| Kugelis | ||||
| Makes (1) 9x13 pan, serves about 12 | ||||
| Ingredients | ||||
| 12 oz | (1 pkg) bacon, diced | This is not Grandma's original recipe. If you want that, stop with the bacon and onion. But I think the other additions add a little more flavor. | ||
| Emeril's Essence | ||||
| salt | ||||
| ________ |
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| 1/2 | onion, diced | |||
| salt | ||||
| pepper | ||||
| dried sweet basil | ||||
| ________ | ||||
| 3 lbs | (about 4) medium russet potatoes | |||
| ________ | ||||
| 7 oz | (1 jar) Cherchie's Pretty Hot Peppers (from the designer pickled things aisle, or your favorite diced green chilies) | |||
| 2 | eggs | |||
| 4 oz | (1/2 bag) Mexican shredded cheese | |||
| 1/2 cup | reduced fat grated Parmesan cheese | |||
| 1 cup | all purpose flour | |||
| salt | ||||
| pepper | ||||
| ________ | ||||
| sour cream | ||||
| Directions | ||||
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Preheat the oven to 350°. Place the bacon in a large frying pan over medium heat and season it with Emeril's Essence and salt. When it's crispy, remove the bacon from the pan and place it into a large bowl. Do NOT drain the bacon fat from the pan! Now throw the onions into the bacon fat. Season them with salt, pepper, and dried basil. Saute until translucent. Dump the onions and all of the bacon fat into the bowl with the bacon. Peel the potatoes. Place a large colander into a larger bowl. Grate the potatoes into the colander to drain. Every few minutes, move the potatoes around to aid the draining. The potatoes will start to turn a little brown, but that's alright. After about 10 minutes, take a handful of potato gratings, squeeze hard to remove more liquid, then throw it into the bacon-onion bowl. Continue to squeeze off all the potatoes. From the drainage bowl, you can pour off the liquid down the drain, but do NOT throw potato starch down the drain (it's like concrete, not good for pipes). Scrape the starch into the trash can. To the bacon-onion-potato bowl, add the Cherchie's peppers (including the liquid), eggs, Mexican cheese, and Parmesan cheese along with a little more salt and pepper. Mix it by hand (please use a large wooden spoon) until well combined. Now fold in the flour (1/4 cup at a time). Grease and flour a 9x13 baking pan (or spray it with Baker’s Joy). Pick a pan you don't mind cutting in since you will be portioning from the pan. Throw in the mixture and spread it out evenly. Bake at 350° for 1 hour. Remove it from the oven and let it cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before serving. You can serve it out of the pan or dump it out onto a large serving platter. Traditionally it's served with a some sour cream on the side. |
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