Leave your old boring meatloaf recipe at home and make this tasty Mexican Meatloaf Recipe with Chorizo Queso!
Servings: 8
Prep Time: 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 1 hourhour
Total Time: 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Ingredients
For the Queso:
1poundof loose chorizo sausage
1poundof pasteurized prepared cheese product cut into 1” chunks
4ouncesof cream cheese cut into 1” chunks
10ouncecan of Ro*Tel® Original Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies
For the Meatloaf:
½loaf of French bread submerged in water
½small diced yellow onion
½seeded and small diced red bell pepper
½seeded and small diced green bell pepper
1/2 16ouncecan of drained black beans
1finely minced chipotle pepper in adobo sauce
2poundsof ground beef
2eggs
16strips of bacon
¼cupof sliced green onions for garnish
Kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°.
For the Queso: In a small pot on medium heat add in the chorizo and cook until all of the pink is gone, about 8 to 10 minutes.
Next, add in the cheeses and Ro*Tel® and cook over low heat until the cheese is melted. Keep warm.
For the Meatloaf: Squeeze all of the liquid out of the French bread and add it to a large bowl with the onion, peppers, black beans, chipotle peppers, ground beef, eggs, salt and pepper and thoroughly mix together.
Next, line 4 mini loaf pans with 4 strips of bacon each and evenly fill each pan with the meatloaf mixture.
Fold the remaining bacon over the meatloaf and bake in the oven on 375° for 45 minutes or until the bacon is crispy brown on top.
Remove the meatloaves from the pan, slice and serve 2 to 3 tablespoons of the queso sauce over top. Garnish with sliced green onions.