Instant Pot Tennessee Meatloaf

Instant Pot Tennessee Meatloaf–a southern meatloaf recipe that will become your family’s favorite recipe! The sauce is to so addicting. You can make this recipe in the Instant Pot or the slow cooker.

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Note: the SLOW COOKER instructions are listed in the recipe card below

Instant Pot Tennessee Meatloaf

Meatloaf is meatloaf but this is a darn good one. The sauce on top is so tasty. We gobbled this up in no time. This recipe comes from Willadeene Parton (Dolly’s sister) and it’s just good old fashioned comfort food. You can cook this meatloaf in the Instant Pot or the slow cooker of you can use the original recipe and make it in the oven. These hot summer days I’m not using my oven much though!

We served our meatloaf with baked potatoes (also made in the Instant Pot!) and some green salad. We didn’t have leftovers but if you do you can refrigerate in an air tight container for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

• Use extra lean ground beef (I used 90% lean) for this recipe so that there isn’t excessive grease. You can also use half ground turkey or half ground pork.
• Make sure to loosely cover the meatloaf with foil so that it doesn’t get dripped on the whole time it’s cooking.
• I used a stainless steel pan* for pot-in-pot cooking. I also used my OXO sling/trivet*.
• Because the meatloaf is in a round pan it’s hard to cut into slices. It might not be the prettiest serving but it will taste good!

More Meatloaf Inspired Recipes…

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Instant Pot Traditional Meatloaf

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Instant Pot Tennessee Meatloaf

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• Author: 365 Days of Slow and Pressure Cooking
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 25 minutes (plus 10 minute NPR)
• Total Time: 40 minutes
• Yield: 4–6 servings 1x

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A southern meatloaf recipe that will become your family’s favorite recipe! The sauce is to so addicting. You can make this recipe in the Instant Pot or the slow cooker.

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Ingredients

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• 1 1/2 pounds extra lean ground beef
• 3/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup diced onion
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1 ( 8 oz) can tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 Tbsp white vinegar
• 1 1/2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp yellow mustard
• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

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Instructions

Instant Pot Instructions:

1. Use clean hands to combine the ground beef, bread crumbs, egg, diced onion, salt, pepper and half of tomato sauce in a mixing bowl. 
2. Pat the mixture into a pot-in-pot dish (I used this stainless steel pan*). 
3. In a small bowl stir together the rest of the tomato sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard and Worcestershire. Spoon half of it over the top of the meatloaf.
4. Loosely cover the meatloaf with foil.
5. Pour 1 ½ cups water into bottom of Instant Pot. Place pan on a sling/trivet and lower the pan into the Instant Pot. 
6. Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 25 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
7. Remove the pan and foil. Top with remaining sauce and put under oven’s broiler or air fryer lid for 3 minutes. 
8. Slice and serve. 

Slow Cooker Instructions:

1. Use clean hands to combine the ground beef, bread crumbs, egg, diced onion, salt, pepper and half of tomato sauce in a mixing bowl. 
2. Form the mixture into a loaf and place in the bottom of your slow cooker. 
3. In a small bowl stir together the rest of the tomato sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard and Worcestershire. Spoon half of it over the top of the meatloaf.
4. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours or on low for 4-6 hours. 
5. Remove lid. Top with remaining sauce and put under oven’s broiler for 3 minutes. 
6. Slice and serve. 

Notes

Recipe adapted from Food Network, courtesy of Willadeene Parton

• Category: Beef
• Method: Instant Pot

1

Add beef, bread crumbs, egg, onion, salt, pepper, half of tomato sauce to a mixing bowl

2

Mix well and pat into a pan

3

Stir together rest of tomato sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard and Worcestershire. Spoon half of it on top

4

Lower into Instant Pot (with 1.5 cups water in bottom).

5

Pressure cook for 25 minutes

6

Add rest of sauce on top. If desired use air fryer lid to broil the top

7

Slice and serve

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