Ingredients
- 1 cup bottled barbecue sauce
- 2 tsp. ground chile pepper
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
- 3 lbs. lean ground beef
- 1 cup plain dry bread crumbs
- 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
- 1 cup chopped green chilies
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup chopped scallions, about 2 scallions
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro + additional
- 1 tsp. salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine barbecue sauce, chili pepper and cumin. In large bowl combine 1/2 cup barbecue sauce mixture with beef, bread crumbs, 1/2 cup cheese, chilies, eggs, scallions, cilantro and salt.
In roasting pan shape into loaf. Spread with remaining barbecue sauce mixture. Bake 1 hour.. Sprinkle meatloaf with remaining cheese. Bake 15 minutes or until cheese is melted and meatloaf is no longer pink inside. Wrap and refrigerate 1/3 of meatloaf. Serve remaining meatloaf sprinkled with cilantro.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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