Crazy-Moist Bacon-Wrapped Turkey Meatloaf

I made a quick turkey meatloaf this morning to use the turkey meat in the fridge before it reached its expiration date.  I was basically just throwing ingredients together, and wasn't expecting much - but the end result was AMAZING, so I just had to make sure I posted it for you, and for future reference for myself of course!

Crazy-Moist Bacon-Wrapped Turkey Meatloaf!

Ingredients:

1 Large Purple Onion
2 tsp Table Salt
2 lbs Ground Turkey Meat
11/2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
2 Tbsp Butter
2 Cups Dry Breadcrumbs
1 Package Turkey Bacon
1 Tsp Olive Oil
4 Eggs

Directions:

Preheat the over to 375 degrees.
Boil a saucepan of water and add 3 of the eggs for 7 minutes.  At 7 minutes, put them in cold water.
The eggs once pealed should reveal a soft center, which is great if you want a bit of runny yoke to soak into the meatloaf when cut.  If you want harder egg yolks, give another minute to boil.  Peel and set aside.

Heat the olive oil on medium in another pan.  Chop the large purple onion into small chunks and add to the pan.  Sprinkle onions with salt & pepper to taste, saute on medium heat until clear (maybe 15 -20 minutes).  For extra goodness, add a couple Tbs of the smart butter to get a buttery, onion mixture - set aside to cool.

In a large bowl, combine the ground turkey meat, breadcrumbs, onion mixture, Worcestershire sauce, and 1 egg.  Work together with your hands until evenly distributed. Divide the mixture into two equal halves.

Line a roasting pan (I actually used a baking sheet here, whatever you have for meatloaf cooking in fine) with aluminum foil.  Take one half of the loaf mixture and shape into flat loaf in center of pan. Take peeled, boiled eggs and line them vertically down the center of the loaf, maybe 1 inch apart. Shape the remaining half of meatloaf mixture over the first half, shape together into a full loaf. Compress to get rid of any holes.

Take the raw turkey bacon slices and line them 'armadillo-style' around the meat loaf. It's okay if they overlap (in fact, they probably will, and it looks prettier that way).  Try to tuck the ends under the loaf so they stay down.

Bake for 55 minutes. Enjoy!

Serves 8-12, or 1 single, hungry, large American husband.

Disclosure: This recipe was a turkey-modified-version of another awesome hard boiled eggs regular meatloaf recipe.