Sausage Breakfast Casserole will make your breakfast unforgettable! Because we packed it with eggs, cheese, sausage and hash browns! The best breakfast casserole is perfect on Sunday morning with your favorite cup of coffee!
You might also like Blueberry Pancake Casserole and Banana French Toast Casserole.
If you enjoy a fulfilling and nutritious breakfast, then this sausage breakfast casserole is for you to make! I made it with frozen hash browns, eggs, sausage and cheese. It's ideal for a feeding a family, or a couple. For brunch, Sunday morning or Christmas morning:)! And you can make it a day ahead!
When planning this breakfast casserole recipe, I was looking for something filling. For example, something similar to this Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash. Because I was already making Pumpkin Muffins that morning, I decided that another sweet breakfast recipe was not a good option.
Easy Breakfast Casserole
This easy breakfast casserole is one of my favorite things to have for breakfast! It's filling, tasty and easy to make. I also love that it doesn't take any special skills to whip up such a delicious breakfast!
This recipe will yield about 12 average servings. You can easily halve it if you are feeding only a couple of people. Or, you can double it for some tasty leftovers later.
Traditionally you can make Breakfast Casserole ONLY with eggs, hash browns and sausage. It's also frequently made with ham and cheese. While the original style is great, I simply like to add spinach and caramelized onions to make it taste even better!
HOW TO MAKE BREAKFAST CASSEROLE
1. Defrost your hash browns the day before. You will move them from the freezer to refrigerator the night before. That they they will be ready to go on the morning when you need them.
2. Caramelizing your onions. Stirring constantly for about 5 minutes just to let the onions soften. You will also want to deglaze with a splash of water at the end.
3. Add sausage and cook it in the pan. The next step will be to add spinach. It will wilt quickly in the hot skillet.
4. Add your defrosted hash browns and stir them in. Once you warm up those hash browns, you will add cheese and transfer the mixture to the prepared 8x8 casserole dish.
5. Add milk and eggs mixture right into the casserole dish.
Breakfast Casserole Tips
- Bake it at 375 F for at least 40 minutes. However, you might have to keep it in the oven even longer than that. You'll have to check center of your breakfast casserole will be done. So you will cook it anywhere from 40 minutes to 1 hour.
- Note that it is best to use only ½ cup of milk so that your breakfast casserole is not runny. I do not recommend using more than that for this recipe.
- The cheese and eggs will thicken this dish up. If you like to use more cheese, allow the sauce to stand for 2-3 minutes before serving.
Equipment Needed
You will need a glass 8x8 casserole dish. You can also use 9x9 or 9x13 dish.
Sausage Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 ½ lb. breakfast sausage
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 20 oz. hash browns (frozen)
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ½ cup pepper jack cheese (shredded)
- 2 cup cheddar cheese (shredded)
- 7 eggs or 6 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ onion
Instructions
- The day before: Defrost hash browns the night before by placing the bag of frozen hash browns in the refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a glass pan with butter or oil. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, add olive oil and sauté onions until caramelized. Next cook sausage until no longer pink. Drain fat.
- Add spinach to the pan and cook until wilted, 2-3 minutes.
- Add defrosted hash browns to skillet and cook until lightly brown. Place hash browns in bottom of lightly greased glass pan. Top with sausage and cheese.
- Whisk together eggs, salt, pepper, and milk. Pour over sausage and hash brown mixture.
- Bake, uncovered, for 35-40 minutes.
More Sausage Recipes
- Mexican Chorizo and Potatoes
- Italian Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms
- Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash
- Creamy Tortellini with Sausage
Lynn says
This was amazing! I added some extra eggs because my bag of hashbrowns was 26 ounces. Fed it to the family for our Sunday morning breakfast and they raved about it. I love how versatile this casserole can be. I think I'll add mushrooms next time. Delicious! Thank you for the recipe, will definitely be making it again and again!
Olya says
I love the idea of extra eggs! Glad the family was fed an happy!
Gail says
Is this with shredded hash browns or the diced kind
Olya says
This is with shredded hash browns.
Beth says
Making this for the second time in 2 weeks! My whole family loves this! And the leftovers are great too! Quick and easy for hectic evenings!
Olya says
Thank you for making it twice!
Beth says
Super tasty for such a simple recipe! Kids and hubby love it! Will be making this again! Great dish to bring to our family holiday brunch!
Marlene says
Can I make this the night before?
Olya says
Absolutely!
Cassie Barnard says
Can you freeze this? If you can, should you freeze it cooked or uncooked?
Olga says
You can do both ways!
Jackie says
We made it so many times by now. Just love it!