I will never not laugh at chef John saying "a touch of sugar", and then dumping a cup of sugar in, even if he does do it every time. 😂

This is related, but not about the particular episode. A former coworker had been assigned a job in Taiwan for several years. He and his family discovered a “Mongolian BBQ” place in a local hotel (a Hilton I think)., that they went to every Sunday. They came to know the chef very well and became kind of friends with him. Well, my coworker’s time in Taiwan came to an end and he was reassigned back to the DC area. After being in DC for a few months, he noticed an ad saying a Chinese restaurant in downtown DC was now offering Mongolian BBQ. The family decided to try it out expecting that it would not be nearly as good as in Taiwan. They entered the restaurant and there behind the counter was their friend, the chef from Taiwan.

I’m so happy he did a Genghis Khan rhyme, if not it would have been a crime

Chef John is the man with a plan because he's the Dan of all things that go into a pan. Plus he also always has cayenne on hand.

I just realized. This cold meatloaf technique is perfect for serving ANY meatloaf. Thanx again, Chef John!

I made this last night and it made the whole house smell incredible. We both agreed this has been the most deliciously fragrant dinner I have made over the course of 5 years. This is also the first dinner he has ever asked to be served as a leftover. He never eats leftovers and I’m a big leftover person so I am incredibly grateful for this recipe. ❤

I don't comment often, but I felt like saying I really enjoy your videos. Awesome recipes and just overall very pleasant and relaxing content. 👍beautiful work

Great idea, I will try this. Though i found it funny that a touch of brown sugar looked like it filled a 4oz ramekin. Kind of reminds when a chef is demonstrating how to make mashed potatoes and says "add a little butter" and then add a whole stick. ;)

Mongolian Beef is my wife's go-to Chinese, so when I saw this I knew it would be on the menu. Made it tonight and it was crazy good, and my wife is smiling ear to ear. I used half pork and half beef because that's what I had in the freezer, and I think it may have improved it. Just remember that you need to cook to 160 if ground pork. Be sure not to simmer down the sauce or it will be way too salty. Also, don't skip the step of pan frying it in corn starch. That steps makes it nice and crunchy, and its really key to the entire dish. YUM YUM.

My 8 year old grand daughter was totally impressed with this Mongolian meatloaf.

Chef John is the home cook's best friend, always ready with a great recipe, and supportive, encouraging advice. After all, he is the William Shakespeare of recipes that are clear. He is the Sigmund Freud of food we've all enjoyed. He is the Miss Manners of dinner menu planners. I apologize. After all, sometimes I can be the William Saroyan of puns that are annoyin'.

Gabby, a contributing editor for Birdie, could never come up with the idea to swap out Mongolian *Beef* for *Meatloaf* like Chef John!

Your speaking cadence is unique. It made my wife chuckle

As someone who grew up in Mongolia, thank you for pointing out that it’s no where near Mongolian food!! 🇲🇳 Doesn’t mean I won’t be trying this recipe later though. 😅

You could make meatballs too with that sauce! Yummy! Looks amazing 🤩

I love the mash-up! I make Korean bulgogi meatloaf, which is amazing. This may rank right up there with it. Thanks, Chef!

I made these into meatballs and doubled the sauce and put in a crock pot for a party!! Worked really well.

Chef, you inspire so many, including me. I tagged you in an IG post where I made your apple hand pies using GF dough, and my family went crazy for them. I will be making this meatloaf this weekend.

Are you kidding me?! I started drooling instantly, even just with the title and simple ingredients. I am SO going to try to make this. Man, you've stepped up your game. This is awesome! (Except that now I'm super-craving this lol.)

Well Chef John I have to tell you right up front before I watch this video, my wife is Mongolian and I lived and worked there for almost 10 years. Let's see how this goes. 😄 REAL Mongolian food is meat rich, usually served with two types of starch plus or minus any veg (nomads aren't farmers.) It's hearty food and keeps you warm in the winter gales out on the steppes and in the desert. EDIT: You crazy clickbaiter you LOL. It looks wonderful and we will have to try this over the weekend. In lieu of soy sauce, try using Maggi Sauce, it's ubiquitous in MGL cooking and made with wheat instead of soy. It's a bit lighter on the salt and has a different umami to it. You can buy it in North America. Have a great weekend Chef!

John, you are a national treasure.

Thanks for all you provide…and with humor!!

You really are the best at this. I’ve learned so much from you and enjoy every recipe I create from your videos. Thank you heaps for sharing your recipes and skills. Cheers 🍎🍑🌽🍅🥔🧅🍳

Made this and my husband loved it. Thank you we will be making it for company. Just one correction the step where everything is added to the meatloaf left out the rice. Good thing I watched the video!

A little touch of brown sugar.

Got to try this. Looks amazing. I like the simplified version of yours. Always enjoy your recipes.

I used 1/3 the amount of brown sugar and beef stock in place of the water for the sauce. It was amazing!

this looks amazing and i have almost all ingridients at home, guess this is gonna be sundays dinner!

Can’t wait to try this. Chef John’s recipes never disappoint!

This looks AMAZING! Can't wait to try. Thank you!

I love the dusting technique for this meatloaf! What a great tip. Like the simple Mongolian sauce too! Thanks for the recipe.

This looks gorgeous. I was kinda tired of most of my Asian recipes that I’ve made for years. I’ll definitely make this.

Such a great take on meatloaf. Will definitely be trying this out Thanks chef!💝

Looks delicious. I used to make Mongolian beef years ago. Thanks for sharing. Stay well and safe.

I will make this next week, but serve on a bed of rice with fried onions & fried sweet peppers. And the next day serve the meatloaf (heated up on the oven) on a bed of spaghetti with sauce, with a few slices of provolone & mozzarella melted on top under the broiler.

Trying this ASAP. Thanks Chef John

Another Chef John Success!! This is in the rotation!!!

This recipe caught our eye(s) the other night and we were intrigued. It came together just as easy as Chef John made it appear - albeit with....ground turkey! The meal was spectacular: the flavors & textures were fantastic, and the leftovers were even better. Thank you for such a delicious and nutritious recipe!

I grew up in the 60s and 70s. My mom was a very frugal person. She always fed as well, but she used the cooked rice from the night before as the filler, rather than bread crumbs. She made this every now and then. She would mix up the meatloaf with rice, and put them into a cupcake pan. She called them porcupine meatloaf because the rice would poke out from the meatballs (I still make them)😉

Chef John! That was amazing! Love you❤

Yumm!! Gotta make this one! Thank you Chef John!

Wow, I am loving this recipe

It ALL is very yummy, and very multi-national fusion-I really like the hidden nod of "bitter herbs" Puts a little Yddish/Jewish into the mix as well. Well done!!!

That whole thing, complete with the bok chop rice, looks amazing. Must try!

Chef John's out here strategically putting out this new video for me to find on a Friday at midnight. I want this. Now.

That looks very tasty. And as a bonus very very easy. Since I am lazy and don't like cleaning pans I will line pan with parchment paper first it makes the clean up so much easier with meat loaf. And no danger of loaf sticking. And sautéing meatloaf is always prefered by us. Yummy

this looks delicious! thanks for the recipe

Can’t wait to try this! Thanks Chef!

Hope all is well with you Chef John. This recipe reminds me of a Swedish dish that involved meatballs with a dark honey garlic soya sauce served on a bed of rice. The wife does not enjoy meatloaf but I am hoping that this rendition might change her mind. I remember you shared a broccoli or cucumber salad that this would go lovely with.

This one is definitely going on the menu this week, but with low sodium soy sauce. Doesn't matter which version of Mongolian beef sauce I try, it's always mouth-puckeringly salty from the amount of soy sauce, so I've learned to do the low-sodium since you can't reduce the amount of soy sauce without affecting the flavour. And thank you for clearing up why my meatloaf is always good but never as good as what I could get in a diner!

Thank you Chef John. I will make this.

Looks amazing & delicious, thank you.

Looks delicious definitely making this one!! TY

You know it's a good dish when Chef John polishes off two servings before the camera is even off.

I love watching you. Entertaining and informative

Dang, Chef John! That is the ultimate fusion dish. I think I could replicate this. Thank you!

Interesting idea. I'm just glad that you're still making videos after 17 years. I remember when you and I both lived in San Francisco. Those were the days! Great restaurants and clubs. I worked for Bill Graham Presents!

Made this over the weekend and it came out amazing!!! Perfect alongside some rice and sautéed bok choy as suggested.

This takes me back to my early days. I used to love eating cold meatloaf sandwiches with some mayo.

Thank you so much for your help and advice, I really appreciate your job. I wish you happiness and peace under the sky of prosperity. All the best. Take care and have a good time

Wow, this looks amazing!

I love this idea!

I know it smells AMAZING in there. 😋 Can't wait to try this!

Going in the too try pile of recipes. thanks!

That sauce looks great! I'm gonna use it for a few applications.

That looks awesome and very creative can't wait to try it

That looks DELICIOUS! I'm making that this weekend

idk but I liked the look of the brown meatloaf maybe because I could imagine the great smell! Well done, CJ! Will def. try this with some of the grass fed, finished ground beef I recently bought!

We have wondered in our house over the years who was the first people that decided to eat certian foods... artichokes, lobster, clams and muscles (snot on the half shell)... so experimenting with different recipes is nothing new in our house.... in college we had our friends come over on friday nites. And bring their weeks leftovers... I would combine everything they brought, add tomato paste and herbs, then make a pot of noodles and we called it SLUMGOLIAN GULLASH.. we had pork, chicken, beef, and sometimes we had okra, asparagus, carrots, patatoes, etc... No one ever pushed it away and often had 2 and 3 helpings . Experiments in the kitchen have always been the staple of Our family...weve had disasters but more happy accidents.

This looks absolutely delicious

I did not know the cornstarch dusting!! Can't wait to try it!

WOW! I'll be making this soon!

"A little touch of brown sugar...." didn't have me ready to witness that mountain.

Oh my goodness, this is so good!

We love you Chef John ❤️

You are on a roll chef john, Plants must be inline for creativity this month

Hello chef John form Sacramento CA , sorry it's been a minute since I have seen your videos. But truly have missed "forks don't lie, and enjoy! "

Hi!! Love your recipes! This will be the first one I will make. Just so you know, there is an error in the printed recipe. The rice is omitted in Step 3 where the onion sautee is mixed in with the ground beef and few other things.

I love your use of flatware to prepare this dish. It SCREAMS "Dad is making dinner tonight"

Sounds awesome!!!

I made this dish for my Chinese friend. He loved it. Thank you.

That looks amazing!!

The looks amazing and way easier the the Mongolian beef!! Must try for me!

This is a MUST TRY !!!!

I made this. It was fantastic!

My family loves meatloaf. This sounds amazing! Can’t wait to try it. I hope you shared with the camera person? Lol

4 minutes of you eating your creation.....you must have really enjoyed it. I'm trying tomorrow for dinner!

I've found a Danish whisk an excellent tool for mixing things like meatloaf!

OMG! You just gave me a great idea: Salisbury Steakloaf! 😁 Your Salisbury Steak recipe is great, I absoluteley loved it! 😋 But I think making it into a loaf would make it much easier for freezing it in portions and re heating: ...slices in freezer bags each with a little baggy of mushroom gravy next to it...🤔 Edit: I re-watched the Salisbury Steak video and you even say that the mixture is more like meatloaf, so it should work as is or would only need minor changes is my guess. Oh, and let's make it a big baggy of gravy per slice cause that stuff really IS awesome! 😋

We made this tonight exactly as weitten, except we used gochugaru instead of red pepper flakes. In fact, I swear that is what he used in this video. 😁 This was amazing! Another excellent recipe from Chef John, afterall, he is the bomb!

I can’t wait to try this ,,,sounds awesome 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋

Most outstanding!!!

wow with RICE! so gonna give this a try!!!!

Used to be able to hit the Mongolian BBQ at the Airman's clubs in Misawa Japan and down in Okinawa. Fantastic food... the cooks were always amused ;that it was cheap hibachi for them.

Wait, I must have missed the few shakes of cayenne part....

Chef John, would you *_PLEASE_* put an advisory at the beginning of luscious recipes to have a towel handy for drool? I _may_ need a new keyboard after this one!

This looks to be a simple easy recipe!

“I decided to try both things at once.” That was an option? How many other things can become meatloaf?! Teriyaki or bourbon chicken meatloaf, kebab meatloaf, Texas chili meatloaf, adobo meatloaf?? My mouth is WATERING!

Making this tomorrow!

Looks great, can you do a General Tso's version of this, as well!!