Bacon & Wild Rice Breakfast Hotdish from Naniboujou Lodge in Grand Marais

Bacon & Wild Rice Breakfast Hotdish

This recipe from Naniboujou Lodge combines two quintessentially Minnesotan things — a hearty north shore breakfast and hotdish!
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 8 oz. bacon
  • 1 Tbsp. butter
  • 8 oz. fresh mushrooms, sliced
  • ½ cup green onions, diced
  • ½ cup red peppers, diced
  • 9 large eggs
  • 1¼ cups half-and-half
  • ¾ cup cooked wild rice
  • ½ cup Swiss cheese, grated
  • ½ cup Cheddar cheese, grated
  • 2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 Tbsp. dried tarragon
  • 1 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Grease an 8×12-inch baking dish.
  • In a large skillet, sauté the bacon until crisp. Drain and save the drippings. Crumble or chop bacon and set aside.
  • Add some of the bacon drippings and butter to a skillet and sauté the mushrooms, green onion, and red peppers until most of their liquid has evaporated.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs and add the half-and-half and mix well. Mix in the bacon, vegetables, wild rice, cheeses, herbs, salt, and pepper combining everything together thoroughly.
  • Pour mixture into prepared baking dish, Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.