Mac'S Magnificent Meatloaf

• Loaf:
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 cup diced yellow onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3/4 cup diced green bell pepper
• 2 1/2 pounds ground sirloin
• 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 1/2 cup oats (optional)
• Sauce:
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco(R))

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 9x13-inch baking pan.
2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; saute onion and garlic until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add green bell pepper to onion mixture and saute until bell pepper is softened, about 3 more minutes.
3. Mix sirloin, bread crumbs, salt, and black pepper together in a large bowl with your hands; add vegetable mixture and loosely mix. Mix egg into sirloin mixture; add oats if mixture is too wet. Transfer sirloin mixture to the prepared baking pan and form into a loaf.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Whisk ketchup, sugar, honey, and hot sauce together in a bowl; brush over meat loaf. Continue baking until no longer pink in the center, about 40 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

butter, yellow onion, garlic, green bell pepper, ground sirloin, bread crumbs, salt, freshly ground black pepper, egg, oats, ketchup, white sugar, honey, hot pepper

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/235514/macs-magnificent-meatloaf/ (may not work)