Sausage and Ranch Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

Sausage Ranch Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole – only 6 ingredients! Frozen hash browns, sausage, ranch dressing, eggs, milk & cheese – can be made ahead of time and refrigerated until ready! Everyone RAVES about this easy casserole. Great for overnight guests and Christmas morning! #casserole #breakfast #sausage #freezermeal

Easy Breakfast Casserole Recipe

This Sausage and Ranch Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole has quickly become a favorite. Hash brown potatoes loaded with sausage, cheese, ranch and eggs. YUM! We’ve eaten this for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The best part about this recipe is that you can make it ahead of time and refrigerate or even freeze for later. You can even half the recipe or bake half now & freeze half for later.

How to Make Sausage Ranch Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

This dish is super easy to make! Start with browning some sausage. Remove the sausage from the skillet and cook thawed frozen hash browns until they start to brown. Combine cooked sausage, hash browns, and Ranch dressing. Spread into a baking dish.
Whisk together eggs and milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour over hash brown mixture. Top the casserole with shredded cheese and bake.

• 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 for the regular pork sausage if you prefer.
• This recipe uses bottled Ranch dressing, not the dry mix. I used Hidden Valley, but I also really like Ken’s Ranch dressing.
• Here is our recipe for Homemade Ranch Dressing: https://www.plainchicken.com/copycat-outback-ranch-dressing/
• You can make this casserole ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze for later.
• 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 Sausage Ranch Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole gluten-free? Yes! This casserole is gluten-free. Make sure to use a gluten-free ranch dressing such as Hidden Valley.

What to Serve with Breakfast Casserole

I LOVE to make this casserole for brunch, tailgating, overnight guests, and the holiday mornings. 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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Sausage Ranch Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

Author: Plain Chicken

Yield: 12 people

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Total Time 50 mins

Sausage Ranch Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole – only 6 ingredients! Frozen hash browns, sausage, ranch dressing, eggs, milk & cheese – can be made ahead of time and refrigerated until ready! Everyone RAVES about this easy casserole. Great for overnight guests and Christmas morning! #casserole #breakfast #sausage #freezermeal

Equipment:

• 12-inch Non-Stick Skillet
• Meat Masher Tool
• 9×13-inch Baking Dish

Ingredients:

• 2 (1-lb) rolls breakfast sausage (regular or hot)
• 1 (30 to 32-oz) bag frozen shredded hash browns
• 1½ cups bottled Ranch dressing
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 8 large eggs
• 2 cups milk
• salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch deep dish baking dish with cooking spray.
• In a large skillet, cook sausage until no longer pink. Remove from skillet.
• Add hash browns to skillet and cook until lightly brown.
• Combine cooked sausage, hash browns and Ranch dressing. Spread into prepared dish.
• Whisk together eggs and milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour over hash brown mixture.Top with shredded cheese.
• **Cover and refrigerate at this point if baking later.**
• Bake, uncovered, for 35-40 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 for the regular pork sausage if you prefer.
• This recipe uses bottled Ranch dressing, not the dry mix. I used Hidden Valley, but I also really like Ken’s Ranch dressing.
• Here is our recipe for Homemade Ranch Dressing: https://www.plainchicken.com/copycat-outback-ranch-dressing/
• You can make this casserole ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze for later.
• 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 Sausage Ranch Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole gluten-free? Yes! This casserole is gluten-free. Make sure to use a gluten-free ranch dressing such as Hidden Valley.

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Steph