Best Texas Meatloaf Recipes

TEXAS SMOKED BARBECUE MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Combine salt, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, cumin, Mexican oregano, and thyme in a spice grinder until powdered. Set rub aside.
• Combine beef, almond flour, bell pepper, onion, jalapeno, egg, and garlic in a bowl. Mix lightly with hands until loosely combined. Gently fold in spice rub mixture until distributed throughout.
• Punch holes in the bottom of the aluminum foil pan and coat with grapeseed oil. Form the meat mixture into a loaf and place in the prepared pan. Place in the refrigerator to chill while preparing the smoker.
• Preheat the smoker to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Place a water-filled pan under the grate where the meatloaf will be placed. Fill firebox with charcoal and 1 chunk pecan wood.
• Place meatloaf in the hot smoker.
• Combine apple juice, vinegar, bourbon, water, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon juice in a clean, all-purpose spray bottle. Spray the outside of the meatloaf well with apple spray every 30 minutes.
• Refill firebox with charcoal and 1 chunk pecan wood every 45 minutes to maintain temperature; ground meat absorbs smoke very easily, so use only 1 chunk of wood at a time. Smoke meatloaf until internal temperature reaches 130 degrees F (55 degrees C), about 2 hours.
• Combine water, ketchup, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, mustard, lemon juice, honey, liquid smoke, ancho chile powder, red pepper flakes, and black pepper in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring glaze to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook until reduced, about 20 minutes.
• Discontinue apple spray; brush glaze over entire top and sides of meatloaf every 30 minutes. Continue smoking until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F (71 degrees C), 4 to 5 hours more. Remove meatloaf from smoker and let rest 10 minutes before cutting and serving.

TEXAS STYLE MEATLOAF

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients except tomato sauce(or brown gravy). Mix well.
• 2. Shape into loaf in 12x8x1.5 baking pan. Bake for 45 minutes, remove from oven and remove grease drippings from pan. Pour tomato sauce(or brown gravy) over top of loaf and return to oven. Cook for an additional 15 mins.
• 3. Remove from oven and serve with mashed potatoes. Makes a great meatloaf sandwich with leftovers.

MEATLOAF TEXAS STYLE!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine meat with all ingredients except cheese.
• On a sheet of wax paper, flatten the meat mixture to 1/4 inch thick.
• Shape into a flat rectangle.
• Place cheese slices on top of meat, leaving about 1/2inch space on outside edges.
• Lift up one end of wax paper and begin rolling the meat mixture like a jellyroll onto cheese.
• When all cheese is rolled into meat mixture, pinch sides to keep cheese from melting out.
• Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Use wax paper to help lift meat loaf into pan.
• Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes. Let rest for 20 minutes after removing from oven.

TEXAS MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Soak the crushed tortilla chips in milk until soft.
• Combine chips with beef, 1 cup of salsa, and eggs. Mix thoroughly; I usually dig in with my hands at this point because it seems to work the best when mixing.
• Pack into a greased loaf pan, or form into desired shape in shallow baking dish.
• Spread remaining salsa over top of the loaf.
• Bake for 1 hour.

BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a shallow pan with non-stick tin foil or regular foil greased well.
• In a large bowl, mix together beef, crumbs, egg, onion, salt, pepper, and one can of tomato sauce.
• (HINT: Keep around a box of food service gloves for nasty jobs like this. If you can't find them, steal a handful from the hospital next time you go or stick your hands down in cheap sandwich-sized zipper bags to keep your hands clean. Just toss out or wash with the dishes.).
• Form into a loaf and place in the pan. Mix everything else and pour on top of the meatloaf.
• Bake for 1 hr and 15 minute and juices run clear. Baste occasionally. If the meatloaf starts to burn on top, tent with foil.

POOHRONA'S TEXAS MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• In a large bowl combine 3/4 of the chopped onions and bell peppers (reserving the rest) with the parsley, ground chuck, bread crumbs, and eggs.
• Add 1/4 cup tomato sauce, 1/4 cup of the ketchup, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper to meat mixture. With clean hands mix well.
• Put into baking dish and form into a loaf. Set aside.
• In medium sauce pan mix the remaining ingredients; tomato sauce, ketchup, onion, bell pepper, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp black pepper, celery seed and garlic powder. Bring to a boil on medium heat.
• Cook for 5 minutes, stirring.
• Pour hot sauce over loaf. Bake at 350* for 1 1/2 hours or until done.
• Remove from oven and loosely cover with foil until ready to serve.

BEST DARN MEAT-BRICK / MEATLOAF IN TEXAS!

Steps:

• I NEVER make a 2 pound meat-brick. I am giving the majority of these directions as if I was though. You will have to adjust some of them to the amount you are making.
• In the coffee mug of sugar, pour in enough BBQ sauce to make a glaze. You can mix it together in a separate bowl. This will be used at the end of the cooking.
• In a very large bowl, combine everything but the BBQ sauce, eggs,and sugar.
• Next measure in the 1/4 cup of sugar (you may need to add a little more if you are using more than 2 pounds of beef), 1 eggs per pound of ground beef, and 1/4 cup of BBQ sauce per 2 pounds of beef. Mix. To know when you have this at the right consistancy, shape the mixture into a ball in the bowl. If you can.
• pick it up, but it oozes over your hands, it is right. If it stays in a ball and seems "stiff", you need to add another egg first and then more BBQ sauce. You want to add the egg first as it will help the brick to hold together. You may also add more spices as needed here.
• When the meat-brick is to your consistancy (and it is VERY important that it be kinda "runny") put it in a baking dish (NOT a bread loaf pan) large enough to streach it out. If you are making a very large one, you may need to use 2 pans. Place the "blob" in the pan. Streach it out like a "loaf". Be careful not to make it too narrow, or too wide. If it is too narrow, it will dry out, if it is too wide, it be medium-rare in the middle. I don't mind it medium-rare, but my family won't eat it that way.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Check on it once in a while, and make sure that it isn't drying out. When the hour is up, take your glaze, and pour it over the meat-brick. Cook an additional 5 minutes, or until the glaze is bubbly.
• I normally serve this with mashed potatoes and green beans.
• If you hate meatloaf, I can almost bet you will love this!

DAD'S TEXAS STYLE MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Prepare meat with seasonings, Dice onion. In a large bowl hand mix meat, diced onions and seasoning together. Then crumble crackers in to meat mixture. Add eggs, dressing, and BBQ sauce and mix with hands till it is a gummy mixture.
• Pack mixture in a greased casserole dish and bake uncovered for 45 minutes at 350 degrees F. Remove meatloaf and pour ketchup over top of meat and add slices of bacon. Bake for another 10 to 15 minutes or till bacon is done.
• Remove from oven and add slices of cheese and add jalapenos (optional) as desired on top. Bake for about 5 minutes or till cheese is bubbly.

TEXAS TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients and mix until combined. (Don't overmix!) Transfer mixture to 8½ x 4½ x 2½ loaf pan. Top with extra chili sauce for spice! Line a shallow baking pan with foil, and place loaf pan inside. (To catch drippings) Bake, uncovered for an hour and a half. Let meatloaf cool with loose foil cover for 20 minutes. Serve.

TEXAS BARBECUE MEATLOAF

Steps:

• In a spice grinder, combine the brisket rub ingredients and grind together until a powder is formed.
• In a bowl, place the beef, nut flour, shredded onion, shredded bell pepper, jalapeno, grated garlic and egg.
• Mix lightly with your hands until loosely combined.
• Cover the mixture with enough of the brisket rub to completely coat the outside of the mixture ball.
• Gently fold in the spice rub into the mixture until distributed well throughout.
• Spray a grilling grid (or a foil pan with holes punched in the bottom) with a high temperature oil (grapeseed or safflower).
• Form the meat into a loaf and place on the grilling grid. Chill in the fridge while prepping your smoker.
• Get your smoker up to 250-275 degrees F.
• Place a water-filled pan under the grate where your meatloaf will be placed.
• Once up to temp, place the meatloaf on the grilling grid on the grate directly above the water-filled pan.
• Combine the ingredients for the Apple Spray and place in an all-purpose spray bottle.
• Spray the outside of the loaf well with the Apple Spray every 30 minutes.
• Refill the firebox with charcoal and wood every 45 minutes to maintain your temperature, but only use 1 chunk at a time as ground meat absorbs smoke very easily.
• When the internal temperature of the loaf reaches 130 degrees F, combine the Glaze ingredients in a saucepot.
• Bring the Glaze to a boil over medium-high heat and then reduce to simmer. Cook for 20 minutes until reduced.
• Don't use the Apple Spray anymore and brush the Glaze over the entire top and sides of the meatloaf every 30 minutes.
• Continue smoking until the internal temperature of the meatloaf reaches 160 degrees F, about 6-7 hours.
• Remove from the smoker and let rest 10 minutes before cutting and serving.