BARBECUED MEATLOAF LINDA WILLIAMSONS STYLE

"Summers here meatloaf"
Serves 4 | Prep Time | Cook TimeWhy I Love This Recipe
One of my grandmothers meatloafs covered in my great grandmas homemade barbecue sauce
Ingredients You'll Need
Meat mix:
3 Lbs ground beef
1 yellow cooking onion diced
garlic powder
salt and pepper
1 red or green bell pepper diced
Opt: 1/2 tsp paprika
Opt: 1/2 tsp Lawry's seasoning salt
Opt: 2 TBS crushed pineapple
reg seasoned bread crumbs (not italian seasoned) Or stove top stuffing chicken flavor ground up in food processor (make sure bread and seasoning are together before processing)
Sauce:
4 yellow cooking onions cut in 1/2 then sliced
butter
1 32oz bottle heinz ketchup
1/4 C lemon juice
1/4 C apple cider vinegar
3/4 - 1 tsp yellow mustard
3/4 tsp worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper
about 2 handfuls light brown sugar or to taste
1 C water
Directions
Mix all meat ingredients together. Shape in meatloaf shape in baking pan making sure there's space on all sides for barbecue sauce.
Sauce: In frying pan carmelize in batches onions and put in big pot when done. then in big pot add each ingredient separately heating after each addition. Then pour sauce over and around meatloaf. Cover and bake at 350F about 1/2 hour then uncover and cook till done.
Pairs Well With
coleslaw and potato, macaroni or pasta salad