Easy Sausage Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole is the ultimate breakfast casserole. Eggs, cheese, crumbled, cooked sausage and hash browns!
SAUSAGE HASH BROWN BREAKFAST CASSEROLE
I wouldn't go so far to say that I was a morning person. I'm not. At all. But I do love mornings once I'm fully awake and getting my day started. So full of possibilities. Especially if it's going to be a sunny day. Then I know I will truly feel motivated to get a lot done that day. Usually. I'm pretty sure I'm solar-powered.
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CAN I FREEZE OR REFRIGERATE THIS CASSEROLE?
What is so wonderful about casseroles is you can make them up the day before, put it in the fridge and it is sitting there ready for you when you wake up and all ya gotta do is bake it and you're done. Same with freezing. Wrap it up well before cooking (so it doesn't get freezer burned) and take it out and bake when ready. If you are baking this from a cold state or from freezing, you will have to add on to the cooking time given below.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
frozen hashbrowns
pork breakfast sausage (sage flavor or spicy)
onion
eggs
milk
shredded cheddar cheese
salt
*Cook's Note: Make sure the hash browns are thawed and dried. Pat them dry with a paper towel. You don't want that extra moisture to make your casserole runny. For an added layer of flavor, try browning the hashbrowns in a pan before putting them in the baking dish.
HOW TO MAKE SAUSAGE HASH BROWN BREAKFAST CASSEROLE:
Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Spray 13x9 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. In a sauté pan, cook onions and brown and crumble sausage.
Drain any excess grease.
In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, one cup of shredded cheese and salt and pepper.
In a baking dish, spread thawed hash browns into bottom of dish. Spread cooked sausage on top of hash browns.
Next, pour egg mixture on top of that.
Sprinkle the remaining cup of cheddar cheese on top.
Cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 30 minutes.
Take foil off and bake for additional 10 minutes. Just keep an eye on it to make sure the cheese doesn’t brown up too much.
Enjoy!
Originally published: October 2011
Updated & republished: June 2019
SAUSAGE HASH BROWN BREAKFAST CASSEROLE
Easy Sausage Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole is the ultimate breakfast casserole. Eggs, cheese, crumbled, cooked sausage and hash browns!
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Servings: 9
Calories: 454kcal
Ingredients
- 2 lb bag frozen hash browns, thawed (see notes below)
- 1 lb pork breakfast sausage, sage or spicy
- ½ onion, finely chopped
- 8 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
- Spray 13 x 9 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a sauté pan, cook onions and brown and crumble sausage.
- Drain any excess grease. If you’d like, you can just take crumbled sausage out of pan, leaving the grease, and then brown the hash browns a bit, this adds nice flavor to the casserole.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, 1 cup of shredded cheese and salt and pepper.
- In a baking dish, spread hash browns into bottom of dish.
- Spread cooked sausage on top of hashbrowns.
- Next, pour egg mixture on top of that.
- Sprinkle the remaining cup of cheddar cheese on top.
- Cover with aluminum foil and bake for about 30 minutes.
- Take foil off and bake for additional 10 minutes. Just keep an eye on it to make sure the cheese doesn’t brown up too much.
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Notes
*Cook's Note: Make sure your hashbrowns are thawed and dried. Pat them dry with a paper towel. You don't want that extra moisture to make your casserole runny. For an added layer of flavor, try browning the hashbrowns in a pan before putting them in the baking dish.
Like most casseroles, this is perfect to make the night before to have ready to bake the next morning!
Nutrition
Calories: 454kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 235mg | Sodium: 920mg | Potassium: 582mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 590IU | Vitamin C: 10.2mg | Calcium: 264mg | Iron: 2.7mg
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This is surely making me hungry. Looks fabulous. I make something similar. However, I think this is great as well I am sure of it!
What a fantastic dish to share with your family on a Sunday. This looks amazing. That would be something I would snack on all day hehe
I'm not a great morning person either, Bonnie. This is a great looking casserole. I've been looking for something different than my old stand-by. Love it.
This look so good, just right for our Saturday mornings!
This dish looks great for a brunch, as well as for a lazy Sunday morning.
I like the fact that you can make it ahead of time and just pop it in the oven.
Have a great weekend!
I'm not a morning person of any kind! But I love a good breakfast casserole for dinner.
I'm not a morning person either. But I do love breakfast food. Your casserole looks wonderful.
I'm the only one in my house that is a morning person. Which means I would be up at the crack of dawn making this. And I'd probably sneak a couple of bites before the family got up.
Sounds like a great recipe for those holiday mornings that nobody wants to get up and cook.
This sounds like such a great breakfast for a big family morning! I think my old roommate from Wisconsin used to whip up something like this for the weekends. It always smelled amazing!
This is awesome, I need to make only a half batch next time since there is my hubby and I and my lil 4 year old... but would be great when I have my grown boys home WE LOVED IT. and great reheated the next day.
I made your hashbrown sausage breakfast bake, it was very good. The only thing was I browned the hash browns some, but by morning the eggs and milk had soaked into the hashbrowns and when it cooked, the hashbrowns got soft. Do you have any ideas to crisp the hashbrowns?
I didn't let mine sit overnight. I browned my hashbrowns and cooked everything it was great
Did you brown hash browns in skillet and then cook in same skillet? That what I was thinking of doing!
This just screams Sunday morning breakfast...I would love to sit and enjoy a big scoop of it for breakfast.
Made it! Was so good!
Thank you so much for the great comments. And thank you for letting me know how it has turned out!
Gail, hmmmm. If you want crispier hashbrowns. Maybe try heating your slices up in a saute pan that has a bit of oil in it over medium high heat. Get the pan hot then put a slice in. That *may* crisp it up a bit for you.
I am making this...this weekend! Husband has been out of town and kids are coming home for the weekend so it will be nice to make it the night before and have it Saturday morning. Love your blog!
Make something similar, also adding Stokes brand Pork Green Chili.
This casserole was really easy and really good! I browned my hash browns in the pan before adding them to the baking dish. * Make sure you drain them if there's a lot of excess grease. It did take longer for mine to cook. Instead of 30 I baked it for 50. This meal was husband approved!
Can this be done in a slow cooker?
Sorry, I have never made this in a slow cooker so I really couldn't say....
I make this tonight and it was amazing! My family loved it, my husband had been wanting breakfast for dinner and we found our new favorite recipe! Thank you
I love looking at your blog. You always have really creative ideas for food. I came across your Cinni-Minis on Pinterest and I haven't been able to stop looking at your recipes. I'm thinking about making this recipe for Mother's Day. 🙂
that looks delicious, thanks for sharing and thanks for the picture tutorial.
can you make this ahead and freeze it and then just reheat it??
I went out today and bought all the stuff to make this in the morning for my girls. Can't wait to try it. Thank you for sharing all the great recipes with us 😉