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Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole

David Smith
2023-09-14
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Say goodbye to leftovers with this Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole. Layered with crispy tater tots, gooey cheese, savory sausage, and fluffy eggs this breakfast casserole has earned thumbs up virtually the table every time I serve it.

A horizontally aligned photo of a serving of fluffy egg casserole with sausage and tater tots on a circular white plate on a wooden tabletop.

Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole with Sausage

I literally cannot believe that I haven’t tried this before. This tater tot breakfast casserole with sausage blew the lid off of my expectations. This is one breakfast that I’m going to be making regularly for years to come.

I venerate the simplicity of breakfast casseroles. Just throw everything in a sultry dish and wait an hour. It’s divine for a lazy morning. But, I had no idea that a breakfast casserole with tater tots could end up stuff so good.

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Tater Tot Sausage Breakfast Casserole

Bacon, diced ham, and pork or turkey sausage will all work well in this casserole. You just need well-nigh 1 pound (or 2 cups cooked) of whichever meat option you segregate to use.

This tater tot sausage breakfast casserole is a unconfined make-ahead breakfast. Cover the assembled casserole with foil and refrigerate overnight. When ready to cook, set the unprepossessed casserole on the counter while the oven preheats.

Bake for 50 minutes, leaving the top covered with foil, and then uncover to torch an spare 20-25 minutes, until the eggs have set. The top should be golden brown virtually the edges.

A top lanugo photo of a serving of fluffy egg casserole with sausage and tater tots on a circular white plate on a wooden tabletop.

Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole

You can moreover freeze the cooked casserole for easy breakfasts. Just portion it into individual servings and store it in zip-close bags. Place the individual tons in a larger freezer bag or container and freeze until needed.

I’ve once made this twice increasingly since I photographed it. It’s currently stacked in freezer tons in our freezer and my youngest son has been warming it up for his breakfasts surpassing school. He LOVES it.

To reheat, thaw portions overnight in the fridge and reheat in the microwave OR reheat frozen portions at half power for 2 minutes and then at regular power until warm.

Shredded cheese has been placed atop the tater tots and crumbled sausage.

Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole Recipe

You’ll need the pursuit ingredients to make this recipe:

breakfast sausage
frozen tater tots
Mexican or cheddar cheese
eggs
milk
salt and pepper
garlic and onion powder

Sausage crumbles are visible in the tater tots and cheese in this well-spoken glass sultry dish.

Start by preheating the oven to 350ºF. Then, grease a 9×13 sultry dish with butter and set aside. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt and crumble the sausage.

Place the tater tots in the buttered sultry dish. Then, add the cooked sausage and 1½ cups of cheese. Stir the ingredients to combine.

An whoopee shot of pouring the egg mixture over the tater tots and cheese in the sultry dish.

In a medium-sized bowl, combine the eggs, milk, salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder. Then, pour the egg mixture over the tater tots, cheese, and sausage in the sultry dish.

Top with the remaining ½ cup of cheese. Then, torch for 55-60 minutes until the eggs have set and the top is golden brown virtually the edges. Serve warm.

Tater tots on top of the egg mixture in the sultry dish are visible in the corner of the sultry dish.

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Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole

Say goodbye to leftovers with this Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole, layered with crispy tater tots, gooey cheese, savory sausage, and fluffy eggs.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 55

Total Time 1

Servings

Calories 369kcal

Ingredients

1 pound regular or hot breakfast sausage cooked and crumbled
30 ounces frozen tater tots
2 cups shredded Mexican tousle cheese or cheddar cheese divided
8 eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground woebegone pepper pepper
½ teaspoon granulated garlic or garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9×13 sultry dish with butter and set aside. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt and crumble the sausage.
Place the tater tots in the sultry dish, withal with the cooked sausage and 1½ cups of cheese. Stir to combine.
In a medium-sized bowl, combine the eggs, milk, salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder. Pour the egg mixture over the tater tots in the sultry dish and top with the remaining ½ cup of cheese.
Bake for 55-60 minutes until the eggs have set and the top is golden brown virtually the edges. Serve warm.

Notes

Bacon, diced ham, and pork or turkey sausage all work well in this casserole. You’ll need well-nigh 1 pound (or 2 cups cooked) of whichever meat you segregate to add.

This is a unconfined make-ahead breakfast. Cover the assembled casserole with foil and refrigerate overnight. When ready to cook, set the unprepossessed casserole on the counter while the oven preheats. Torch for 50 minutes COVERED with foil and then uncover. Torch an spare 20-25 minutes, until the eggs have set and the top is golden brown virtually the edges.

To freeze the cooked casserole for easy breakfasts, portion it into individual servings and store in zip-close bags. Place the individual tons in a larger freezer bag or container and freeze until needed. To reheat, thaw portions overnight in the fridge and reheat in the microwave OR reheat frozen portions at half power for 2 minutes and then at regular power until warm.