Sausage Egg and Cheese Breakfast Casserole, or Christmas Casserole as it’s known at our house, is and easy to prepare recipe.
You’ve been busy with holiday cooking and want to feed the family, perhaps guests too, a great breakfast. This casserole can even be made the night before.
There’s no heavy bread in this dish. After all, aren’t we still stuffed from Christmas dinner. Fluffy eggs, your favorite breakfast sausage and cheese. Cause we all love cheese right?!
This breakfast casserole is one of my personal favorites. Us Southerners love our hot sauce too and I add a few dashes to my serving. It’s so good!
I occasionally make this when we are in the mood for a breakfast for supper kind of night. If you have leftovers, they re-heat beautifully in the oven the next day.
I appreciate an easy to prepare breakfast after I’ve spent days cooking. December also happens to be a very busy month overall with baking homemade goodies, decorating, and most likely shopping.
There are trips to the post office, cards to write and send. I love it all but am ready for the New Year after December 25th rolls around.
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Sausage Egg and Cheese Breakfast Casserole
Here are the ingredients that you’ll need:
- Breakfast Sausage – just use your favorite brand. We really enjoy a pasture raised sausage that we get from a local farm. We also enjoy Jimmy Dean, Neese’s and Swaggerty sausage too.
- Dried Minced Onion
- 1 Dozen Eggs
- Whole Milk
- Salt
- Ground Black Pepper
- Grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Low Carb Breakfast Casserole
What to serve with breakfast casserole?
A breakfast casserole can be served on its own and is quite delicious and filling, depending on appetite. We enjoy a few dashes of hot sauce with ours, as I mentioned before. You could also serve this casserole with a salsa if you like.
Other options to serve with a breakfast casserole include, toasted bread, biscuits, fresh fruit, a grape salad, or a potato dish.
How to Make It
Brown sausage in a skillet breaking up as it cooks. Next, add dried minced onion to the sausage as it browns.
Crack the dozen eggs into a mixing bowl and whisk. Add milk, salt and black pepper and whisk together to combine.
Preheat oven to 350°F
Next, add 3/4 of the cooked breakfast sausage to the bottom of a casserole dish.
Top the sausage with 1/2 of the grated cheese.
Then, pour the egg mixture over the sausage and cheese.
Cheesy Breakfast Casserole
Place into your preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until the casserole is nearly set. After 30 minutes top the casserole with the remaining cheese and top with the reserved cooked sausage.
Return to the oven and bake an additional 10-15 minutes so that the cheese is well melted.
Allow the hot casserole to cool for at least five minutes, then cut into squares and serve.
Here are a few more recipes you might enjoy: Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole , Country Breakfast Hash , Ham and Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole
This casserole is so delicious and you will love it. It is a great casserole to enjoy for any meal and perfect when hosting family gatherings.
Best Ever Breakfast Egg Casserole
Sausage Egg and Cheese Breakfast Casserole
Delicious Sausage Egg and Cheese Breakfast Casserole, also known as Christmas breakfast casserole, is delicious and low carb.
Ingredients
- 1 lb Breakfast Sausage
- 1 tbs Dried Minced Onion
- 1 Dozen Eggs
- 3/4 c Whole Milk
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Ground Black Pepper
- 1 c Grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese, divided
Instructions
- Brown sausage in a skillet breaking up as it cooks. Add dried minced onion to the sausage as it browns.
- Add one dozen eggs to a mixing bowl and whisk. Add milk, salt and black pepper and whisk together to combine.
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Add 3/4 of the cooking sausage to the bottom of a casserole dish.
- Top the sausage with 1/2 of the grated cheese.
- Pour the egg mixture over the sausage and cheese.
- Place into your preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until nearly set.
- After 30 minutes top the casserole with the remaining cheese and top with the reserved cooked sausage.
- Return to the oven and bake an additional 10-15 minutes so that the cheese is well melted.
- Cut into squares and serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
9Amount Per Serving: Calories: 376Total Fat: 29gSaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 318mgSodium: 934mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 0gSugar: 2gProtein: 24g
Sausage Egg and Cheese Casserole Without Bread
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Megan
Monday 27th of May 2024
Delicious! I used Turkey bacon instead of sausage. Only used 1/2 tsp of salt, still a bit salty for us so I’ll use less on the second go. Super easy quick recipe!
Julia Jordan
Monday 27th of May 2024
I'm so glad you enjoyed using this recipe. The turkey bacon addition sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing. ~Julia
Marti
Sunday 17th of December 2023
Can i make 1 week ahead and freeze, thaw and then cook?
Julia Jordan
Monday 18th of December 2023
Yes, you should be fine doing that, although I haven't tested doing it myself.
Doug
Monday 2nd of October 2023
Julia, I made this recipe and it was great. The only changes I made was to use heavy cream instead of milk to make it keto friendly, and to use venison sausage, since I have freezers full of it. The only other thing I added was sweet onions, since I put onions on everything.
Julia Jordan
Monday 2nd of October 2023
I'm so glad that you enjoyed using the breakfast casserole recipe to make a delicious meal. I bet that venison sausage was delicious in it. Thanks for stopping by to let me know! ~Julia
Kelly
Wednesday 28th of December 2022
5 stars! This is very similar to mine. I use a cup of milk & i dont use the onion (occasionally i will use sauted onions/pepper mix in half for my husband). I assume this will taste the same as mine-SO GOOD. Its also simple & easy to clean up. It's also easy enough to do in morning when getting kids rdy for school. Def recommend!!
Brooke
Wednesday 7th of December 2022
If I am using egg whites, do I still need to add milk?
Thanks
Julia Jordan
Thursday 8th of December 2022
Hi Brooke, Yes, if you're using egg whites you will still use the milk in the casserole mixture. Enjoy!
~Julia