The RV Chronicles — Rarefied fare at the ‘Jimmy Rockford’

For every 20 recipe attempts, I might accidentally create something worthy of repeating.  To realize a dish worthy of shouting from the rooftops is a one-in-a-thousand thing. The odds are even more remote while cooking in an RV.

But lightning has to strike somewhere.

And when it did, I ended up with a hearty … beefy … addicting … eat-though-I’m-full … smoky-peppery-sweet … slap everybody in the room … serve no sides … I can die now dish.  Yes folks, this is rarefied fare — with a little help from my friends at Stubb’s.

It’s been months and months since the folks at Stubb’s sent me a bottle of their Sweet Black Pepper Anytime Sauce™.  As they occasionally do, Stubb’s surprises me with something in my mailbox with the idea that I’ll cook with it and report back. (That’s our entire arrangement.) I’ve used it as a dip, topper, marinade and baste (check out my Sweet Black Pepper Sauced Scallops w/ Bacon) but nothing has made such a marked impression as my Sweet Black Pepper Meatloaf.

It’s an out-of-the-box version of the American classic comfort food because this is a meatloaf that you’d serve for Sunday dinner — just so you could have the leftover meatloaf sandwich on Monday. It’s that sublime.

A little advice on finding Stubb’s line of Anytime Sauce™ – most grocers stock them with the marinades. Want to make sure your store carries Stubb’s fine lineup? Find out here.

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Sweet Black Pepper Meatloaf

Sweet Black Pepper Meatloaf — Rarefied fare … even the second time around.

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Sweet Black Pepper Meatloaf

 

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Recipe type: Main

Cuisine: American

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1 lb - Ground beef sirloin
• 1 lb - Ground beef chuck
• 1 - Large egg
• ¾ cup - Dried bread crumbs
• 1½ cups - Stubb's Sweet Black Pepper Anytime Sauce™

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Combine beef, egg, bread crumbs and ¾ cup of the Stubb's Sweet Black Pepper Anytime Sauce™.
3. Place into an oiled (4×8) loaf pan, or shape similarly and place in an oiled glass baking dish or cast iron Dutch oven (if you're camping).
4. In a traditional oven, bake uncovered for about 50 minutes; in a Dutch oven, bake covered for about 40 minutes.
5. Pour remaining (1/2 cup) Stubb's Sweet Black Pepper Anytime Sauce™ over the top of the meatloaf and bake for another 5-7 minutes.

Notes

*-If cooking in a cast iron Dutch oven, place 14 pieces of burning charcoal on the lid — 7 beneath the oven. (These directions are for a 4-qt/12-inch model.)

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