BBQ Meatloaf

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INGREDIENTS

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3 garlic cloves

1 small onion

½ cup barbecue sauce (¼ cup more later)

2 pounds ground beef, ground pork, or combination

½ cup bread crumbs

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard or yellow mustard

2 eggs

½ teaspoon onion powder

1 teaspoon pepper

½ tablespoon salt

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

no-stick spray

¼ cup barbecue sauce

2 tablespoons fresh parsley

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Serves 6. Takes 1 hour 20 minutes.

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SPECIAL UTENSIL

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9″ * 5″ loaf pan

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PREPARATION

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mince garlic cloves and onion. Add all ingredients save no-stick spray, ¼ cup barbecue sauce and parsley to large mixing bowl. Mix well with hands.

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Spray loaf pan with no stick spray. Add beef mix to loaf pan. Smooth with spatula. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven. Top with ¼ cup barbecu sauce. Smooth evenly with brush. Bake again for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Dice parsley. Garnish with parsley.

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TIDBITS

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1) BBQ is short for barbecue. NRC is the abbreviation for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Folks at the NRC love BBQ as who would not? When one of their employees says, “I’m going to nuke the leftover meatloaf, does she mean she’s going to reheat in the microwave or should we be heafing to the fallout shelters?

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2) This BBQ Meatloaf recipe uses barbecue sauce.

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3) This reminds me of joke they might tell at the NRC.

Q: Why don’t they eat BBQ Meatloaf at the Chemical Safety Board?

A: The meatloaf falls through the holes in the grill. Ha! Ha! Ha!

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.