Luby's Cafeteria Meatloaf

Submitted by Miss Annie

"This recipe comes from the Luby's 50th Anniversary Cookbook. It suggests for a different meatloaf to tope it off with barbecue sauce. The leftovers make a good sandwich! I have not made this meat loaf in my kitchen, but I have eaten it at Luby's, and it is very good. The prep time is a guesstimate!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 lbs lean ground beef
• 3⁄4 lb ground lean pork
• 3 extra large eggs, lightly beaten
• 3⁄4 cup onion, diced
• 3⁄4 cup celery, diced
• 1⁄2 cup green bell pepper, diced
• 2⁄3 cup tomato juice
• 1⁄3 cup evaporated milk
• 1⁄4 cup saltine crumbs, crushed
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Heat oven to 350ºF.
2. Lightly grease a large, shallow meatloaf pan, or a large shallow baking pan.
3. In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients, mixing well.
4. Firmly shape the meat into a 7 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2- inch loaf and place in the pan.
5. Cover loosely with foil.
6. Bake the meat loaf for 1 hour.
7. Remove foil and continue baking for 5 minutes.
8. *NOTE:For easy slicing, let the meat loaf stand at room temperature for 10 minutes.

Reviews

[Potluck]

My DH loved this recipe. I made it with 3/4 lb pork Italian sausage. My husband and I like a sauce on our meatloaf so I mixed up 1/2 c ketcup.2 Tblsp mustard and 1 Tblsp worchestshire sauce on poured it over the meatloaf last 1/2 hour. Nice moist maetloaf,the green pepper is what makes this meatloaf...

 

[MizzNezz]

This is a very nice, soft textured meatloaf. Lots of flavor. Not over powered by bread crumbs like so many are. The green peppers were a nice addition. We loved it! It was very good comfort food with mashed potatoes, peas and dinner rolls. Thanks, Miss Annie for another great recipe!

 

[PaulaG]

Thank you so much for posting this recipe. I love Luby's Meat Loaf and this is perfect. As I added all the ingredients, I kept thinking, this is way to moist. I was wrong! It cooked to perfection and is so easy to slice. It holds together well. I did top it off with barbecue sauce.