French Onion Crock Pot Meatloaf
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This French Onion Crock Pot Meatloaf recipe is a delicious, savory twist on your traditional meatloaf recipe that is easy to throw together.
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How to Make French Onion Meatloaf in a Slow Cooker
Aunt Lou here.
A favorite around here for parties are the yummy French Onion Meatballs. So I thought I would give a French Onion Meatloaf a try and am so glad I did! You are going to love this! It is absolutely delicious!
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French Onion Crock Pot Meatloaf Recipe
French Onion Crock Pot Meatloaf
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats uncooked
- 1 oz french onion soup mix
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 oz brown gravy packet prepared
Instructions
- Lightly grease your 4-quart slow cooker.
- Place your milk, egg and salt in a large bowl.
- Whisk until completely blended.
- Add your quick-cooking oats, onion soup mix and ground beef to the egg mixture.
- Mix all of these ingredients together until well blended.
- Place in slow cooker and form into a loaf.
- Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.
- Make sure the internal temperature is at least 160 degrees before serving with prepared gravy.
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All i could find was the Knorr french onion mix 1.4 oz is that what youโre referring to?
That should work! Enjoy!
Came out great! Not greasy at all which is a problem I’ve had with other crock pot meatloaf recipes. So easy peasy with a few standard ingredients. Go to recipe when it’s one of those “OMG! What am I going to make for dinner tonight!” days.
hi, I am going to make this meatloaf for tonight’s dinner and don’t have dry gravy mix. Can I use bottled brown gravy instead? and if so, do I warm the gravy and add it to the meatloaf while still in the crockpot?
I haven’t made this with gravy from a jar, but think it should work. You will just warm it up and add it to individual servings when you plate them. That way you can add as little or as much gravy as each person wants. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!
~Aunt Lou
LOVE THIS!!! I have made this several times and my little one tries to eat the entire meatloaf!! I do use Beefy Onion Soup Mix (which is just onion soup mix with beef seasoning added) sometimes and it is awesome too! Also I bake it in the oven (just because I tend to be lazy and forget to have hamburger thawed out in the morning! lol!). My mom used to make it different, but this has become our go to meatloaf now!! Thanks so much! ๐
I’m so glad you enjoy this recipe! I’ll have to try it with the beefy onion soup mix sometime.
Just made this today. It is delicious! A keeper for sure!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I have made this a couple times and it is now my favorite meatloaf! I do have a question. If I wanted to bake this in the oven, do you know what I would set it to? Time/temp?
Yay! I’m so glad this is your favorite! I haven’t tried making this in the oven. I usually cook my meatloaf on 375 degrees Fahrenheit. For the timing, I am not quite sure since I usually make a 2 lb meatloaf. I would start checking it around the 30 minute mark, but leave enough time before dinner for it to take up to a full hour. I’ll add this one to my list of recipes to try in the oven and give it a try. If you try it before I do, let me know how it goes!
I canโt find French Onion mix. Are you referring to Lipton Onion Soup mix.
Hi Tammy!
Mine said French Onion Soup Mix on it and was a generic brand, but a Lipton Onion Soup Mix packet should work just fine. Enjoy!
Aunt Lou
Yes.
Can you replace the oats with breadcrumbs?
I have tried that adjustment to the recipe, but think it could work. If you give it a try, let me know how it turns out!
I made this last night, my 1st meatloaf ever, and I did replace the oats with breadcrumbs.. it turned out great. Better than great. I doubled the recipe and I mixed up and added the 2 pkgs. of gravy and 2nd pkg. of onion soup mix in the crockpot at the 3 hour mark instead of taking it out and transferring it to the oven. Cooking in the gravy that long made it so tender, if I would have tried to take it out of the crockpot it would have fallen apart so we just used a large spoon and spooned what we wanted out. For the 1st meatloaf Iโve ever made, I couldnโt be happier about how it turned out.
That’s awesome Ashley! Way to go on not only your first meatloaf, but making the recipe your own!
Even though I dumped in the gravy with the meat it turned out great! Might have to do it this way again!
Wonderful! I believe Bob Ross would call that a “happy little accident”. lol I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I forgot to put this on until just now so I am using the high setting but in my haste I dumped the gravy packet in with the meat. Hope it doesnt turn out to mushy
How did it turn out Joy?
I almost did the same thing! Even opened the gravy packet. Thankfully did not dump it in lol!
Is 1 ounce of onion soup mix equal to one envelope of onion soup mix? I don’t know how else I would measure it.
You are correct Linda. One envelope is 1 oz. Enjoy!