My Favorite Meatloaf recipe with tomato sauce and brown sugar glaze is flavorful, fork tender and delicious. An easy dinner everyone loves, this classic classic meatloaf recipe is perfect for busy weeknights!
1cupsoft bread crumbsroughly chopped or torn ½from 3 slices of fresh bread
1eggslightly beaten
115-ounce cantomato sauce divided
½teaspoonsea salt
½teaspoonground black pepper
1 small yellow or white onionchopped, about ½ cup
For the glaze
½cantomato sauce
¼cupwater
2tablespoonsDijon mustard
2tablespoonsvinegar
2tablespoonsbrown sugar, firmly packed
Instructions
For the Meatloaf
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Place the ground beef into a large mixing bowl
Add the breadcrumbs, egg, half the can of tomato sauce, sea salt, pepper and chopped onion, and mix well using your hands
Form the meat into a loaf about 2 inches high, and place in baking pan or casserole dish
Place loaf into oven, make the glaze, and pour glaze over meatloaf
Bake for 1 hour or until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees, according to meat thermometer
For the Glaze
Pour the remaining half of the tomato sauce into a small mixing bowl, and add the water
Add the mustard, vinegar and brown sugar, and mix until well combined
Notes
Use about half of the tomato sauce in the meatloaf mixture and the other half for the glaze.You can substitute ½ cup of dry breadcrumbs for the fresh bread.