Kittencal's Onion & Mushroom Noodle Kugel

Step 1: Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.

Step 2: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (oven rack must be at lowest position).

Step 3: In a pot cook the egg noodles according to package directions; drain the rinse well until cold water (drain very well again). Place cooked noodles in a large bowl; set aside.

Step 4: Add some oil to a large skillet. Add in mushrooms and saute until soft. Remove to the bowl that has the noodles.

Step 5: Coat bottom of a large skillet generously with oil, then heat over medium-high heat (in order to brown the onions you need lots of oil!). Add in chopped onions and the 1 tsp of sugar; cook stirring very frequently with a wooden spoon until lightly golden brown but not black!...the onions must be light browned for the best flavor and seeing that you are using a large amount of onions this may take up to 30 minutes!

Step 6: To the bowl (with the cooked noodles) add the browned onions with ALL of the oil from the skillet, mix very well then add lightly beaten eggs, mix well with a wooden spoon, then season with lots of black pepper and a fair amount of salt (this needs a lot of salt!) if the mixture looks dry add in a little more oil then mix again.

Step 7: Pour the noodle mixture into the pan, then spread evenly.

Step 8: Bake until the top is light or dark golden brown (about 35 minutes for light, more for dark, I prefer mine light brown on top or the noodles get very crisp).