Keto Spicy BBQ Meatloaf
Do you like your meals with a hint of spice? Try this spicy Keto BBQ meatloaf for your next lunch, dinner, or meal prep recipe. First, you’ll make a homemade spicy BBQ sauce with tomatoes and chipotle peppers. The sauce is loaded with flavor and spices, as well as a dash of sweetness from Keto-friendly brown sugar. You’ll make a unique meatloaf blend with more spices and special Keto ingredients to add extra fat to your meal. Spread the spicy BBQ sauce over the meatloaf and then bake until done!
How to Make It
Step 1
Add whole tomatoes and their liquid to a large pot with whole, canned chipotle peppers. Add beef broth to the pot and cover the ingredients with a lid. Cook the ingredients until the pot is boiling, then continue boiling for about 10 more minutes. You want the tomatoes to soften and the chipotle peppers to re-hydrate.
Step 2
Take the pot away from the heat to cool for just a minute or two. Then, add all the contents of the pot to a blender or food processor. Blend the ingredients until you have a smooth liquid. If you have room in your blender, you can use it to blend in the apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown mustard, brown sugar, salt, pepper, paprika, chili powder, cumin, onion powder, and garlic powder.
Step 3
Pour your BBQ sauce back into the pot you used in step one. If you haven’t added the ingredients from step two yet, add them now. Whisk the ingredients over medium heat while the sauce comes to a simmer. Whisk the butter into the simmering sauce until it all melts.
Step 4
Cook the sauce while it bubbles and reduces to a thickened BBQ sauce. This may take another 15 minutes or longer. It will not get sticky like processed sauces made with a lot of sugar. This sauce will be velvety and thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Let the BBQ sauce cool entirely before you use it on the meatloaf – at least one hour. One hour has been included in the cooking time to account for this.
Step 5
When the sauce is done cooling, turn on your oven to preheat to 375 F (190 C). You’ll need to grind a bag of pork rinds in a blender or food processor, then weigh out the amount you’ll need for the recipe. Add the correct amount of ground pork rinds to a large mixing bowl along with ground beef, ground pork, and all the remaining ingredients listed. Mix together the ingredients to make your meatloaf blend.
Step 6
Spread your meatloaf mixture out in a loaf pan or other large metal baking pan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Spread the prepared spicy BBQ sauce entirely across the top of the meatloaf all the way to the edges. Cover the baking pan with aluminum foil, then bake the meatloaf for 1 hour. After baking, remove the foil, and cook the meatloaf uncovered under your broiler set to high heat for about 10 minutes. Then, your meatloaf is ready for slicing and serving.
Ingredients
- Tomato, canned
9 oz
- Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce (Canned)
0.75 oz
- Beef broth
0.33 cup
- Apple cider vinegar
4 tsp
- Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp
- Spicy brown mustard
4 tsp
- Brown Sugar Replacement
0.75 tsp
- Salt
0.13 tsp
- Black pepper
0.13 tsp
- Paprika
0.75 tsp
- Chili powder
0.13 tsp
- Cumin, ground
0.13 tsp
- Onion powder
0.13 tsp
- Garlic powder
0.13 tsp
- Butter, unsalted
1.5 tbsp
- Ground beef
2 lb
- Ground pork
2 lb
- Fried pork skins
1 oz
- Mayonnaise
1 cup
- Seasoned salt
1.5 tsp
- Black pepper
0.5 tsp
- Onion powder
0.25 tsp
- Garlic powder
1 tsp
- Paprika
2 tsp
- Mustard powder
1.5 tsp