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On a textured background with a blue flower patterned table cloth on the left side, in the middle a black matte plate, with two slices of barbecue meatloaf, a handful of green leaves.
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Barbecue meatloaf

Imagine a sweet and spicy barbecue, mixed with a comforting meatloaf and you have my barbecue meatloaf using my own homemade barbecue sauce. It is delicious, easy to make and you can batch make it. Make one for tonight and put one in the freezer for later.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: barbecue, minced meat
Servings: 6 portions

Ingredients

  • 400 g minced meat
  • 1 egg
  • ½ onion
  • 100 ml bread crumbs
  • 50 ml milk
  • 125 ml + 50ml + 25ml barbecue sauce
  • Salt and pepper

Barbecue sauce

  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 tbs oil
  • 100 ml ketchup
  • 1 ½ tbsp vinegar
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar lightly packed
  • 100 ml room temperature water
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • ½ tsp chili powder

Instructions

Barbecue sauce

  • Mince garlic and fry in a pot for a few minutes in the oil until fragrant.
  • Mixed the rest of the ingredients and add to the pot.
  • Cook for ten minutes on low heat, don’t let it boil. Whisk occasionally.
  • Take off heat and let cool off for a bit before adding it to your dish or serve it as a dipping sauce.

Meatloaf

  • Turn on the oven to 175 °C (350 °F)
  • Dice the onion.
  • Add the breadcrumbs, onion, milk, 125 ml barbecue sauce, salt and pepper into a bowl.
  • Let it rest for 15 minutes until the batter has thicken.
  • Add minced meat and egg to the same bowl.
  • Stir until combined.
  • Let it sit for ten minutes
  • Pour into a glass oven proof dish and shape into a loaf.
  • Cook in oven for thirty minutes.
  • Take out the dish and add 50 ml barbecue sauce on top of your loaf.
  • Put back into the oven for an additional ten minutes.

Notes

To make a smooth barbecue sauce, pour it through a sieve after it has cooked together and cooling down, to catch the small bits of garlic.
Depending on how much you reduce your barbecue sauce, one batch is about 200 ml sauce.
If the meatloaf colours too fast, add aluminum foil over your baking dish to continue the cooking process without burning the top of your meatloaf.