3" metal loaf pan. Arrange bacon slice halves crosswise over top of meat, spacing apart and tucking edges down sides of loaf. Spoon remaining ketchup between bacon slices. Bake meat loaf until cooked through and meat comes away from sides of pan, about 1 hour. Let ret 10-15 minutes.