Animal Style Paleo Meatloaf
Meatloaf disguised as an animal style burger! Filled and slathered with rich caramelized onions, crunchy sweet pickles, and tangy special sauce. This meatloaf doesn't know it's a meatloaf!
Servings 8 servings
Calories 374kcal
Ingredients
- 2 lbs 85/15% ground meat I get mine from Butcher Box
- ¾ cup breadcrumbs or oat flour I've also used almond flour and coconut flour as well
- 3 tablespoons thousand islands I used Sir Kensington's
- 1 tablespoon relish
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- sea salt a sprinkle of course salt or steak seasoning
- 1 cup caramelized onions I made mine in the slow cooker, but you can do the traditional skillet method as well!
- 5 onions
- 3 tablespoons olive oil or melted butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Make your caramelized onions. For mine I used the slow cooker method: Slice 5 onions thinly, add to slow cooker and toss with 3 tablespoons melted butter or garlic. Cook on low for 10 hours. If they are super juicy, leave the lid ajar for the last two hours of cooking. Mine were perfect so I kept the lid on. You will get about 4 cups from the recipe, they will keep for up to a week in the fridge or can be frozen!
- Preheat oven 375F.
- Combine all the ingredients for meatloaf (meat, flour/breadcrumbs, thousand island/special sauce, relish, eggs, sea salt, and caramelized onion). Place in a greased 9 x 5 pan, kind of pull the edges away so they aren’t flush. Sprinkle the top with coarse salt and steak seasoning.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes until it reaches an internal temperature of 160F. Remove from oven and let rest 10-15 minutes (do not skip).
- Optional – top with more special sauce, caramelized onions, and relish!
Notes
This would make a GREAT meal prep recipe - freeze it raw (but you would have to use fresh meat), then thaw it and cook it. Or freeze it cooked and thaw pieces as needed!
Nutrition
Calories: 374kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 26g