This is a dish I made for Easter Brunch at church and it was a big hit. This can be made the night before and put in the refrigerator. You will need a 9x13 baking dish.
I made this for Easter Sunday Brunch and it was delicious! I added more eggs with some milk also, as it didn't seem like enough liquid for the amount of potato/bacon/onion mixture I had made. Served with a nice fruit salad, it was delightful.
Read MoreMy family enjoyed it but I think I will try using toast instead of hash browns next time. Or maybe a different brand of hash browns. The consistency of my first attempt was not what I expected.
Read MoreI made this for Easter Sunday Brunch and it was delicious! I added more eggs with some milk also, as it didn't seem like enough liquid for the amount of potato/bacon/onion mixture I had made. Served with a nice fruit salad, it was delightful.
Good recipe! My husband loves breakfast casseroles. I made some modifications. First I used turkey sausage (trying not to give hubs a heart attack) :) I didn't drain the bacon grease but did drain after I cooked up the onion mix. I used 12 eggs and added milk, added 1 16oz bag of shredded hash browns to the eggs after I beat them. After meat and veggies were cool and drained I put that in the bottom of my dish and poured the egg/potato mixture over that and stirred together. I don't have time in the morning to bake this so I am letting it sit for a few hours, bake tonight and serve re heated tomorrow. My husband will re heat and eat it all week for breakfast. Me on the other hand is not a fan of reheating eggs. Thanks for the recipe!
This recipe went together easily the night before. I loved the texture of the finished product - many egg based breakfast casserole recipes lack firmness and body. This one was great! Since I did not make this as an Easter dish, I stirred half the shredded cheese into the egg/potato mixture and sprinkled half on top. I diced the black olives and also stirred them into the mixture. This recipe would also be great with just one of the meats - I may try sausage only next time. And the amount of meat in the recipe as published is generous. The finished product would still be great with one pound of either bacon or sausage.
21 guests gave it a rave! Well, there was one piece left over...sadly the smoke and hot sauces were not added and I used a package of potatoes that was not 3 pounds! My concern, too, is how HARD it was to spread the cheese on a very hot casserole (but worth it). Thank you for sharing this Easter-specific winning recipe!
I'm always on the lookout for new makeaheadable breakfast foods for when we have overnight guests. I was intrigued by the ingredient list, and the fact this recipe was "faceless", and decided to give this a whirl. I had some mild sausage I needed to use, so I decased it and used it in lieu of the bulk pork and I subbed ham for bacon. I knew I wasn't going the cross route, so I mixed 1/2 the cheese in w/the casserole and topped it w/the other 1/2 per directions. This was tasty, but none of us tasted the chiles or the liquid smoke or red pepper sauce. While we enjoyed it, it won't replace "Amish Breakfast Casserole" as my go to. THANKS for the recipe, LisaD!
Everyone loved it! This will become my go to breakfast casserole. I added an extra egg and 1/4 c milk and it was perfect. I use Knors hollandase sauce to drizzle over it.
My family enjoyed it but I think I will try using toast instead of hash browns next time. Or maybe a different brand of hash browns. The consistency of my first attempt was not what I expected.
Used ham instead of sausage. and no green chiles (because everything is to spicy for my kids) They loooved it!!!
It's good, needs some tweaking, not enough egg and flavor isn't strong, but I have another casserole which I like more so I'm gonna stick with it
I cooked everything in my huge cast iron skillet & baked it in there as well!
I think this was a great casserole recipe. I did my own variation to make it more of a Mexican Casserole. I ended up doubling the recipe as I was bulk cooking our breakfasts for the next couple of weeks. I added chopped black olives, a can of black beans, can of diced tomatoes, small bag frozen corn, a chopped bell pepper, and chopped mushrooms. I mixed in some of the cheese per the other reviews. Additional spices I added were chopped red pepper flakes and cilantro. I did not use the smoke flavoring. I forgot to put tinfoil on the top, but being that I had multiple pans in the oven cooking, that didn't make a difference. For the topping, I covered with chopped green onions, then the shredded cheese on top, and finished with a sprinkling of paprika. Then baked more as suggested. I had not refrigerated overnight and no special design on top. All in all, it was a great dish. We both loved it. Note to myself for next time: Add chopped fresh tomatoes and maybe for the bottom layer I will layer poblano peppers. I think that would go really good with this recipe to give it more of a chili relleno flavor. I finished this dish by serving with sour cream and chili verde sauce. Excellent!
I should have read the reviews before I made it because would have done things differently. Way, way too dry. Needed milk or sour cream. And def mix in the cheese with the mixture. And then put extra cheese on top. But by then I can just make my tried & true hash brown casserole & just add bacon from this recipe. Also, I would even out the ratio between hash browns & meat. Quite disappointing.
This really is too rich to have as a regular breakfast, but as the recipe says " Easter Brunch" OK I liked it but will put the recipe away till next year. Really too much fat. One review said she couldn't eat it because health conscious. Why did she make it? You only have to look at the recipe to see how much fat etc there is in it
This was amazing! Due to current circumstances, I wasn't able to get all the ingredients, so ended up using large cubed hash browns, different cheese, and fewer seasonings. My husband and I don't like chilies, so we skipped them entirely, but I used Old Bay seasoning in place of some of the other seasonings. I also used turkey sausage since that's what I had on hand. I will absolutely be making this again!
Looking for a hearty breakfast casserole and this fit the bill! I only had 2lbs of hash browns, 7 oz green chili’s and only used 3 cups of cheese instead of the 130 it showed in the recipe (lol). Seriously this is an excellent recipe with or without the cross.
I liked this recipe a lot and got rave reviews. The reason I gave it four stars however is because I would have added maybe 3/4 the amount of meat, and more egg. Although I love potato, I felt it soaked up all the egg and I could barely taste there was actually egg in it. Other than that, flavor was great. I will definitely make again with these changes.
I also wish I had read the reviews prior to making it. It was way too dry. I would have mixed cheese into the and put more on top. Also way too much potato. Might have been better to put the hash browns on the bottom as a kind of crust than too have it mixed throughout. Overall taste was good, but I think it'd be way better with a few tweaks.
I didnt add garlic, liquid smoke, or hot sauce. Next time will add garlic. It was yummy. And will make again next Easter.
