Are you looking for a breakfast recipe for the holidays
Well today we're going to put together for you a sausage and egg casserole with hash browns
Actually, it's going to be frozen hash browns and cheese. And so our products today are one pound of sausage
we've got a half a green bell pepper, a half a red bell pepper
and a half of a medium yellow onion chopped up already. We're going to add a little bit of SPG, salt, pepper, and garlic powder
We've got about a pound or so of shark cheddar cheese we're going to add to this
A little bit of milk. And I've got about eight eggs that I've already cracked and put in a bowl here
But what we're going to do is we're going to take and put this into a large 9x13 casserole pan
Now I really like this casserole pan. This thing is awesome. Of course, being 9x13, it's also about 2 3 8 of an inch deep
And you can beat, of course, being cast iron, it's heavy. It weighs about 7 1⁄4 pounds
But yet, being cast iron, it will retain the heat. And it's perfect for any kind of casserole, cornbread, you could make cakes in it, you could do whatever
But today, we're going to make a breakfast casserole for not only just the holidays
You can make these casseroles for any time of the year. But we're going to make this because we know the holidays are coming up
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's. We're going to have people home for the holidays
And what better way to make a big casserole for several people to be able to eat from
Now, what we're going to do first of all, we're going to get ready and take our sausage and place into a 12-inch cast iron skillet
Alright, well, we got our sausage in the cast iron on medium to medium-high heat
I've got my bell pepper. Half a bell pepper, half a green, half a red, and half of a yellow onion
Going to place all this in here and let that saute down. And once this gets cooked real well, what we're going to do, we're going to remove this to a paper towel-lined plate
That way, we can drain any grease out. I don't want any grease in my casserole
But we do want our onions, bell pepper, and sausage sauteed really well
Alright, well, we've got our sausage, our bell pepper, and our onions cooked down together and got that drained
We got it back in our 12-inch skillet to keep it warm
Now, over here, we've got our casserole dish. And what I did, I took and buttered this down
Of course, we know eggs and butter go well together. But we got this oil down so it won't stick or anything
I've got my oven preheated at 400 degrees. Now, what we're going to do in order to assemble this, we're going to take our frozen hash browns
Now, you could use fresh if you wanted to. Alright, well, we're going to get our hash browns, frozen hash browns
Now, folks, I just want to tell you a little tip. I had to pause and fix this
But what you want to do is if your hash browns are frozen, you want to leave them frozen
And be sure and just break up the big chunks before you try to place this in your casserole dish
or you'll have great big chunks and it won't work good for you. So, now, the layering, what we're going to do here, we've got our hash browns
Be sure and even all this out in your casserole pan. We're going to take half of this cheese and we're just going to kind of layer this in here
Be sure and get your cheese moved around pretty good. Now, that's going to melt down in there, so that's okay
Now, the next thing we're going to do, we're going to take our sausage and bell pepper mixture
and I'm going to just add a little bit of that to the top of here. And we just want to kind of smooth this out all over your cheese mixture and everything too
Kind of get it all the way around because you want meat in all parts of your casserole
Once you get that smoothed out, the next thing you want to do is, we had our eight eggs that I've already mixed up real well
What I did, I added about a quarter cup of milk in that and then I put about a tablespoon of salt, pepper, and garlic
What you want to do, you want to definitely make sure you get this all over your mixture
That way the eggs will melt down into the whole mixture and you'll have eggs throughout the whole casserole
So, once you get all that in there, the last step on this is take the other half of your cheddar cheese and just layer that in there
Smooth that all out like that right there. And then, like I said, we've got our oven preheated at 400 degrees
The next step is we're going to place this in the oven and bake it at 45 minutes at 400 degrees
And once that's done, we'll break it out and we'll show you exactly what this looks like
Well, I brought the casserole out of the oven and I just have to tell you, I had to cook this for an extra 15 minutes
And the reason why I had to do that is the cast iron was cold when we placed everything in here
And also, you have frozen hash browns when you make this casserole
So, just like any casserole, you need to always check and make sure
And one way is just like baking a cake. You can take a toothpick and stick it in
If it comes out clean like that, you know everything's cooked and set up
Or you can actually even take a butter knife and do the same thing
And that's a little bit of cheese, which that's fine. But anyway, you know, this is a sausage and egg casserole with frozen hash browns
If you don't like sausage, you can always use ham, chopped ham
Or if you don't like that and you like bacon, you can use bacon. You can use any ingredients that you want
We just happen to have sausage and, you know, bell pepper and cheese and stuff like that
And that's what we wanted to make. So, we're going to cut into this and see what it's like here
Look at that. Just cooked through and through. That's got a good, solid, firm texture to it
It's not runny or anything. The eggs didn't stick to the cast iron
We put our butter in there so the eggs did not stick to the cast iron
Look at the crust on that side that comes from the corner
I love corner pieces. Anyway, let me cut into this and see
Now, another tip I want to give you on this, the reason why we only put one tablespoon
or a little over a teaspoon of salt, pepper, and onion garlic powder in this is your cheese has salt in it
And so does your sausage. So, be sure when you're making this, don't over-salt it
You can always add salt and pepper later. If this being more than what you can eat, you can always cut these in squares and freeze this and eat it later
You can bring it out, put it in a microwave, warm it up for 30 seconds to a minute or whatever
and then you've got a great breakfast to go. So, we made this in a one-pan casserole dish, cast iron casserole
You can make enough for the week if you want to pre-plan your food, your meal prep for breakfast or whatever
So, that's just something I wanted to share with you guys. That way, when you have it, you can freeze it, put it away, and you're ready to go
Let me give this a taste and see. Look at that
Look at that. We're going to enjoy our sausage and egg casserole with hash browns
We wanted to share this with you guys. We hope you have a great holiday. Happy Thanksgiving to you from Mr. and Mrs. Cast Iron