Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/219171/Classic-Meatloaf/

Best thumbnail ever.

Made this yesterday, flavour even better today. CJ was always the best.

I've been so afraid to make meatloaf, but the family keeps asking for it so I'm going to give it a try. Thanks for a perfect simple recipe that I can follow!

I feel like I'm watching a cooking show I bought on VHS. Great recipe John!

I'm watching in 2019. I can just about hear the beginning of the voice inflection that we are so fond of now. I am so happy that you are still bringing us joy here in 2019.

THANK YOU for giving the salt to meat ratio. So many recipes call for "salt to taste" which is horse crap because it's not like you can add salt to the raw mix and then taste it! Chef John is the best!

This video was made in 2007, which was long, long before the sriracha craze took over America. Chef John was ahead of the curve! I bet that not very many viewers knew about sriracha when they first watched this video 10 years ago

Chef john should definitely do a remaster of some of the classic recipes

Wow, 17 years ago! I'll be making this tomorrow! Thanks Chef John!

Love hearing this old show!!! ❤

check the site for ingredients, good luck

Top notch meatloaf, five out of five family members approved! Thanks so much Chef!

I've been watching for years now, and I LOVE when i find a video like this. These early videos are wonderful, and I'm grateful that you've kept them out there for us to find!

I enjoy watching your awkward older video's, before you found your current Chef John style.

I'm watching this 11 years later! 😂

Chef John, greetings. I have a small mod that makes a big difference. Get two or three dehydrated guadillo peppers. Reconstitute them in the beef broth that will be used for the mushroom gravy. Then add them to the food processor with the other veggies instead of a bell pepper. This gives the meat and gravy a really nice, earthy, complex flavor.

I didn’t even read the title- I’m here for that thumbnail. (Fine! And the meatloaf) 😉

wow Chef John... you've come a long long way... congratulations... been watching you since 2013 and I watch you cook to relieve stress... and to hear your voice of course... but for real... you've come a long way... proud of you

Since you are a meatloaf conneseur, I thought you might like to hear about the DadRimmer Meatloaf. It is basically 2 lbs. of 80/20 Ground Chuck, 1 Cup of Old-Fashion Oats, a finely chopped (medium or larger) Onion, 2 tsp. of Garlic Salt, 1 tsp. Pepper, and 2 Eggs. I cook it in a teflon-coated split loaf pan (so that the excess grease drains out). The resulting very basic meatloaf is very teasty, as the oatmeal absorbs the meat and onion juices. I thought you might enjoy experimenting oatmeal meatloaf.

Wow, ancient video but it has legs. I made the BEST meatloaf I ever had, using this and the prison meatloaf as a coach. I think it was the glaze that did it. The sugar in the glaze is not that noticeable but it does amazing things to the final meatloaf. I had to use leeks and a shallot (because I have an issue with onions and have someone with a garlic allergy in the house I have fallen in love with leeks). C I mixed a pound of grass fed organic ground beef and pork. I used 4 slices of gluten free happy camper bread that I chopped up and dried the day before. And because I needed more to make up a cup of breadcrumbs I added instant potato flakes (I know! Who knew?). Everything was organic. The rest was the same as Chef's but I had to add a little ketchup and mustard to the mix. IFashioned it into two small loaves - one for tonight, one for tomorrow night. It is on the menu in my house from now on. (I know, you said no one could make a bad meatloaf but seriously...yes they can!). Now I can come back and read my post next time if I forget how I did it, lol

LUV IT!! i made this last night and it was superb! y'all gotta try this. it is the best meatloaf i had so far! thank u for posting this recipe

Made this recipe today , but with ground turkey instead, it was delicious. Looking forward to trying more of your recipes very soon.

Wow. Made this oldie but goodie once again. Best meatloaf ever bro-thank you Chef John! Steve K.

I am very thankful that you haven’t purged your channel or blog! I’ve tried some of your other meatloaf recipes, but this is my favorite when I want a basic one.

Love You John. It Is Now May Of 2024 Who Knew KZfaq Was Up 17 Yrs Ago. Boy O Boy Does Time Fly

I made this a couple of days ago! Sooooo good and the leftovers.......yum!

@whiteheartmovies I use oats! oats are amazing! they give a great texture to teh meatloaf! use the same neasure as the amount of breadcrumbs the recipie calls for.

i still make this recipe just so good! family fav

This video is 17 years old. My God how time flies. I credit Chef John for the big the guy who introduced me to cooking.

We Love You, Chef John!! 👍😁

And remember, you are the Fred Astaire of your Tupperware.

Tough Love 17 years ago 😂 Watching in 2024!

This video came out in 2007, I've been watching Chef John since then.

Mmmmm. That was fun to watch. I need to head out to the supermarket for the complete ingredients.

Making it right mow. So far so good!

Perfection!

You should remake this! I need a good simple meatloaf recipe.

I’ve come from the distant future to obtain ancient knowledge about Chef Johns meatloaf recipe.

14 years ago. Lord time flies!

this was really good! thanks alot!

From a "giant baked hamburger" guy. Thanks. First wonderful meatloaf I ever had. :)

Chef John you are a true OG!

Back when John was in college

just made this, love it, next one ill cook in my pellet smoker.

We're making this meatloaf for Thanksgiving this year (2023)!

Classic early Chef John!

There are other flours: potato, rye, rice. Try one of those. The bread crumbs (or other flour type) help keep the moisture in.

I am cooking this right now. I will let everyone know how it turns out. Smells good so far!

With the dried Italian herbs , do you use 1 cigarette per gram or have it straight like the Kiwis ?

You actually say "Woster sauce"

making this now!

I like meat, and I am very fond of loafing, so meat loaf is the perfect food for me.

'Worcestershire sauce' is pronounces "wuster-shur" as in the colloquial pronunciation of the English city Worcestershire. If your still struggling just call it 'Lea & Perrin's sauce'. Anyways, great recipes!

This is great

Wow, so youtube took me on a time traveling meatloaf journey, to the Land Before Cayenne and the horrors of 4:3. I'm not even the something of anything anymore! I have to congratulate on improving everything about your videos, and not just production quality, but all the overlooked subtleties of timing, editing, what needs to be said and what doesn't, tone of voice, and so on.

Thank you! Word up!

LOL! nice

Green pepper, carrots, mushroom, brown sugar

Well that's something different. Almost every townsmen in Britain have their own local variation on pronunciation depending on where your accsent comes from. Sunderland = Sundrlund, Bradford = Bratfud, Newcastle= Nuwookassal, Glasgow = Galzgee, Yorkshire = Yorkshur, Birmingham = Burrming-gum. Weird isn't it?

it's kinda funny watching these old videos before you learned how to do the presentation. but the recipes are just as good.

I don't see where you have a printable recipe for your classic meat loaf, thank you.

I miss the Rocky Horror allusion you would use now.

Just pronounce it the easy way. Say: Wooster-sheer. 👍❤️😉

Mmmm giant baked hamburger! Sounds good, show me how to make that next!

Wow! You've come a long ways since this was posted 13 years ago. lol

Oh man, what a trip

Loved your video- you explain it well too-- am making it tonight :) ...will let you know how it turns out. hahha - and its pronounced- WOOS-TER-SHIRE -i think! :)

My son always complained about the food I made... one night I made meatloaf for dinner and he said "what IS this??" I said it's meatloaf. He then asked What's in it?? I said meat and loaf. He said " I think you put too much loaf in it"

That look delicious, I want to try it out sometime soon but I can't eat wheat (bread crumbs). What would work as a good substitute, or will the recipe turnout ok with out that ingredient?

Why not cook it higher temp and lower time to preserve moisture?

Jesus christ did I just travel back in time

17 years ago... Wow

Was this shot on video tape

and I would do anything.... for love.... and I would to hell and back... SHAN SHAN!!! *guitar*

havn't seen any mushroom vids yet :(

That’s a meatloaf glaze? I just combine 1/2 cup each ketchup and barbecue sauce with 2 tbsp of teriyaki sauce I also imagine that you can use this as dipping sauce for chicken

Classic

Hey chef John I think it’s time to remake this video

Holy cow, 14 years ago? I was only grade 7

Hi Chef John. Great recipes and this is now 17 years old so I won’t hold my breath for a response. But, your ingredients show 2 tablespoons olive oil (plus a little more for greasing the dish). However, where is the oil used in your video? Do you sauté the vegetables by any chance? They do look a bit cooked when you add them to your beef.

Well, Chef, I must tell you that a pinch of cayenne worked for me but didn't work for my lady. It's sad that some folks don't like a little heat in a meatloaf.

wow..i have to get a big baking pan?! This sucks cuz i have a fitted loaf pan

Time for a re-do of this old, old one, Chef John. As you never did do the promised three meatloaf recipe? At least you don't have the cheap porn soundtrack on this one though, so good.

It’s still a great video😅

What's this here sauce?

Omg

@tmp197 well the fat cant drain away from the meat in a loaf pan...who wants soggy greasy meatloaf braised in its own fat? Putting meatloaf in a loafpan is something i really DONT understand....

Wow is voice is different

WOW, now this is an old video.

It's what's dis here sauce.

This is kind of funny, so unrefined compared to his recent years videos.

I don’t know why it gave me the old video 😂

Needs bacon on top. :)

isnt it like leicester? you pronounce it like lester? :P :D bye

This came out before I graduated high school. 😳

Made this, following the recipe closely. It was a dud. More veggie flavor than meat flavor. Anybody want my leftovers?

great recipe, but video showing its age...

I bet you aren't expecting a comment on such an old video, so I won't leave one. I don't know why Google gave me an "F" avatar icon. My name doesn't start with an "F." One of my nicknames does... Enjoy your staycation, and no, I'm not a huge fan of that word, either.

Chef John is in the top three youtube chefs