Beef

Bacon Meatloaf with Sriracha Bourbon Ketchup

Prep Time: 20 min

Cook Time: 2 hrs

Difficulty: Intermediate

Our take on a homestyle meatloaf, but leveled up with a Sriracha Bourbon ketchup glaze. After you've tasted this smoky goodness, you won't cook meatloaf any other way. Make sure that you keep this fabulous recipe on stand-by!

Instructions

Step 1: Start by finely chopping the onion, bell pepper, and garlic, and sauté with a little olive oil until the onions are soft and translucent (10-15 minutes).
Step 2: Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Step 3: Place the beef, eggs, bread crumbs, Worcestershire, milk, mustard, thyme, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
Step 4: Add the cooled onion mixture and combine. Form into a meatloaf and brush on a layer of the ketchup glaze. Lay strips of bacon on top.
Step 5: Smoke on recteq at 200ºF for 1 hour.
Step 6: Glaze the top of bacon with the rest of the ketchup glaze, turn grill up to 350ºF, and cook for approximately another hour or until internal temp. hits 160ºF.

Ingredients

Serving Sizes

Meatloaf

2 pound(s) 80/20 Ground Beef
2 each Eggs
1 each Large Sweet Onion, chopped fine
1 each Red Bell Pepper, chopped fine
2 each Garlic Cloves, chopped fine
2 ¹/₂ cup(s) Dried Bread Crumbs
¹/₄ cup(s) Worchestershire Sauce
1 cup(s) Milk
1 tablespoon(s) Mustard Powder
1 teaspoon(s) Dried Thyme
1 teaspoon(s) Salt
2 teaspoon(s) Black Pepper
16 ounce(s) Thick Cut Bacon

Sriracha Ketchup

1 cup(s) Ketchup
2 tablespoon(s) Bourbon
2 tablespoon(s) Sriracha
1 tablespoon(s) Brown Sugar

Tools Needed

Step 1: Start by finely chopping the onion, bell pepper, and garlic, and sauté with a little olive oil until the onions are soft and translucent (10-15 minutes).
Step 2: Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Step 3: Place the beef, eggs, bread crumbs, Worcestershire, milk, mustard, thyme, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
Step 4: Add the cooled onion mixture and combine. Form into a meatloaf and brush on a layer of the ketchup glaze. Lay strips of bacon on top.
Step 5: Smoke on recteq at 200ºF for 1 hour.
Step 6: Glaze the top of bacon with the rest of the ketchup glaze, turn grill up to 350ºF, and cook for approximately another hour or until internal temp. hits 160ºF.

Chef Pairings

Serve this Bacon Meatloaf with Sriracha Bourbon Ketchup alongside a crisp green salad and our Smoked Garlic Bread. Your family will ask for this meal on repeat.