Dad's Down Home Cornbread and Jalapeno Meatloaf Recipe

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium baking dish.
Mix the ground beef and ground pork in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the corn, cornbread, sour cream, pepperjack cheese, onion, milk, egg, jalapeno peppers, garlic, kosher salt, and pepper. Gently mix the corn mixture into the meat mixture. Form into a rounded loaf shape, and place in the prepared baking dish
Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, to a minimum internal temperature of 160 degrees F (72 degrees C). Loosely cover with aluminum foil during the last 15 minutes of cook time if the loaf is overly brown.

Reviews (51)

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CHEFSINGLEDAD

Nov. 1, 2005

"Hey all! This is my recipe, so of course I'm going to rate it well! :) But seriously, I can understand the concern about extra fat content. Here's one thing I often do: simply place a standard-siz..." See moree cooling rack inside your baking dish and place the meatloaf atop that, so that the fattier liquids run off and do not soak the loaf as it cooks. If your cooling rack won't fit, simply roll aluminum foil "logs" (three should do) to support the meatloaf in the pan. One last thing: this is obviously a cornbread/pepperjack/jalapeno version. You could change the theme entirely by focusing on changing the bread/cheese/veggie versions (... for example, I've used sourdough bread crumbs, mozzarella, and sun-dried tomatoes). Adjust additional spices, if any, accordingly. Enjoy! :)"

BEVSKIWOLF

May. 1, 2006

"Hi all- I'm back after making this again and reading some of the "breaking" comments. I have an easy solution. For the cornbread (1/2 cup), buy a box of cornbread muffin mix and use 1/2 cup dry mix in..." See morestead of 1/2 crumbled baked muffins. WORKS GREAT. I did that the first time and have done it since, using a box of corn muffin mix for this recipe only and storing the remainder in the fridge until next time. Try that folks, trust me it works!"

lovestohost

Jun. 30, 2008

"This was a pretty good twist on boring old meat loaf! The one thing I felt like it was missing was a sauce of some sort...perhaps top/serve w/salsa? I made it close to as written w/a few minor chang..." See morees. I used only a little over 1 pound of very lean ground beef and scaled everything else down. Per prior reviews, I used dry cornbread mix, rather than cornbread (and I probably ended up using close to 1 C til it seemed a good consistency). I used canned Mexicorn blend (and if I make this again I will use frozen corn...did not care for the strong "canned corn" taste) & jarred diced jalaps (about 3 heaping tsps full as the store was out of fresh jalaps). I didn't really measure much, just eyeballed as usual. I made in muffin tins rather than in a traditional loaf for individual servings and had NO problem w/grease whatsoever. I baked for about 35 min at 350. The consistency was excellent, firm yet moist, and it had a unique flavor. THANK YOU for a nice twist to boring old meat loaf!"

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