Sausage Breakfast Casserole

Warning! This is a truth post if there ever was one. I don’t like savory breakfast casseroles. There, I said it.

Now that we talked about the elephant in the room. I will say, I make savory breakfast casseroles A LOT! We often have company on the weekends and savory casseroles are just super easy, and a crowd favorite! They also reheat very well so making it on a Friday night or Saturday morning means you can give your company two days of amazing breakfast with ease.

I rely heavily on Birdbelly husband when making breakfast casseroles. I want him to tell me flavors to play around with or changes to what I’ve made in the past to make the next just excellent. This time I finally achieved it!

He asked for MORE flavor, MORE ingredients than a typical basic casserole of eggs, cheese, meat, and potato, but I wanted to keep it simple. Because when you have a house full of people, or you are cooking for your coworkers for a pot-luck, simple is key!

So what do you do? Pick elevated versions of those basic ingredients. Potatoes O’Brien are southern style potatoes, with red and green bell peppers and onions already in the bag. Another addition? Pick a ‘flavored’ meat, in this case I went for HOT breakfast sausage. When hot breakfast sausage is mixed with all of these ingredients in a casserole really isn’t all that hot, so don’t let that shy you away from it!

So here we go, Sausage Breakfast Casserole!

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The Process:

Preheat the oven to 350

Brown the sausage with a little ground black pepper to taste. I used Jimmy Dean Sausage so it didn’t need any additional salt (other than what will go in the eggs), but if you use a different version you may want to add a little salt to taste here as well.

Grease a 9×13 glass baking dish with cooking spray. Add the frozen Potatoes O’Brien to the baking dish.

Drain the cooked sausage and spread evenly over the potatoes.

In a large bowl crack the eggs, add milk, and salt/pepper. Whisk very well! Best to use a hand or a stand mixer, you want the yolks and egg whites to be completely blended.

Add the cheese to the eggs and stir.

Pour the egg and cheese mixture over the sausage and potatoes. The cheese will end up layering on top of the sausage while the eggs will fill in all of the gaps. This is exactly what you want. When you have poured the mixture in the baking dish, just spread out the cheese evenly if you need.

Place in the oven for 30 minutes. At the end of 30 minutes, cover the dish with foil, and bake 15 min more until the center is set.

Enjoy! This will taste great with a sprinkle of hot sauce or a little bit of your favorite salsa when served!

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xoxo,

birdbelly