Walla Walla Sweet Onion-Swiss Cheese Casserole
Recipe: #11885
January 16, 2014
Categories: Casseroles, Side Dishes, Cheese, Swiss, Eggs, Onions, Brunch, Potluck, Sunday Dinner, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, Vegetarian Dinner, more
"A nice side dish for roast beef or ham. Use Walla Walla Sweets or Vidalia's for this. Regular yellow onions aren't sweet enough."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (174.8 g)
- Calories 367.2
- Total Fat - 24.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 14.6 g
- Cholesterol - 132.2 mg
- Sodium - 835.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 20.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.8 g
- Sugars - 3.8 g
- Protein - 16.6 g
- Calcium - 432.6 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 4.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Peel and cut the onions in half and then quarter the halves. Slice the quarters in food processor fitted with slicing disc.
Step 2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 3
Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet and saute onions over medium heat until tender.
Step 4
Place half the onion mixture into a 1 1/2-quart oven-proof casserole.
Step 5
Sprinkle 1 cup of Swiss cheese and 1/2 cup cracker crumbs over onions. Repeat layers of onions and cheese.
Step 6
Beat eggs with the half-and-half, salt and pepper. Pour evenly over layered contents of casserole.
Step 7
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in skillet and stir in remaining cracker crumbs. Lightly brown over medium heat. Sprinkle browned crumbs over casserole.
Step 8
Bake for 25 minutes.
Tips
No special items needed.