Taco Meatloaf with Chipotle Peppers and Cheddar Cheese
This 5-Ingredient Taco Meatloaf adds a spicy mexican flare with Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce and Cheddar Cheese. It's incredibly easy, incredibly moist, and incredibly delicious! A family dinner favorite! #meatloaf #mexican #easydinner #familydinner #dinner #easyrecipes #beef
Ingredients
- 1 lb Lean Ground Meat Raised without antibiotics preferred
- ¼ cup Ketchup to mix with meatloaf
- ⅓ cup Ketchup For Top of Meatloaf
- 2 Chipotle Peppers Adobo Sauce Note, this will add medium heat. Reduce to 1 for mild and up to 3 for hot!
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Ground Pepper
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400 F degrees. Line a loaf pan with foil to make it easy to remove the meatloaf and for easy clean up.
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In a mini food processor, add ¼ cup ketchup and the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Blend until smooth.
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Next, add the egg to the mini processor and pulse until blended/combined.
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To a large mixing bowl, add the ground beef, ketchup/chipotle mixture, salt, pepper, and shredded cheese.
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Mix to combine. Note: it will seem a bit wet, but that is just right.
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Transfer the meatloaf mix to the loaf pan lined with foil. Form it into a loaf shape. Then top with the remaining ⅓ cup ketchup.
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Bake for 45 minutes uncovered. That's it! When you take it out, let it rest for 5-10 minutes until the juices soak back into the meat.
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Slice, serve, Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
For the chipotle peppers, these will definitely add heat! So, be sure to regulate to what you think your family can take. If you are a mixed family with kids wanting mild and adults wanting medium heat, then reduce down to 1 chipotle pepper or even just 1 tbls of the adobo sauce and eliminate the peppers. Then simply make some extra ketchup topping for part of the meatloaf where you add some additional chipotle peppers.