Boston Market Meatloaf is a deliciously classic meatloaf featuring one of my favorite characteristics: the sweet tomato sauce glaze on top. This Boston Market meatloaf also includes diced tomatoes mixed right into the meat mixture, which adds flavor and helps keep the meatloaf incredibly juicy. The best part? It tastes even better the next day in sandwiches, making it perfect for meal prep and leftovers.
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Why This Recipe Works
So why not enjoy some Boston Market meatloaf tonight? If you make this Boston Market meatloaf copycat recipe, everyone will wonder if you bought it at the restaurant, but you’ll know you made it at home. There must be hundreds of ways to make meatloaf, with some recipes calling for long ingredient lists. However, it’s often the simplest recipes that are the best. This version is nothing fancy, but it’s inexpensive, easy to make, and tastes great.
What Makes Boston Market Meatloaf Special
Boston Market Meatloaf is a classic-style meatloaf with a delightful surprise. The sweet tomato glaze on top adds traditional sweetness, but the diced tomatoes mixed into the meatloaf are what makes it unique. These chopped tomatoes add incredible flavor and help keep the meatloaf moist and juicy throughout the cooking process.
Boston Market Meatloaf Ingredients
To make this copycat Boston Market meatloaf recipe, here’s a list of what you need:
- Ground beef chuck – Provides the perfect fat content for moist, flavorful meatloaf that holds together well
- Onion – Adds savory sweetness and moisture that enhances the overall flavor
- Garlic salt – Contributes aromatic depth and savory seasoning throughout
- Canned diced tomatoes – The secret ingredient that adds flavor and keeps the meatloaf incredibly juicy
- Plain breadcrumbs – Acts as a binder to hold the meatloaf together while absorbing moisture
- Egg – Essential binding agent that helps create the proper texture and prevents crumbling
- Tomato sauce – Creates the smooth base for the signature sweet topping
- Sugar – Adds the characteristic sweetness that makes Boston Market’s glaze so appealing
How to Make Boston Market Meatloaf
Here are the steps for this recipe:
- Mix ground beef, chopped onions, garlic salt, diced tomatoes, breadcrumbs, and egg together until well blended.
- Place the beef mixture in a lightly greased loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
- Remove the meatloaf from the oven and drain excess grease from the pan.
- Mix tomato sauce and sugar together and pour over the meatloaf.
- Place the meatloaf back in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
What to Serve with Boston Market Meat Loaf
When it comes to meatloaf, just about any side dish is fair game. Here are some of the classics:
Storage & Reheating Instructions
- Refrigerator Storage: Store leftover meatloaf in the refrigerator for 3-4 days, covered well in plastic wrap after cooling to room temperature.
- Reheating Method: Cut into 2-inch slices. Oven: 250°F for 15-20 minutes wrapped in foil with water or broth. Air fryer: 380°F for 6 minutes, turning once. Microwave: 1 minute covered, flip, 1 more minute.
- Freezing: Freeze for up to 4 months wrapped in plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Thaw before reheating.
Boston Market Meatloaf Recipe FAQs
Binders. There are many different types of binders that you can use, but this recipe uses breadcrumbs and eggs. Other standard binders include oatmeal and cracker crumbs.Â
Yes, Boston Market serves an all-beef meatloaf, but there isn’t any reason you can’t use a mixture of beef and pork or even ground turkey when you make Boston Market-style meatloaf at home.Â
Onions show up in the tomato puree used in the dish, but they are not added separately to the Boston Market Meatloaf according to the list of ingredients.
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Boston Market Meatloaf
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef chuck
- 1/2 cup onions minced
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 3/4 cup drained diced tomatoes
- 3/4 cup plain breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix together all ingredients except tomato sauce and sugar.
- Place the mixture in a lightly greased loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
- Remove the meatloaf from the oven and drain excess grease from the pan.
- Mix tomato sauce and sugar together and pour it over the meatloaf.
- Place the meatloaf back in the oven to finish baking until done, about 30 minutes depending on the oven.
Can you mix it up & freeze it before you bake it?
You could, but I think a better way to do it would be to cook it first then freeze it. I think it would be less prone to freezer burn.
I make this meatloaf per her recipe and it was delicious! Thank You for the copycat recipe. It tastes just like Boston Market! No need to change anything.
I think the green is merely chpd parsley on top as a garnish.
You are correct the parsley was just garnishing!
We prefer tomato paste on top with garlic powder sprinkled over.
we always used oatmeal, instead of bread crumbs-and 3-4 Tsp of condensed milk, NO sauce or ketchup on top (ugh) and for one reg. loaf pan we added one more egg
I have been making meatloaf very similar to this for many years. I add seasoned breadcrumbs, a little brown sugar instead of white sugar, add in either some real bacon bits or pork sausage and lastly I top it with ketchup.
I made this last night. My son thought it was ok. I really like the idea of the diced tomatoes in the meatloaf.
I always put green bell peppers in mine and use lipton onion soup mix…I also mix in tomatoe sause instead of water for more flavor
I usually mix a cup of frozen mixed vegetables into the meatloaf
That’s a great idea on sneaking in vegetables into your dinner.
What else is in the meatloaf. The photo clearly shows something green but there is nothing green in your recipe. I am assuming it is celery, but why isn’t it listed as an ingredient? Any other ingredients you left out?
I was wondering the same thing, I don’t like cooked celery and would prefer it without green peppers, so I think I will like the listed recipe better, but I almost didn’t bother with this recipe because I saw something green in the picture.
I think the green is merely chpd parsley on top as a garnish.
Yes, its a garnish.
Our family loves meat loaf. This looks really good! I made it without the sugar in sauce. We like plain tomato sauce on ours.