We love meatloaf and tacos, so when a friend gave us this recipe for the Best Taco Meatloaf we couldn’t wait to try it. This easy meatloaf will be a regular meal on our menu because it’s so good! #besttaco #meatloaf
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Easy Taco Meatloaf
This recipe is so easy to make. Just mix up ground pork, ground beef, a 10-ounce bag of Doritos, salsa, cheese, taco seasoning, and eggs. We formed the mixture into serving size mini meatloaves. Topping the meatloaves with more salsa and cheese helps keep them extra moist. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes, but be sure to use a meat thermometer.
Since meatloaves can vary in size using a meat thermometer to determine doneness is very important! We don’t guess or look at color with ground meat, we always use a digital meat thermometer reads 160 degrees F for an internal temperature.
We love that this recipe makes enough for us to have a couple more meals throughout the week! Another individual meatloaf variation we have is the Best Pizza Meatloaf.
Should I Buy Meat at the Grocery Store?
As I’ve shared we are farmers. We raise pigs and cows and my in-laws raise pig and turkeys. We always have plenty of our own beef in the freezer so that’s where we got the ground beef for this recipe. While we raise pigs we usually buy our pork at the grocery store because there’s only a set amount of bacon, ham and pork chops on each pig. Sometimes we want more or less of a certain cut of pork and with limited freezer space, it usually makes sense for us to pick up the pork we want when it’s on sale. So we bought the ground pork at Kroger.
I know that pigs from both sides of our families are sold to packing plants that eventually sell their meat to Kroger. So we do support our own family and families all across the United States just like ours when we buy meat at the grocery store.
Printable Recipe for the Best Taco Meatloaf
Best Taco Meatloaf
We love meatloaf and tacos, so when a friend gave us this recipe for the Best Taco Meatloaf we couldn't wait to try it. This easy meatloaf will be a regular meal on our menu because it's so good! #besttaco #meatloaf
Ingredients
Mini Meatloaves
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 pound lean ground pork
- 1 package taco seasoning
- 1 bag crushed Doritos 12 ounces
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese
- 16 ounces salsa
Meatloaf Topping
- 8 ounces salsa
- 1 cup shredded cheese
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cover baking sheet with foil.
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Mix meatloaf ingredients well. Shape into loaves the desired size with your hands.
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Top with salsa and remaining cheese. Bake until internal temperature is 160 degrees F.
*We made 7 mini meat loaves and they reached 160 degrees internal temp in 30 minutes.
Shared on Weekend Potluck and Meal Plan Monday
Do you think I could half this recipe if I don’t have one or the other meat? It looks yummy!
Absolutely! The flavor would change slightly, but I think it will still be delicious! And yes, this is a big recipe. I hope you enjoy 🙂
Spanish Rice and any vegetable would be great!
Can you use just hamburger and no pork?
Sure! The flavor will likely change a little bit, but I’m sure it will still taste good 🙂
Is it ok for the chips to be in raw egg and meat?
Since it is ground meat be sure to use a meat thermometer and follow all food safety guidelines. We cook ground beef and ground pork to 160 degrees F, internal temperature.
The mixture will be thoroughly cooked so it won’t matter. You put bread crumbs, cracker crumbs or oatmeal in regular meatloaf.
What would be a good side?
We love to use a frozen bag of steamable vegetables. Italian style green beans are our favorite, but sometimes we just use what we have on hand 🙂
One word…..yum!!! Thanks for sharing your meatloaf with all of us at Weekend Potluck, Jennifer! Hope to see you tomorrow, sharing more of your delicious recipes!
Thank you so much! Yeah!!! We love this recipe and hope others will too!
Thanks for this recipe. My family loved it and you made me look good! THANK YOU.
Is there something else I can use instead of chips or will it work without them? Gotta stay away from carbs
Great question! I haven’t tested other options, but if you do please let me know how it turns out!
After I have tried a new recipe, I ask my husband if it is a “keeper.” Today I tried this delicious recipe and he said it is definitely a keeper. Thanks for sharing it with us
We are doing low xarb,and this recipe sounds delicious! I am wondering how many ounces/cup would the crushed Dorito equal, as I would like to replace those with crushed pork rinds to make this a low carb meal? I can’t wait to try it!!!
Update. This was ABSOLUTELY delicious!!! I made 2 changes, since hubby & I are doing low carb eating I substituted pork rind planko (2 cups) for the Doritos, and rather than small “loaves” I used my muffin tins. The recipe made 26 Taco Meatloaf Muffins. Will definitely make again, so good!
I was wondering if these could be froze?
We have cooked these and frozen extras to be reheated later. This works well for us. Always be sure to follow safe food handling procedures!
Thank you so much! Yeah!!! We love this recipe and hope others will too!
Thank you so much! Yeah!!! We love this recipe and hope others will too!