Onion Meat Loaf

Here, for your Covid-19 kitchen, is yet another dollar-stretcher using more ground beef (over these past few weeks) than I’ve ever choked down enjoyed in my entire life. This super-easy meat loaf requires only a short prep time and an hour in the oven. You’ll need a packet of dried onion soup mix to make it, or click here: How to Make Dry Onion Soup Mix.

Onion Meat Loaf:

2 eggs

One 3/4 oz. (23 g) packet dry onion soup mix  

1/3 c. (80 mL) ketchup

3/4 c. (180 mL) warm water

1-1/2 c. soft white or brown bread crumbs, not compacted, crusts removed

2 lb. (0.9 kg) lean ground beef 

Preheat oven to 350 deg. F. Lightly grease standard loaf pan. Stir in dried onion soup mix, ketchup, water, bread crumbsm and ground beef. Mix well with clean hands. Pack into loaf pan. Bake, uncovered, 1 hr. Drain off far before serving. Ready for a slice of Onion Meat Loaf? Yields 6-to-8 portions. 

For more Meat Loaf recipes, see One Click: Meat Loaf or see the Indexed Meat Loaf: One Click.