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How to Make Meatloaf With Cheese in the Middle

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Introducing: the meatloaf 2.0 – the meatloaf stuffed with cheese!  Slice it to open the floodgates of the oozing melted cheese inside!

Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf Recipe

Calling all cheese lovers!  This is it.  CHEESE STUFFED MEATLOAF.  Yeah!  It's just as good as it sounds.  Are you drooling faster than the cheese is flowing?

Who cares that it's cold outside.  Who cares that today just sucks.  When you've got this cheese stuffed meatloaf, nothing really matters… except CHEESE!  Bite into this warm meaty goodness like a hungry wolf.  Feel the cheese that's a few degrees hotter than you'd like, but tastes so out of this world that who cares.  Chew this mind blowing creation and get warm.  Warm inside and out with this cheese stuffed meatloaf.

Easy Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf With Melted Cheese Inside

This mouthwatering cheese stuffed meatloaf is super easy to make.  All you need to do is shove the cheese sticks into the meatloaf mixture.  Everything genius is simple :)  The meat bakes around the cheese, enclosing the cheese in a juicy meatloaf crust, and the cheese melts inside, ready to flow out when meatloaf is sliced.

How many cheese sticks are you going to use?  It's totally completely up to you :)  Are you more of a cheese person or a meat person?

Easy Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf Recipe With Beef And Melted Cheese

How To Make Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf

Step 1: Prepare meatloaf mixture

Mix the ground meat, breadcrumbs, grated onion, salt and pepper to make the meatloaf mixture.

Step 2: Lay out half of meatloaf mixture

Put half of the meatloaf mixture on a lined baking sheet and shape into a meatloaf shape.

How To Make Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf Instructions

Step 3: Put the cheese sticks on top of the meat

You can use as many cheese sticks as you'd like, depending on how cheesy you'd like your meatloaf :)

How To Make Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf With Cheese Sticks

Step 4: Top the cheese with remaining meat

Add the remaining meat and shape into a meatloaf shape.

How To Make Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf

Stuffed Meatloaf

Step 5: Add the ketchup

First pour the ketchup on top of the meatloaf.

Meatloaf Ketchup

Then spread the ketchup all over the meatloaf.

Making Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf

Step 6: Bake the cheese stuffed meatloaf

Bake the meatloaf in pre-heated 375F oven for 1 hour.

Stuffed Meatloaf With Melted Cheese

Slice the cheese stuffed meatloaf while it's still hot!  Enjoy!

Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf Recipe With Gooey Melted Cheese Inside

Easy Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf Recipe

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Recipe type: Main Dish

Cuisine: American

  • 2 lbs ground beef or turkey
  • 6 cheese sticks (or more if desired)
  • ¼ cup bread crumbs (optional)
  • 1 small onion, grated
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  1. Preheat the oven to 375F.
  2. Line the baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.
  3. In a bowl, mix the ground meat, bread crumbs, grated onion, salt and pepper.
  4. Put half of the meat mixture on a baking sheet and shape into a loaf.
  5. Put the cheese sticks on top of the meat mixture.
  6. Cover the cheese sticks with the remaining meat mixture and shape into a meatloaf.
  7. Put the ketchup on top and spread it to cover the meatloaf with ketchup.
  8. Put in the oven and bake for 1 hour.

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How to Make Meatloaf With Cheese in the Middle

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