Cheesy Chipotle Meatloaf has lots of bold flavor. Caramelized onions are mixed into the meatloaf and there's a smoky sweet glaze covered with cheese. This is not your ordinary meatloaf.
Course Dinner, Main Dish
Cuisine Southwestern
Keyword chipotle, ground beef, meatloaf
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
2teaspoonsVegetable oil
2teaspoonsbutter
2cupschopped yellow onion
salt and pepper
2/3cupPanko crumbs
1/3cupmilk
1poundground beef (85 to 90% lean)
1/2poundground pork
2large eggs,lightly beaten
1 1/2teaspoonssalt
1/2teaspoonpepper
1/2teaspoondried oregano
1/2cupcubed cheddar cheese
1/2cupcubed Pepper Jack cheese
1/3cupketchup
1tablespoonpacked light brown sugar
1tablespoonWorcestershire sauce
2tablespoonsfinely minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
1/2cupshredded cheddar cheese
1/2cupshredded Pepper jack cheese
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Heat oil and butter in a large nonstick skillet. Add onion and cook over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Season with salt and pepper. Let cool.Note: Turn heat down if onions look like they might start to burn.
Add Panko crumbs to a large bowl and drizzle milk over them. Let sit a few minutes.
Add ground beef, ground pork, eggs, salt, pepper, and oregano. Stir until evenly mixed.Stir in cubed cheddar and pepper jack.
In a small bowl stir together ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and chipotle peppers. Add 2 tablespoons to the ground beef mixture and mix in. Reserve the remaining mixture for the topping.
Gently press meatloaf mixture into a 9x5-inch pan.Bake for 65 minutes and then carefully pour any grease out of the pan, being sure not to tip the pan too much.
Spread the remaining ktechup mixture on top of the meatloaf and sprinkle the shredded cheese on top.