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Sweet Potato Kugel

Sweet Potato Kugel

Amy
Classic Sweet Potato Kugel for Passover or anytime!
4.66 from 44 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Jewish
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 3.5 lbs sweet potatoes I used 4 large sweet potatoes
  • 2 large onions diced
  • 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 cup scallions minced
  • 5 eggs
  • 1/2 cup matzah meal or flour if not during Passover
  • 1/4 cup butter melted and cooled (or margarine if serving with a meat meal and keeping kosher)
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Saute diced onions in 1 tablespoon olive oil until brown.
  • Dice sweet potatoes into 1-inch cubes and mix onions and sweet potatoes in a blender until shredded or shred with a hand grater or food processor.
  • Squeeze out excess water from onions and sweet potatoes and transfer to a bowl.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, matzah meal, scallions, salt, pepper and butter. Add in potato mixture and combine until well mixed.
  • Butter a 12x9x2 inch glass baking dish. Pour mixture into the dish and bake for one hour until cooked through and brown on top.
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