It was one of those days when I felt the urge to serve breakfast for supper.
And so I did.
Fortunately, I was watching Pioneer Woman while ironing a million white shirts earlier in the day and she was preparing a brunch which looked mighty delicious. I went to the Food Network site and found her show…and this recipe.
Now, she was prepping for a brunch with friends for “the next day” and so she put the recipe together, covered it, and then put it in the fridge overnight. I didn’t do that, but I did have it in the fridge for about 4 or 5 hours, so it still worked.
It was delicious and it is gone now. We ate it up pretty quickly.
Due to technical difficulties today, we are using the older format for our recipe.
Ingredients:
1 16-oz. bag frozen tater tots
Butter for your baking dish
1 T. olive oil
1 lb. spicy bulk breakfast sausage (I used 1 cup Thrive)
1 medium onion, finely diced (who wants to do that? I used Thrive)
1 cup milk
1/2 cup half-and-half
1/4 t. seasoned salt
1/4 t. cayenne
4 large eggs
1 red bell pepper, finely diced
1 green bell pepper, finely diced
2 cups grated Cheddar cheese (I used Mexican blend, on hand)
1 cup grated pepper jack cheese (I used regular jack, on hand)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions:
- Line up the tater tots in a buttered 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Add the olive oil to a large skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage and onion and cook, breaking the sausage up with a wooden spoon , until browned and cooked through, 8-10 minutes. OR…do what I did and use Thrive foods. Scoop 2 cups of Sausage Crumbles and about 1/4 cup of already refreshed Thrive chopped onion. Toast up for a few minutes–seriously, like 4 minutes– in the olive oil.
- Set meat aside and let cool a little, then sprinkle over tots.
- In a large bowl, mix the milk, half-and-half, seasoned salt, cayenne, eggs, bell peppers and half of each cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Pour over the tots/sausage mixture, then top with the rest of the cheeses. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight or until you need to cook it.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake, covered, for about 25 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake until the cheese is brown and bubbly and the casserole is cooked through–about 20-35 minutes.
- Cut into squares and serve with sliced tomatoes, grapes or other appropriate sides.
SOURCE: Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman on FoodNetwork.
