You know how I’m a girl? Like, with painted toes and dangly earrings?
Well, I totally eat like a boy. No dainty cucumber sandwiches and tea for me. (Blech.) (Also, I very rarely remember to wear my dangly earrings.)
I’ll take meatloaf. Especially when it’s spread on a slice of bread and topped with a yummy ketchup mixture.
These are a cross between meatloaf and cheeseburgers, which, let’s be honest, is kind of an awesome idea.
The original recipe for these called for crushed cornflakes, but ew. That just sounds wrong. I used oats.
I loved these burgers. My husband and son are really weird about bread and don’t like it at all crunchy, so they weren’t as big of fans as I was. The bread didn’t burn, but it did get brown and crunchy on the outside. They spent the meal picking off the brown pieces and giving me the evil eye.
Ah, well. More for me!
Long Boy Burgers
Ingredients
- 3 hoagie rolls split lengthwise
- 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs
- 1/2 small onion minced
- 1/3 cup milk
- 6 tablespoons ketchup divided
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 large egg beaten
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place a cooling rack on a large sheet pan. Put the rolls on the cooling rack and toast in the oven for 5 minutes.
- While the rolls are toasting, mix together the meat, oats, panko, onion, milk, 4 tablespoons of ketchup, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, egg, and salt and pepper until well combined.
- Mix the 2 remaining tablespoons of ketchup and the mustard together in as mall bowl.
- Top the toasted rolls with the meat mixture. Be sure to spread the meat to the edges of the rolls so that the bread does not burn.
- Spread the ketchup and mustard mixture on top of the meat.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the meat is cooked through.
- Sprinkle each sandwich with shredded cheese and bake for a few minutes more until the cheese melts.
- Let rest 5 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Information:
adapted from Cook’s Country
brewster says
try crushed barbequed chips instead of the oats
Karly says
GENIUS.
Elizabeth says
My mother made something like this every once in a while when I was a kid, I loved them. I’ll have to try your recipe, it sounds delicious.
Erin says
Try ths: Add 2 tablespoons of brown sugar to the ketchup and mustard used to top sandwich. It makes it very thick, and not overly sweet like you might think..it’s soooo good. It’s how I top meatloaf too. For meatloaf I use about 1/2 cup ketchup, 1 tablespoon mustard, and a 1/3 cup brown sugar, mix together and spread on top of meatloaf.
Karly says
Thanks for the tip! 🙂
grace says
what a unique meat lump! i think it’s a great idea (although the oats seem much more welcome than corn flakes!), and your execution looks marvelous.
Beth says
I’d take meat loaf over cucumber sandwiches any day!
Simone says
How can they not love crunchy bread?? That looks like an amazing sandwich to me!!
Joanne says
Strong enough for a man, but delicious enough for a woman. I like.
Misti says
Oh, I’m so glad you mentioned the cornflakes. My hubby was just diagnosed with celiac, but instead of crossing these off the list, I can add the cornflakes & make these a doable meal minus the bun!
Amy @ A Little Nosh says
I’d be down with this!
Aimee says
That looks incredible. Thanks for sharing!
Aimee
StephenC says
Yeah, I’d swap out the cornflakes too. These look awesome. Evil eye because of crunchy bread? Make your own dinner, bub.
Yammie @ Yammie's Noshery says
Cornflakes in meatloaf sounds weird, but I’ve done it before and trust me, it’s awesome.
Cookbook Queen says
This has to be one of the best sandwich ideas of all time. I”m certain of it.