Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Hash Browns and Pepper
Breakfast casserole with sausage, hash browns, peppers and cheese is perfect for a family brunch, and we love making it during the holidays.
Ingredients
- 3 cups frozen hash browns, thawed*
- 1 pound ground pork breakfast sausage (turkey sausage will work too)
- 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded (it melts better if you shred your own from a block of cheddar)
- 1/2 green bell pepper, diced
- 12 eggs, beaten
- 2 cups milk (I used 2%)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce (optional)
Instructions
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Preheat the over to 350.
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Brown the sausage until fully cooked (mine took about 8 minutes), and drain the fat.
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Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray.
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Add the hash browns (thawed) to the bottom of the dish.
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Layer the cooked sausage, then the shredded cheese, and then the diced peppers.
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Beat the eggs, milk, salt and hot sauce together in a large mixing bowl.
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Pour the egg mixture into the casserole dish, over the other ingredients.
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Bake until fully cooked through the center, about 50 minutes.
Recipe Notes
*I always forget to thaw my hash browns.😬🙈 So prior to browning my sausage, I just brown them in the same skillet (with a little cooking spray), and then put them in the bottom of the casserole dish. The I lightly wipe out the pan again before browning the sausage.