Onion Noodle Kugel

This is an interesting change from the usual sweet lukshen kugel or Yerushalmi kugel. It has more of a pudding-y (mushy) texture than a fluffy one. It’s really good!

Directions

Prepare the Kugel

1. Combine onion soup mix and water and heat to boiling on the stovetop or in the microwave. Simmer until mixture thickens. Let cool.

2. Add cooled onion soup mixture to beaten eggs and oil.

3. Add sugar and spices.

4. Blend mixture into noodles.

5. Generously coat a 9×13 inch (23x33centimeter) baking pan with oil.

6. Preheat pan in oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees Celsius) for a few minutes.

7. Pour noodle mixture into baking pan. Bake for one hour, or until noodles are browned.

Tips:

After kugel cools to room temperature, take a round (biscuit) cutter and form shapes from the kugel in the pan. Make sure you cut all the way through the kugel. Leave the shapes in the pan (together with the “leftovers” outside the shapes). When you’re ready to serve, heat the kugel, then gently remove the round shapes from the pan (see photo). Place them on a platter. (The leftover pieces are for noshing in the kitchen!) You can decorate the platter with purple onion rings for added color. Leaving the shapes in the pan with the rest of the kugel prevents them from getting dried out later, when heated.

Notes:

Serves 10-12.

Credits

Photography: Daniel Lailah.

Food Styling: Michal Leibowitz.

Recipe tags

Freezer-friendly Jewish cuisine Jewish food Kugel Onion Savory kugel Traditional Traditional Jewish food

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nancy lowe

3 years ago

Question Under ingredient list it says 3 tablespoons of onion soup and then under directions it says onion soup mix, so is it the whole packet of onion soup. So do you prepare a whole packet of onion soup and use that or just use 3 tablespoons of it? Thanks

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Esther Moskovitz

6 years ago

Do I cook the noodles first? I’m looking at the onion noodle kugel recipe. I want to make kugel for 100, for my daughters shabbos sheva brachos and This recipe looks perfect for me. It doesn’t mention to cook the noodles first, and I have other recipes wtih x-fine noodles that don’t require cooking of the noodles first. I just want to double check – do you cook the noodles first or do you put the raw noodles into the liquidey mixture and bake it just like that?

Thanks!
Esther

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