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Beef Meatloaf archive · dinner · american Host: Club Foody · Beef Meatloaf → Simply Recipes · Classic Meatloaf → Allrecipes · Easy Meatloaf → X · @clubfoody1 → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) Servings 4 · Prep 10 min · Cook 1 hr 10 min · Passive 15 min · Total 1 hr 35 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. A weeknight meatloaf seasoned with soup mix and topped with tomato soup. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. In a large bowl, add: 1 ½ lbs. (750 g) lean ground beef 1 packet (about ¼ cup) Dry Onion Soup Mix see Recipe 2 large free-run eggs, beaten ½ cup Panko® breadcrumbs ¼ cup ketchup ½ tsp. Turkish oregano (substitute regular oregano) ½ tsp. chipotle chili powder ½ tsp. freshly ground mixed peppercorns, or more to taste ½ cup very hot water but not boiling Mix very well. Transfer the meat mixture to a 9x5x3 loaf pan and level it out. Cover the top with: 1 can (10 oz./284 ml) cream of tomato soup see Recipe Transfer to the preheated oven and cook for 1:10 hours. That is 1 hour and 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it rest for 15 minutes before slicing. Serve with mashed potatoes and veggies. Source: Club Foody · Beef Meatloaf tags: beef,breadcrumb,egg,onion,ketchup · popularity: evergreen · meat: yes	Classic Meat Loaf Book: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931) crumb: baked beef loaf with tomato glaze Joy of Cooking includes “Classic Meat Loaf”. Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker wrote it (1997 All New edition). This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. Differences: Popular internet meatloaf mixes ground beef with onion soup mix, eggs, panko and ketchup. It bakes the loaf under a tomato soup glaze. The ancestor is Joy's classic meat loaf of beef, crumbs, egg and onion with a ketchup-style topping. Both build the dish the same way. The packaged soup mix and canned soup are later shortcuts.

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Beef Meatloaf
archive · dinner · american
Host: Club Foody · Beef Meatloaf → Simply Recipes · Classic Meatloaf → Allrecipes · Easy Meatloaf → X · @clubfoody1 → web writeups

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Servings 4 · Prep 10 min · Cook 1 hr 10 min · Passive 15 min · Total 1 hr 35 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

A weeknight meatloaf seasoned with soup mix and topped with tomato soup.

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

In a large bowl, add:

1 ½ lbs. (750 g) lean ground beef

1 packet (about ¼ cup) Dry Onion Soup Mix see Recipe

2 large free-run eggs, beaten

½ cup Panko® breadcrumbs

¼ cup ketchup

½ tsp. Turkish oregano (substitute regular oregano)

½ tsp. chipotle chili powder

½ tsp. freshly ground mixed peppercorns, or more to taste

½ cup very hot water but not boiling

Mix very well.

Transfer the meat mixture to a 9x5x3 loaf pan and level it out. Cover the top with:

1 can (10 oz./284 ml) cream of tomato soup see Recipe

Transfer to the preheated oven and cook for 1:10 hours. That is 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Remove from the oven and let it rest for 15 minutes before slicing. Serve with mashed potatoes and veggies.

Source: Club Foody · Beef Meatloaf

tags: beef,breadcrumb,egg,onion,ketchup · popularity: evergreen · meat: yes

Classic Meat Loaf
Book: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931)

crumb: baked beef loaf with tomato glaze

Joy of Cooking includes “Classic Meat Loaf”. Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker wrote it (1997 All New edition). This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions.

Differences:

Popular internet meatloaf mixes ground beef with onion soup mix, eggs, panko and ketchup. It bakes the loaf under a tomato soup glaze. The ancestor is Joy's classic meat loaf of beef, crumbs, egg and onion with a ketchup-style topping. Both build the dish the same way. The packaged soup mix and canned soup are later shortcuts.

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Beef Meatloaf

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
Servings 4 · Prep 10 min · Cook 1 hr 10 min · Passive 15 min · Total 1 hr 35 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

A weeknight meatloaf seasoned with soup mix and topped with tomato soup.

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

In a large bowl, add:
1 ½ lbs. (750 g) lean ground beef
1 packet (about ¼ cup) Dry Onion Soup Mix see Recipe
2 large free-run eggs, beaten
½ cup Panko® breadcrumbs
¼ cup ketchup
½ tsp. Turkish oregano (substitute regular oregano)
½ tsp. chipotle chili powder
½ tsp. freshly ground mixed peppercorns, or more to taste
½ cup very hot water but not boiling

Mix very well.

Transfer the meat mixture to a 9x5x3 loaf pan and level it out. Cover the top with:
1 can (10 oz./284 ml) cream of tomato soup see Recipe

Transfer to the preheated oven and cook for 1:10 hours. That is 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Remove from the oven and let it rest for 15 minutes before slicing. Serve with mashed potatoes and veggies.

Citations
- Club Foody · Beef Meatloaf: https://clubfoody.com/cf-recipes/beef-meatloaf/
- Simply Recipes · Classic Meatloaf: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/classic_meatloaf/
- Allrecipes · Easy Meatloaf: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/16354/easy-meatloaf/
- X · @clubfoody1: https://x.com/clubfoody1/status/2102085985828003933
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=beef+meatloaf+recipe

Cookbook ancestor
- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501169718?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931). Publisher: Scribner, 2019 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-1501169717.

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Dish: Beef Meatloaf
Match: Somewhat close
Ancestor: Classic Meat Loaf
Source: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931)
Differences: Popular internet meatloaf mixes ground beef with onion soup mix, eggs, panko and ketchup. It bakes the loaf under a tomato soup glaze. The ancestor is Joy's classic meat loaf of beef, crumbs, egg and onion with a ketchup-style topping. Both build the dish the same way. The packaged soup mix and canned soup are later shortcuts.
Book recipe: We do not offer this for print or share because it is not public domain. Buy or borrow the book.
Online sources: Club Foody · Beef Meatloaf (https://clubfoody.com/cf-recipes/beef-meatloaf/)
Simply Recipes · Classic Meatloaf (https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/classic_meatloaf/)
Allrecipes · Easy Meatloaf (https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/16354/easy-meatloaf/)
X · @clubfoody1 (https://x.com/clubfoody1/status/2102085985828003933)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=beef+meatloaf+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931).
This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. This site cites three editions. One is the classic 1975 Rombauer–Becker text (Plume 1997 printing). The others are the 1997 All New edition and the 2006 75th-anniversary edition. Each dish names its edition.

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931). Publisher: Scribner, 2019 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-1501169717.

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