Claim Jumper Meatloaf

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 green onion, minced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons minced green bell pepper
• 2 tablespoons grated carrot
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 1/2 pounds ground chuck
• 3/4 pound ground pork
• 1 cup bread crumbs (such as Progresso)
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup ketchup + an additional 1/4 cup ketchup (for top)

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Saute green onion, garlic, bell pepper and carrot in vegetable oil over medium heat for a couple minutes.
3. Combine beaten eggs with milk, salt, black pepper, garlic powder and onion powder in a medium bowl.
4. Mix bread crumbs and flour into ground chuck and ground pork with your hands. Add egg and milk mixture, saute ed veggies, 1/4 cup ketchup and mix it up using your hands. Get in there and squish it all around for a while. Enjoy yourself.
5. Press the mixture into a meat loaf pan (the kind of pan with drainage holes in the bottom) or a large loaf pan. Bake for 30 minutes, then spread 1/4 cup of ketchup over the top of the meatloaf and bake it for another hour.
6. Let it sit for a bit after you remove it from the oven before you slice it to serve.