BBQ Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf

Ingredients

• 5 slices bacon 
• 3 tablespoons barbeque sauce 
• 0.5 cup bread crumbs soft
• 0.5 teaspoon chili powder 
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard 
• 2  eggs beaten
• 2 cloves garlic finely chopped to taste
• 1 pound ground beef lean
• 1  onion chopped
• 1 teaspoon oregano dried
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• paper towels
• oven
• baking pan
• kitchen thermometer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x11-inch baking dish.
2. Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until edges just start to curl, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
3. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels. Reserve about 1 tablespoon bacon drippings in the skillet.
4. Cook and stir onion and garlic in the bacon drippings until onion is softened, 6 to 7 minutes.
5. Remove from heat and cool.
6. Mix cooled onion and garlic, ground beef, 1/2 cup barbeque sauce, bread crumbs, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, Dijon mustard, oregano, and chili powder together with your hands in a large bowl. Form beef mixture into a log-shaped meatloaf; place in the prepared baking dish.
7. Wrap partially-cooked bacon slices around the meatloaf, tucking the ends of bacon underneath the loaf.
8. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes.
9. Brush bacon-wrapped meatloaf with 3 tablespoons barbeque sauce. Continue baking until no longer pink in the center, about 10 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
10. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.