Breakfast Casserole
A super hearty, delicious and easy Breakfast Casserole Recipe. Filled with turkey breakfast sausage, frozen diced potatoes, bell pepper, onion, eggs, and cheese, it's the only breakfast casserole you'll ever want to make and eat!
Servings: 10
Calories: 238kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pound turkey breakfast sausage
- 1/2 small yellow onion diced
- 1 red bell pepper seeded and diced
- 1 (30 ounce) bag frozen diced hash brown potatoes thawed
- 8 ounces freshly shredded cheddar cheese
- 3 tablespoons sliced chives
- 6 large eggs beaten
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375˚F. Lightly grease a 9”x13" baking dish and set aside.
- Place a skillet over medium heat. Add 1/2 tablespoon oil and brown sausage, breaking up as it cooks, 5 to 7 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer sausage to a large mixing bowl. Discard and excess fat and liquid from pan.
- Add remaining oil to pan and sauté onions and bell pepper for 5 to 6 minutes, until vegetables just begin to caramelize. Season with salt and pepper and stir together. Transfer vegetables to bowl with sausage.
- Add diced potatoes, 2/3 of shredded cheese, 2 tablespoons chives, and salt and pepper to sausage and vegetable mixture and gently toss together until fully combined.
- In another bowl whisk together eggs and milk and pour mixture over sausage vegetable mixture. Fold together until just combined.
- Pour mixture into prepared baking dish and sprinkle top with remaining cheese.
- Cover casserole tightly with foil and bake for 35 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake for an additional 10 minutes or until eggs are set.
- Top casserole with remaining chives, black pepper and serve.
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Notes
Common Issues and How to Solve Them
- Runny Casserole - Baked egg dishes can sometimes fall victim to being watery after it's baked. This is often due to high water content in some vegetables and dense meats that are used in these dishes. Browning /cooking the meats (and draining off any excess liquid) and sautéing the vegetables before cooking often helps this issue. It's also important that the potatoes are fully thawed and any excess liquid is drained from them as well.
- Shredded Cheese Stuck to Foil - It's best to avoid your shredded cheese topper from touching the bottom of your foil when baking. If your shredded cheese topper is flush or heaping above the edges of your baking dish, spray the bottom of the piece of foil you're going to use with cooking spray. This will help to prevent your cheese from sticking to the foil.
- Shred Cheese Yourself - Although it can be tempting to buy a bag of pre-shredded cheese (at times I'm totally guilty of it too!), I highly recommend shredded your own cheese. It only takes a minute or two and the results are way better! Pre-shredded cheese tends to have anti-caking agents mixed into the bag, to prevent the shreds from clumping up, but it also prevents the cheese from melting smoothly and evenly.
- How to Tell if Breakfast Casserole is Done Baking - If you're unsure whether or not your eggs have fully set, take a butter knife and insert it into the center of the casserole. Push the knife slightly to the side, if you see some pooling occurring you need some more time, if not you're good to go!
Nutrition
Calories: 238kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 157mg | Sodium: 453mg | Potassium: 227mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 835IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 202mg | Iron: 1mg