Meatloaf Bombs
Meatloaf is a favorite dish in our house. I like to make it in the oven or air fryer. And when camping we still should enjoy our favorites, right?!
These meatloaf bombs are great for camping as well as at home.
They are easy to pre-form and wrap, so at camp they only need to be cooked.
What’s your favorite method: oven, air-fryer, or foil packs in the coals?
When you don’t realize you are short on onion and bacon, make meatloaf cups instead!
Ingredients
1 pound Ground Beef
1 pound Ground Pork
1 cup Bread Crumbs
1 large Egg, beaten
1 cup Milk
1 cup BBQ Sauce, divided
2 whole Yellow Onions
1 chopped Yellow Onion
1 pound Bacon
1/2 pound Cheese, in one-inch cubes (or curds)
Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder to taste
Bomb Building
Combine meat, bread crumbs, egg, chopped onion, spices, and 1/2 cup BBQ Sauce. The most effective way is to use your hands.
Remove top and bottom from onion, cut in half, remove skin, and peel off individual layers of onion “cups”
Mold meat mixture into balls with a cheese cube in the middle. Make the balls so they can be surrounded by two onion cups, so the onion encases the meat.
Wrap each ball with one or two slices of bacon (to taste). Secure with toothpicks.
Bomb Baking
From here, choose cooking method:
In oven, bake in shallow dish at 425°F for about 40 minutes
In air fryer, bake in fry basket at 400°F for about 20-25 minutes
Wrap in foil and place in fire coals
NOTE: INTERNAL TEMPERATURE of 165°F indicates that the beef is thoroughly cooked. Make sure you measure the meat and not the cheese!
**For the last 5 minutes of cooking (maybe not in foil) cover the bombs with the rest of the BBQ sauce.
