Bacon-Wrapped Buffalo Meatloaf

Name: Bacon-Wrapped Buffalo Meatloaf
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tsp Black Pepper; 2 cups Bread Crumbs; 2 tbsp Brown Sugar; 2 lb Buffalo Chicken; 2 tbsp Butter; 4 slices Button Mushrooms; 1 whole Carrot; 1 pinch Cayenne Pepper; 1 stalk Celery; 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard; 0.25 tsp Dried Rosemary; 1 whole Eggs; 3 cloves Garlic; 0.25 cup Milk; 1 whole Poblano Pepper; 1 whole Red Bell Pepper; 2 tbsp Rice Vinegar; 2 tsp Salt; 2 slices Thick-Cut Bacon; 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce; 0.5 whole Yellow Onion

Dinner 🍽️Lunch 🥪 American High-Protein 💪Comfort-Food

Bacon-Wrapped Buffalo Meatloaf delivers a juicy, robust loaf of lean buffalo enriched with sautéed vegetables and topped with smoky bacon. A tangy-sweet glaze of vinegar, brown sugar, and Dijon balances the savory bite, while herbs and cayenne add gentle warmth. Serve it for a hearty weeknight dinner or a comfort-food weekend centerpiece.

Prep40 mins
Cook1 hr 10 mins
Serves6
DifficultyMedium

1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2

Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the chopped bacon in the hot butter until almost crisp, 5 to 10 minutes.
3

Pulse the onion, carrot, celery, red bell pepper, poblano pepper, mushrooms, and garlic in a food processor until finely chopped. Add the vegetable mixture and rosemary to the bacon in the skillet; cook and stir until the vegetables soften and taste sweeter, about 5 minutes.
4

Mix the vegetable mixture, bread crumbs, and milk in a bowl. Let it cool to room temperature. Stir the egg, salt, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, and cayenne pepper into the vegetable mixture. Add the buffalo meat to the vegetable mixture and mix with your hands until well blended.
5

Turn the meat mixture into the prepared baking dish and shape it into a 9x5x3-inch meatloaf. Lay bacon strips crosswise over the top of the meatloaf, tucking the ends of the bacon under the loaf.
6

Whisk the rice vinegar, brown sugar, and mustard in a bowl until the glaze is smooth.
7

Bake the meatloaf in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Brush the glaze over the loaf and continue baking until no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 155 degrees F (68 degrees C). Cool for 10 minutes before slicing.