This elk meatloaf recipe is a delicious way to use ground elk meat. There is no pork in this elk meat recipe, just 100% wild game and simple pantry ingredients. The onion and garlic adds flavor, along with the homemade sauce. This recipe will feed a family, or you can halve the recipe if you need fewer servings. I have used this recipe for years, and I use it for all wild game meatloaf; elk, deer, or antelope.
Making simple elk meatloaf
First, place the oatmeal, milk, onion, garlic, ketchup, and seasonings into a large bowl. Add the ground elk meat and gently mix it together. You can use your hands or a spoon. I find that my hands work better than a spoon. You don’t want to mix it too long or too hard – that could make it tough. Just gently mix it together.
When you have the meatloaf mixed, place it in a greased baking pan and form it into an oval shape. It doesn’t have to be perfect! Sometimes at this point, I add some scrubbed potatoes and carrots around the edge of the meatloaf, for an easy one-pan supper.
Mix the sauce ingredients together and pour it over the meatloaf. Spread the sauce evenly over the top.
Bake the meatloaf at 350* for one hour. Store leftovers in the fridge or freezer. You could serve this with a savory spinach salad, Easy French Bread, and some No-Bake Cherry Cheesecake for dessert!
Some more Elk Recipes you might enjoy:
Rustic Elk Lasagna
Venison Meatballs with Homemade BBQ sauce
Crockpot Elk Stew
Crockpot Venison Pasta Sauce (with frozen meat!)
Elk Meatloaf Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground elk
- 1 onion diced
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 cup quick oatmeal
- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper optional
- 1 Tablespoon mustard
- 2 Tablespoons Worchestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- Sauce:
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar or white vinegar
- 1/4 cup onion, diced
- 2 Tablespoons Worchestershire sauce
- 3 Tablespoons brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Place oatmeal, onion, garlic, milk, salt, pepper, cayenne, mustard, ketchup, worchestershire sauce, and ground elk in a large mixing bowl. Mix gently with hands or a spoon.
- Form into a loaf and place in a greased pan. (I use a 9x13)
- For the sauce: Mix 1 cup ketchup, 3 T brown sugar, 2 T vinegar, 2 T worchestershire, and 1/4 cup onion together. Spread over th e meatloaf and bake uncovered for 1 hour.
Nutrition
Loved it! However my packages of elk were only 14 oz, and I used two. Next time, I’ll adjust the liquids, oatmeal, etc. accordingly, OR add 4 more oz of meat. We love elk as a beef alternative! Thank you for this recipe.
I adjusted some ingredients to my liking. I didn’t use any wosteshire sauce and I sauté the onion and the garlic. It was the fluffier meatloaf that we have had.
Delicious – since I used half elk and half beef I added an egg and had to drain some
Grease off. Also added crunchy fried onions to top the sauce.
Oh the crunchy onions sound good!