About
Loaded baked potatoes meets meatloaf. Oh yeah, it's all coming together. Loaded Cheesy Meatloaf Bake is a cheesy, bacon-loaded garlic mashed potato topping sitting on a savory and tender meatloaf. This is all the cheesy, sharp, succulent, meaty, magical goodness of home cooking in a single dish! Loaded Cheesy Meatloaf Bake is just loaded with delicious flavors!
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 cup white onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- kosher salt, to taste
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup Italian breadcrumbs
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 3 cups prepared garlic mashed potatoes, homemade or store-bought, cooled
- 1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated
- 1/3 cup bacon, cooked and crumbled
- fresh parsley, optional, to taste, chopped, for serving
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2 -Grease an 8-inch baking dish.
Step 3 -In a large bowl, add the ground beef, the onions, the garlic, the brown sugar, and the Worcestershire sauce and using your clean hands, mix gently but thoroughly until it is just combined.
Step 4 -Generously season the beef mixture with the salt and the pepper.
Step 5 -Add the breadcrumbs and the egg to the beef mixture and, using your hands mix gently but thoroughly until combined.
Step 6 -Add the beef mixture to the prepared baking dish, pressing it gently into an even layer.
Step 7 -Evenly spread the garlic mashed potatoes over the beef mixture in the baking dish.
Step 8 -Evenly sprinkle the cheese and the bacon over the mashed potatoes.
Step 9 -Cover the baking dish with foil and bake until the beef is cooked through, about 30 minutes.
Step 10 -Discard the foil and bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly, about 10-15 minutes.
Step 11 -Serve garnished with the parsley.
