Kugeli Comfort Potato Dish

Ingredients

• teaspoon butter
• large onions, chopped
• cup slice d baby portobello mushrooms
• 1/2(12 ounce) packagebacon
• (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
• eggs
• pound sIdaho potatoes, shredded
• cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• cup sshredded Cheddar cheese, divided
• 1/4 cup sour cream, or to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch casserole dish.
2. Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onions and mushrooms until softened and tender, about 10 minutes.
3. Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels, reserving 1 tablespoon bacon grease. Crumble bacon.
4. Beat milk, eggs, and reserved 1 tablespoon bacon grease together in a bowl; fold in potatoes until evenly mixed. Stir onion mushroom mixture and sun dried tomatoes into potato mixture; season with salt and pepper. Pour potato mixture, including all the liquid, into the prepared casserole dish. Sprinkle bacon and 1 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese over potato mixture.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are tender and cheese is melted, about 55 minutes. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese over potato mixture and continue baking until melted, about 5 minutes more. Serve with sour cream.