"Meat & Potatoes" Meatloaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups refrigerated shredded hash brown potatoes
3/4 cup chopped onion
3 eggs, lightly beaten
2/3 cup Italian style breadcrumbs
2/3 cup ketchup, divided
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef

Preparation

Heat oven to 375 degrees.
In large bowl, combine potatoes, onion, eggs, bread crumbs, 1/3 cup of the ketchup, salt and pepper; mix well.
Add ground beef; mix lightly but thoroughly.
On rack set over broiler pan, shape beef mixture in to 8 x 4-inch loaf.
Spread remaining 1/3 cup ketchup over top of loaf.
Bake 1 1/4 hours or until center is no longer pink and of medium (160\u00b0F) doneness.
Let stand 5 minutes; cut into slices.