Caramelized Onion and Canadian Bacon Strata

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Ready In:
10hrs 20mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Add onion, and sauté 4 minutes.
  • Reduce heat; cook 10 minutes or until golden brown, stirring occasionally.
  • Add bell pepper; cook for 1 minute.
  • Remove from heat; stir in bacon.
  • Arrange 3 cups bread in an 11x7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray; top with half of onion mixture.
  • Repeat layer with remaining bread and onion mixture.
  • Combine milk and next 5 ingredients (milk through eggs) in a medium bowl; stir well with a whisk.
  • Pour egg mixture over bread mixture, and top with the cheese.
  • Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 375°F­.
  • Let the casserole stand 30 minutes at room temperature.
  • Uncover and bake at 375°F­ for 40 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

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Reviews

  1. This was easier to make than I expected and completely delicious (we ate WAY too much of it). I had a little trouble fitting it into an 11x7 pan; next time I'll go with a 12x8 or 9x13.
     
  2. This strata was very good. We particularly liked the spicy brown mustard. It added a very nice flavor. The only thing that I will change next time is the amount of egg. We prefer more an egg texture than bread, so I will try 1.5 the amount of eggs next time to see if we like that better.
     
  3. Delicious! This was a mighty fine way to use up some day-old homemade sourdough bread I had laying around. I used Gruyère for the cheese and guess I should confess, I did add a tad extra. :) We loved it--thanks for posting!
     
  4. Loved this strata. Actually I love stratas in general, but rarely make them because they are not all that good for you (too much fat and cholesterol), but this one is! It's also very tasty, with crunchy bread on top and soft bread beneath and the caramelized onion and bacon (used a vegetarian substitute, St. Ives brand) combo was great. Assembled it the night before, and it cooked through and browned very nicely in alloted time. Could not find low fat Swiss so I used Jarlesberg cheese. Served with extra mustard and hot sauce on the side. BF loved it too. Will be making this very often in the future. Thanks a mil for a great recipe!
     
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Very busy nanny/au pair, working for a very rich and snooty family, in a very large home, in a very snooty village. Just in case my employer comes here, please don't ask where I am from, or I'll be sacked like the last nanny was. ;-) I take care of 4 gorgeous, and darling kids. 3 girls and a boy. The boy is the youngest (and my favorite). They are great children, very, very active. (Hyper) I love to cook. I guess that's a given, why else would I be here. Part of my job is also to prepare meals for the family. The more they like my food, the longer I get to stay. (just a little joke) On my day off, I usually go out to the cinema or some dance clubs with the other au pairs in this town. That's about it I think.
 
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