Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf

In case you didn’t know, I am a huge fan of bacon.

Plain bacon, bacon with eggs, bacon in kale salad, bacon on burgers, bacon on bacon…basically, I love bacon any and every way it can be served.

So naturally, when I saw a recipe for a bacon wrapped meat log on Jen’s Gone Paleo, I knew I had to try it.  I decided to make mine a meatloaf rather than a meat log, and I used ground turkey instead of beef, simply because it was the ground meat hanging out in my freezer.

Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf (adapted from Jen’s Gone Paleo)

Ingredients:

1 lb ground turkey (I used dark (thigh) meat)

1/4 large onion or one small onion

1-2 cloves garlic (depending on your love of the garlics)

Bacon– 6 to 8 strips.

First, I coarsely chopped my onion.

I ended up doubling this recipe, hence the copious amount of onion.

Then, I mixed the onion and the ground turkey.

I added two cloves of crushed garlic, and salt and pepper.

Then I laid out the strips of bacon on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper,

and formed a little loaf of meat in the center. (In retrospect, I would have used aluminum foil instead of parchment paper– it would have made clean up so much easier!)

I wrapped,

and secured the bacon with skewers.

Spiny meatloaf.

I covered the loaves and let them chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

Once they had chilled, I put the meatloaves in the oven to bake at 400 F for 50 to 60 minutes. In order to crisp the bacon, I broiled the meatloaves for the last 5 minutes of their baking time.

I removed the skewers,

and served with broccoli sauteed with garlic in olive oil.

The bacon wrapped meatloaf was delicious! The bacon added just the right amount of pizazz to the plain ol’ turkey– it was a great centerpiece to a wonderful dinner.

What have you wrapped in bacon lately?