Make-Ahead Breakfast Sausage Casserole
If you're looking for an impossibly easy breakfast bake recipe, try this Make-Ahead Breakfast Sausage Casserole. Make-ahead breakfast casserole recipes are easy way to serve a hot breakfast to your whole family with little fuss. All your favorite breakfast essentials are combined into easy-to-serve portions that can be effortlessly wrapped up to go for busy mornings. You can add any other ingredients you want. Spice things up with green chilies, add spinach and onions, or substitute bacon or ham for variety of combinations. This is also a great dish to serve on holiday mornings, like Christmas or Easter. Just prepare the dish the night before and warm it up to serve in the morning.
Serves8
Preparation Time10 min
Slow Cooker Time HIGH2 hr 30 min
Slow Cooker Time LOW6 hr
Cooking MethodCasserole
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork sausage, hot flavor
- 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 8 slice hearty white bread, crusts removed and cubed
- 2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided
- 10 large eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 6 drop hot pepper sauce
Instructions
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Place sausage in large skillet or slow cooker over medium-high heat. Cook until browned.
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Add red peppers and onions. Cook until crisp-tender. Drain fat. Reserve half of sausage mixture. Arrange remaining mixture in an even layer.
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Add bread cubes and half of cheese in even layer over sausage mixture in slow cooker.
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Top with remaining sausage mixture and cheese.
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Combine beaten eggs, milk, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt, black pepper and hot pepper sauce in a large bowl. Whisk until well blended.
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Pour over layers in slow cooker. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
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Cook on HIGH 2 to 2 1/2 hours or LOW 4 to 6 hours until mixture is thoroughly cooked.