Rotel Sausage Cream Cheese Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole – All of my favorite breakfast foods in one easy casserole! Hash browns, Rotel diced tomatoes and green chiles, sausage, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, eggs, milk, garlic, onion, salt, and pepper. Can make ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze it for later. This dish is great for breakfast, lunch, brunch, potlucks, tailgating, and any upcoming holiday breakfasts!
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How to Make Sausage Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole
This dish is super easy to make with only a few simple ingredients. In a large skillet, cook breakfast sausage over medium-high heat until no longer pink and crumbled. Remove the sausage from the skillet and cook thawed frozen hashbrowns until they start to brown.
Combine cooked sausage, hash browns, rotel diced tomatoes and green chiles, and cream cheese. Spread into a baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Season with onion powder, garlic powder, salt and black pepper to taste. Pour egg mixture over sausage mixture. Top the casserole with shredded cheese and bake until set.
Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- I used Jimmy Dean sausage in this casserole. I used one package of regular and one package of hot. Feel free to use all regular or all hot sausage if you prefer.
- You can substitute turkey sausage.
- I use shredded sharp cheddar cheese in this recipe. Feel free to use any cheese you enjoy. Pepper jack and Monterey jack cheese are both delicious.
- What can I add to the casserole?
- onions
- red bell pepper
- spinach
- Can I make Sausage Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole in advance? Yes. Assemble the casserole and cool completely. Cover the casserole dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to bake.
- If using a glass pan, bring the pan to room temperature before baking.
- Can I freeze I Sausage Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole? Yes! Assemble the casserole and cool completely. Cover the casserole dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Place in the freezer for 3 to 4 months.
- I usually freeze this recipe unbaked.
- To bake after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed. Write the directions on the foil for easy reference.
- To reheat the casserole after freezing, thaw and reheat in the microwave or covered with aluminum foil in the oven at 350ºF until warm.
- Is Rotel Sausage Cream Cheese Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole gluten-free? Yes! All of the ingredients in this recipe are gluten-free.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.
What to Serve Hash Brown Casserole
This is hands down the best breakfast casserole recipe! I LOVE to make this casserole for brunch, tailgating, overnight guests, and Christmas morning. All you need are some biscuits and a fruit salad and you have an easy feast. This casserole is also great to make and freeze for a new Mom or a friend that is having surgery. Who wouldn’t appreciate a pan of this delicious casserole?
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Rotel Sausage Cream Cheese Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 2 lb hot breakfast sausage
- 2 (8-oz) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 (10-oz) cans Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies, drained
- 1 (30-32oz) bag frozen shredded hash browns thawed
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 8 large eggs
- 2 cups milk
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, cook sausage until no longer pink. Remove sausage from the skillet and place in a bowl. Add cream cheese and Rotel. Stir until combined and set aside.
- Add hash browns to skillet and cook until lightly brown. Place hash browns in bottom of lightly greased 9×13-inch pan. Top with sausage mixture and shredded cheddar cheese.
- Whisk together eggs, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and milk. Pour over hash brown mixture.
- Bake, uncovered, for 45 to 55 minutes.
Notes:
- I used Jimmy Dean sausage in this casserole. I used one package of regular and one package of hot. Feel free to use all regular or all hot sausage if you prefer.
- You can substitute turkey sausage.
- I use shredded sharp cheddar cheese in this recipe. Feel free to use any cheese you enjoy. Pepper jack and Monterey jack cheese are both delicious.
- What can I add to the casserole?
- onions
- red bell pepper
- spinach
- Can I make Sausage Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole in advance? Yes. Assemble the casserole and cool completely. Cover the casserole dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to bake.
- If using a glass pan, bring the pan to room temperature before baking.
- Can I freeze I Sausage Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole? Yes! Assemble the casserole and cool completely. Cover the casserole dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Place in the freezer for 3 to 4 months.
- I usually freeze this recipe unbaked.
- To bake after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed. Write the directions on the foil for easy reference.
- To reheat the casserole after freezing, thaw and reheat in the microwave or covered with aluminum foil in the oven at 350ºF until warm.
- Is Rotel Sausage Cream Cheese Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole gluten-free? Yes! All of the ingredients in this recipe are gluten-free.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.
Steph
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That looks great! Cream cheese does not get enough credit. I’ve been looking for recipes that involve cream cheese besides potatoes, frosting and celery sticks. My additions would onions and red or green peppers like you added. But mine would also add sliced baby portobellos.