Sausage & Cream Cheese Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole – All of my favorite breakfast foods in one easy casserole! Hash browns, sausage, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, eggs, milk, garlic, onion, salt, and pepper. Can make ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze for later. Can split between two pans and bake one and freeze one for later. This breakfast casserole is great for breakfast, lunch, great for brunch, potlucks, tailgating, and any upcoming holiday breakfasts! SO GOOD!
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Pin This RecipeI love the flavor combination of sausage and cream cheese. I am always looking for new ways to incorporate it into my favorite dishes. I tried it in this hashbrown breakfast casserole and the results were AMAZING! OMG! SO good!!!! You can make this casserole ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze for later. You can even split it between to pans and cook one now and save one for later.
This casserole has all of my favorite breakfast foods. Frozen hashbrowns, sausage, cream cheese, eggs and cheddar cheese. I browed the hashbrowns in a large skillet prior to putting them in the casserole. I think it helped get the potatoes fully cooked and crispy.
I used a roll of Jimmy Dean HOT breakfast sausage in this casserole. If you don’t want the casserole to have a little kick, use all regular breakfast sausage instead. I also used regular cream cheese. I think using low-fat cream cheese would be fine, but I would stay away from the fat-free cream cheese in this dish.
As I said, we absolutely LOVED this Sausage & Cream Cheese Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole! It would be great for brunch, potlucks, tailgating, and any upcoming holiday breakfasts! Here are a few of our favorite side dishes from the blog that go great with this casserole:
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Sausage & Cream Cheese Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients:
- 2 lb hot breakfast sausage
- 2 (8-oz) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 (30-32oz) bag frozen shredded hash browns
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups milk
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large skillet, cook sausage until no longer pink. Drain fat.
- Stir together cooked sausage and cream cheese. 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/cream cheese mixture and shredded cheddar cheese.
- Whisk together eggs, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and milk. Pour over hash brown mixture.
- **Cover and refrigerate at this point if baking later.**
- Bake, uncovered, for 40 to 50 minutes.
Notes:
Steph
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Have you tried a vegetarian version , leaving out the sausage?
I haven’t, but it would be just fine without sausage.
So so so delicious!! I used garlic and onion instead of powder and it turned out amazing. Will definitely be making this again!
Made this on Mother’s Day for a family brunch. It is delicious. I added 1/2 sautéed chopped red onion, 1 sautéed chopped red pepper and 1/2 cup chopped green Chile. It was a hit!
Sounds yummy! SO glad it was a hit, Ann
The instructions say to cook the hash browns til lightly brown… what would happen if you didn’t cook them at all and just put them in the pan frozen? Has anyone tried that way?
I didn’t cook the hash browns, I just defrosted them and threw them in the bottom of the casserole dish. I was in a rush and missed that step. It was absolutely delicious!
Can this be refrigerated for later after cooked? Too much for 2 people at one time.
yes
I make a variation of this recipe—one pound Jimmy Dean sage, on top of the hash browns I mix melted butter and softened cream cheese, sausage on top of that, then eggs and top it with lots of cheddar! I don’t use milk. Been making it for decades, and it’s always a hit!
Can you use hash browns that are not frozen? Like the ones that come in a box?
Love this recipe and have made it several times! I leave out the hash browns since I'm doing keto…it's perfect! Definitely my go-to recipe for breakfast meal prep!
I made this the other day for work and it was amazing. I only did half with sausage and cream cheese and the other half with colored bell peppers and cream cheese for the people who didn't eat sausage. I will definitely be making this again, but I may have to make two because the sausage and cream cheese went fast.
How many would you say this serves?
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I really don’t know what to sub for hash browns in a hash brown casserole. I’m not sure this exact recipe could be made low carb. It would have to be totally reworked.
We substitute rutabaga for potatoes. The texture is the same and in our low carb eating plan we’ll make rutabaga fries in the air fryer. I’m looking at this recipe and plan on using a spicy chicken sausage and shredded rutabaga as my substitutes.
This recipe can definitely be done as a low carb version. I did one per recipe for my family and did another small batch low carb for me…sub riced cauliflower for the hash browns and coconut milk for the milk. It was delicious!!
I made this for dinner tonight (my hubby and I love breakfast for dinner), and it was a hit! He loved it! He said it was delicious, and one of the best breakfast meals he's ever had! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!
How far ahead can I make this and refrigerate? Would about 24 hours be okay?
24 hours would be just fine. Enjoy!
The recipe calls for two pounds of sausage but in the comments you wrote you used one sleeve of Tennessee pride (which one be one pound). Can you clarify how much sausage you used?!
TWO POUNDS!
For those of you that have frozen this, do you bake it first?
I usually freeze it unbaked and thaw and bake when ready
If I were to freeze it how much thawing time (if any) and how much time added on in the oven? Thanks!
I suggest thawing it overnight in the fridge. If it is still at light frozen, you will need to add some time. I’d start with 10-15 minutes.
Hi! If you were to freeze it beforehand, how much time do you let it thaw before putting in the oven (if any) and how much more cooking time should I add on? Thanks!
Can you refrigerate this dish covered overnight before cooking it or will the potatoes turn Brown? Would frying the hash Browns 1st keep that from happening?
It should be fine. I’ve never had the potatoes turn brown. Enjoy!!
Can it sit in the refrigerator over night covered? I was worried that the potatoes would turn? Or does frying them first keep that from happening?
It should be fine overnight
Can this be frozen with eggs and cream cheese in it?
I froze leftovers and and it was great!
Can you clarify the layers for me? When I read the recipe is sounds like the eggs go on top of the cheese. In the picture, it looks like the cheese is on top.
hash browns in bottom of lightly greased 9×13-inch pan. Top with sausage/cream cheese mixture and shredded cheddar cheese then top sausage & cheese with egg mixture.
I've brought this to work several times and it always gets rave reviews. But it always has to cook at least an hour for me, usually longer. At 40 minutes it's still super runny.
Oh my but this looks good.