{"id":901,"date":"2026-01-18T14:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:37:02","slug":"crockpot-french-onion-meatloaf-with-melted-swiss-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/crockpot-french-onion-meatloaf-with-melted-swiss-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Crockpot French Onion Meatloaf with Melted Swiss Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Crockpot French Onion Meatloaf with Melted Swiss Cheese<\/h1>\n<h2>Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; 2 pounds ground beef<br \/>\n&#8211; 1 cup breadcrumbs<br \/>\n&#8211; 1\/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese<br \/>\n&#8211; 1\/4 cup milk<br \/>\n&#8211; 2 eggs<br \/>\n&#8211; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce<br \/>\n&#8211; 1 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n&#8211; 1\/2 teaspoon black pepper<br \/>\n&#8211; 2 large onions, thinly sliced<br \/>\n&#8211; 2 tablespoons butter<br \/>\n&#8211; 1 cup French onion soup (ready-made or homemade)<br \/>\n&#8211; 6 slices Swiss cheese<br \/>\n&#8211; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley (for garnish)<\/p>\n<h2>Instructions:<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Mix the meat:<\/h3>\n<p>In a large bowl, combine ground beef, breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, milk, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Mix well until combined.<\/p>\n<h3>\n2. Shape the meatloaf<\/h3>\n<p>Shape the mixture into a loaf.<\/p>\n<h4>\n3. Prepare the onions:<\/h4>\n<p>In a skillet, cook sliced onions with butter over medium heat until browned and soft (about 20 minutes). Add French onion soup and mix well.<\/p>\n<h4>\n4. Place in crockpot:<\/h4>\n<p>Put the meatloaf in the crockpot. Spread onion mixture over the meatloaf.<\/p>\n<h4>\n5. Cook:<\/h4>\n<p>Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours.<\/p>\n<h4>\n6. Add cheese<\/h4>\n<p>In the last 10 minutes, place Swiss cheese slices on top. Cover and let cheese melt.<\/p>\n<h4>\n7. Serve:<\/h4>\n<p>Serve with onion sauce and melted cheese. Garnish with parsley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crockpot French Onion Meatloaf with Melted Swiss Cheese Ingredients: &#8211; 2 pounds ground beef &#8211; 1 cup breadcrumbs &#8211; 1\/2&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":903,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions\/903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}