This venison meatloaf is a classic comfort food and easy venison recipe perfect for an easy dinner. Made with ground venison and staple pantry ingredients, our classic meatloaf recipe is a filling dinner recipe that is also great for meal prep.
If your husband is a hunter, this is the perfect easy and flavorful comfort food recipe to make using ground venison. This homemade meatloaf uses 100% ground venison to great a delicious and filling easy dinner that is best served with our homemade mashed potatoes or homemade macaroni and cheese.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Easy Dinner
- Wild Game Recipe
- Great for Meal Prep
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Venison - We use ground venison in this recipe, but you can use a 50/50 mixture of venison and ground beef.
- Crackers - Crackers crushed into crumbs help hold the meat mixture together. You can also use equal parts bread crumbs.
- Barbeque Sauce - Barbeque sauce is essential for adding flavor and keeping the meatloaf juicy and moist.
- Tomato Paste - Tomato paste adds flavor to the meatloaf and keeps it from drying out.
- An Egg - The egg helps hold the meatloaf together.
- Worcestershire Sauce - Worcestershire sauce adds a savory flavor to the recipe.
- Spices - A combination of minced garlic, onion powder, Italian seasoning and salt add flavor to enhance the recipe.
Complete list of ingredients and amounts is located on the recipe card below.
Kitchen Tools & Equipment
- Bowl - A mixing bowl is necessary to mix the ingredients together in.
- Meat Chopper - If you don't like using a spoon or your hands to mix the meatloaf together, a meat chopper does a great job mixing everything together.
- Loaf Pan - You can use a fancy meatloaf pan, but we prefer using a classic loaf pan.
How to Make Venison Meatloaf
Step 1. Add all of the ingredients to a bowl.
Step 2. Mix the ingredients together.
Step 3. Transfer the mixture to a loaf pan.
Step 4. Top with barbeque sauce then cook in the oven.
Recipe Serving Suggestions
This recipe for venison meatloaf makes enough to serve 6 people. We like to serve this recipe with our classic mashed potatoes and a vegetable on the side. You can also serve this recipe with our homemade macaroni and cheese.
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Expert Tips & Variations
- Meal prep meatloaf. Meal prep this recipe and pack for easy lunches or enjoy as a quick, filling dinner all week long.
- Add a little heat. Add a little extra flavor and spice to the recipe by adding 2 Tablespoons of hot sauce to the meatloaf mixture before cooking it in the oven.
How to Store Meatloaf
- Refrigerator - In an airtight container for up to 4 days.
- Freezer - In an airtight container for up to 3 months. We recommend cutting the meatloaf into slices then storing each slice in its own bag. This allows for you to easily remove and heat up single servings from the freezer for a quick meal or easy meal prep.
Recipe FAQ
Use our gluten-free meatloaf recipe to make this recipe gluten-free.
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Venison Meatloaf
This venison meatloaf is a classic comfort food and easy venison recipe perfect for an easy dinner. Made with ground venison and staple pantry ingredients, our classic meatloaf recipe is a filling dinner recipe that is also great for meal prep.
Ingredients
- 2lbs ground venison
- 1 cup cracker crumbs (about 20 crackers)
- ¾ cup barbeque sauce, divided
- 1-15oz can tomato paste
- 1 egg
- 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1.5 Tablespoons minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Add the ground venison, cracker crumbs, ½ cup barbeque sauce, egg, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, and spices to a large bowl.
- Mix all of the ingredients together until well combined.
- Transfer the mixture to a loaf pan.
- Spread the remaining ¼ cup barbeque sauce over the top of the meat.
- Place the pan in the oven and cook for 60-70 minutes at 350 degrees or until the meat reaches an internal temperature of 160 degrees.
- Remove the pan from the oven and allow the meatloaf to cool before cutting into slices to serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 469Total Fat: 16gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 179mgSodium: 1007mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 4gSugar: 22gProtein: 45g
