Tater Tot Casserole With Sausage

Tater Tot Casserole With Sausage

from realsimple.com
Brunch
90 min
8 servings
583 kcal / serving

Learn how to make this tater tot breakfast casserole, which is brimming with flavors from sausage, eggs, cheese, and of course, tots!

Ingredients

  • 1 poundhot or mild breakfast sausage
  • 1yellow onion, chopped
  • 1red bell pepper, chopped
  • 12 largeeggs
  • ½ cupwhole milk
  • 1 tablespoonhot sauce, such as cholula
  • ½ teaspoonkosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoonblack pepper
  • 132-oz. bag frozen potato tots
  • 8 ouncescolby-jack cheese blend (about 2 cups), divided
  • 1jalapeño, sliced
  • chopped fresh chives

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Heat a large skillet over medium-high. Add sausage and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until browned, about 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Add onion and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, 8 to 10 minutes.

  3. 3

    Whisk together eggs, milk, hot sauce, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl. Arrange tots in an even layer in a lightly greased 3-quart baking dish. Top with 1 cup cheese and the sausage mixture.

  4. 4

    Pour egg mixture evenly over tots and top with remaining 1 cup cheese.

  5. 5

    Bake until set in the middle, 50 to 55 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Top with jalapeño and chives.