# Italian Meatloaf Recipe

This is a hearty, delicious, and clean ingredient meatloaf recipe, packed with so much flavor!

- Total time: 90 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.5 cups plain/unseasoned breadcrumbs
- Italian herbs
- sea salt
- black pepper
- 2 lbs ground chuck
- 3 eggs
- 1 large can (28oz) Mutti Italian crushed tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 0.5 tube Mutti tomato paste
- extra virgin olive oil
- broccoli rabe
- garlic

## Instructions

1. Start by using plain/unseasoned breadcrumbs and season with Italian herbs, sea salt & black pepper.
2. Add 2 lbs of ground chuck to the bowl.
3. Whisk 3 eggs together and add them to the meat mixture.
4. Add 1 large can (28oz) of Mutti Italian crushed tomatoes to the meat mixture, using 1/2 of the can in the meat and reserving the other half for the top of the meatloaf.
5. Add in the Italian breadcrumbs.
6. Chop one onion and add it to the meatloaf mixture.
7. Form the mixture into two loaves and put each loaf into a ceramic casserole baking pan.
8. Use half a tube of Mutti tomato paste with the rest of the crushed tomatoes and brush all over the meatloaf.
9. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over the meatloaf.
10. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes (covered) and then remove the cover for another 50 minutes.
11. Prepare a side dish of broccoli rabe by boiling it.
12. Sauté garlic in olive oil with the blanched broccoli rabe.

## Equipment

- ceramic casserole baking pan
- foil
- tongs
- pan

## Tips

- You can freeze the other loaf for another dinner once cooked!
- This homemade meatloaf recipe is a delicious & hearty Italian dinner idea!

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMnvT6Pt/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8ba433d5-d68f-4ef2-b5a4-200df4708483
- Extracted: 2025-11-11

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