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Instant Pot Bacon and Asparagus Strata

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Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
10 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: American
Method: Instant Pot
Servings: 4
Calories: 719kcal

Ingredients

  • 8 strips bacon chopped into 1” pieces
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 8 eggs
  • ½ c heavy cream
  • ½ teaspoons salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
  • 12 stalks asparagus chopped into ½” pieces
  • 2 cups grated Swiss cheese
  • 3-4 cups day old French bread ¾” cubed

Instructions

  • Set Instant Pot to sauté, medium heat.
  • Add bacon and cook until crisp, then remove.
  • While cooking, whisk the eggs, cream, salt, and pepper together.
  • Reserving approximately 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat, add the chopped onion and sugar.
  • Stir frequently until onions are caramelized, remove the onions and give the inner liner a quick rinse and scrub.
  • Return the liner, add about 3 cups of water.
  • Coat the inside of a 7 cup Pyrex bowl with butter - a similar dish will work as well.
  • Layer as follows, using half the ingredients for each layer - except for the Swiss which has 3 layers:
    Bread cubes
    Cheese
    Bacon
    Asparagus
    Caramelized onion
  • Repeat
  • Slowly pour egg mixture over the layered ingredients, and then top with cheese.
  • Using the included wire basket, carefully lower the strata into the Instant Pot. At this point the water should come up to about the half-way point in the cooking dish.
  • Seal the lid, select Manual high pressure and set time to 20 minutes. Press start. Let the Instant Pot naturally release for 10 minutes, then press to vent.
  • Carefully remove once the pressure is reduced and serve.

Notes

Weight Watchers Freestyle = 4 Points per serving for 4 servings. Points calculated with using low point bacon and cheese

Nutrition

Calories: 719kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 52g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Cholesterol: 447mg | Sodium: 947mg | Potassium: 440mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1740IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 524mg | Iron: 4mg