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On a cutting board, with a blue, flower patterned cloth napkin in the left corner. In the middle, a black plate with a sourdough open faced sandwich with three slices of barbecue meatloaf, on top a few drops of barbecue sauce, sprinkled with a few strands on green onion. Above the sandwich is a ceramic spoon with a generous dollop of barbecue sauce.
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Barbecue meatloaf sourdough sandwich

What to do with your leftover meatloaf? Make these delicious sourdough bread meatloaf sandwiches. Smoother them in barbecue sauce to make them extra delicious.
Prep Time40 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Cooling time40 minutes
Total Time2 hours
Course: Lunch
Cuisine: American
Keyword: barbecue, bbq, minced meat, sandwich, sauce
Servings: 4 portions

Ingredients

  • 4 slices sourdough bread

BBQ 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

Meatloaf

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

Optional extras

  • Butter/Mayonnaise
  • Lettuce

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 bread crumbs, onion, milk, 125 ml barbecue sauce, salt and pepper into a bowl.
  • Let it rest for 15 minutes until the batter has thicken.
  • Add mince 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.

Sandwich

  • Let the meatloaf cool down for a bit, while you roast the sourdough slices in a dry pan.
  • Apply butter or mayonnaise to your bread slices and any other topping you like.
  • Slice the meatloaf and add as many slices you can fit in on your sandwich.
  • Drizzle the rest of the barbecue sauce over your sandwich.

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 dish.
Plan to take the meatloaf sandwich to a picnic? Bring an extra slice of sourdough bread and top your sandwich with to easier eat it outside.