Cowboy Breakfast Skillet

Cowboy Breakfast Skillet

from allrecipes.com
Breakfast
65 min
8 servings
786 kcal / serving

This cowboy breakfast skillet, with sausage and bacon, plenty of Mexican-blend cheese, and a biscuit topping, is a 1-pot breakfast that is prefect for a casual crowd.

Ingredients

  • 2 poundsbreakfast sausage mild or spicy
  • ½white or yellow onion, chopped
  • ½green bell pepper, chopped
  • 1jalapeno, seeded and diced
  • ½ teaspoonkosher salt
  • 1 cupsour cream, plus more for garnish
  • 3 cupsshredded mexican blend cheese, divided
  • 2 cupsbaking mix, such as bisquick
  • 1 ¼ cupswhole milk
  • 4slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled, or more to taste
  • 1 tablespoonsvegetable oil
  • 1can fire roasted diced tomatoes with hatch green chiles, drained
  • ½ cupchopped cilantro or green onions for garnish

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

  2. 2

    Heat a 12-inch cast iron skillet over medium-high heat; cook breakfast sausage, stirring occasionally until browned, about 5 minutes. Drain excess grease.

  3. 3

    Return sausage to skillet and add onion, bell pepper, jalapeno, and salt and continue cooking until peppers begin to soften, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat, drain any excess liquid, and set aside.

  4. 4

    Add sour cream and 2 cups shredded cheese to a bowl; stir until well combined. Set aside.

  5. 5

    Whisk baking mix, milk, and oil together in a separate bowl until smooth. Add crumbled bacon and mix well; set aside.

  6. 6

    Sprinkle tomatoes evenly over sausage. Carefully spoon cheese mixture over tomatoes. Pour baking mix mixture on top and sprinkle with remaining cheese.

  7. 7

    Bake uncovered in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 30 minutes.

  8. 8

    Let skillet rest for 10 minutes before serving. Garnish with sour cream and cilantro or green onions.