Description
A warm and comforting casserole featuring savory breakfast sausage, creamy cheeses, and golden hash browns, perfect for starting your day right.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 (30-oz) package shredded hash brown potatoes
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 pound breakfast sausage (bulk)
- 1/2 green pepper (chopped)
- 1/2 red pepper (chopped)
- 1/2 small onion (diced)
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 8 large eggs
- 1 1/3 cups half and half
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
- Grease a 9×13 inch dish.
- Spread the hash browns evenly in the dish.
- Pour melted butter over and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until lightly browned.
- In a skillet, cook sausage, green pepper, red pepper, and onion over medium-high heat until browned.
- Spread the sausage mixture over the baked hash browns.
- Layer cheeses over the sausage.
- In a bowl, whisk eggs, half and half, seasoned salt, kosher salt, black pepper, and dry mustard.
- Pour over casserole.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-45 minutes until the center is set.
- Let it cool for about 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
Feel free to customize with different vegetables or cheeses, and avoid overbaking to retain creaminess.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 200mg