Swiss Cheese Kugel

Submitted by Ducky

"This is a tradition in our family. It is easy, and everyone devours it. It even freezes well."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package medium noodles, cooked and drained
• 1 tablespoon onion juice or 1 tablespoon garlic juice
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄4 cup margarine, melted
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 8 ounces swiss cheese, grated (about 2 C)
• 1 pint sour cream (regular or low-fat)
• 1⁄2 cup breadcrumbs
• melted margarine, to drizzle

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Add onion juice, Worcestershire, margarine, salt, pepper and Swiss cheese to noodles and mix well.
3. Add sour cream and mix thoroughly.
4. Pour into ungreased 9x9-inch baking dish and top with bread crumbs.
5. Drizzle melted margarine over the crumbs.
6. Bake for 1 hour.
7. Note: Use a 9x13-inch dish for a double recipe.

Reviews

[Jellyqueen]

I just had to get an early start on the Kugel recipes, since I had never cook any before. This was my first one and I am hooked. I loved it. It is so easy to make. I did make a couple of changes due to not having the exact ingredients, nothing major. The only real difference that I made was adding 1 cup of chopped broccoli. DH and I both love broccoli and cheese, so I figured, why not try it. This is definately a keeper. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.

 

[Mirj2338]

This was comfort food at its highest level! I made this for the Kugelthon, and I am so glad that I chose this recipe. It's like macaroni and cheese, just upped a notch! I didn't use Swiss cheese in the end because my kids don't like the flavor. I also left out the onion juice, which I can't buy in my country, and the Worcestershire sauce, which we don't like. The kugel stood up well without these ingredients. The sour cream made it especially rich and delicious. I will be making this many times in the near future! Thanks, Ducky, and the rest of the family thanks you, too!

 

[Darlene10]

I felt the 1 hour cooking time was too long. I didn't have either the garlic or onion juice so that was the only ingredient I left out.

 

[Tammy B.]

I made mine a little different, considering that all the noodles I had were 3 packs of Top Ramen. I used like 1/3 of the sour cream and 2/3 of the cheese, mostly swiss, but also a pizza or Mexican mix that I had in the fridge. Not because I wanted to cut down on the calories, but because I didn't have the recommended amount. Also, I didn't have the onion and garlic juice (who has that stuff anyway?!) and there wasn't any Worcestershire sauce in the closet, either, so I used the little packets that the Ramen came with. I completely forgot the salt and pepper, but no one noticed and I used the olive oil version of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, instead of the butter. For the topping, I used Panko, a type of crispy Japanese bread crumbs, that I bought a ridiculously huge amount of at Costco for a ridiculously low price. Then I sprinkled what I had left of shredded parmesan and baked it for an hour as stated in the recipe. The so called Kugel came out wonderful! It had a light crispiness all over and my family loved it; including the cats.

 

[Pamela]

I made this as part of the Pick-a-Kugel event. I thought it was pretty good but DH and the kids did not care for it. I like the fact that this can be frozen and it will make a nice addition to my collection of OAMC recipes. Thanks for posting! :)