Working for the Weekend Casserole is a sausage, tater tot and egg breakfast casserole that may be cooked in your Immediate Pot, sluggish cooker or oven. You possibly can put together it the evening earlier than after which bake within the morning. A straightforward method to work forward to get pleasure from a soothing weekend!
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Working for the Weekend Casserole
One factor I like to do nowadays (as my children have grown up and I’ve time to myself in the course of the day time) is figure forward in order that my weekends are enjoyable and never jam full of errands, chores and cooking. A technique that you are able to do that is work on your weekend (similar to the track!) by making ready a weekend breakfast casserole forward of time.
This tater tot breakfast casserole is a scrumptious and hearty breakfast dish that’s good for prepping the evening earlier than you need to get pleasure from it and it additionally feeds a crowd. It’s a traditional breakfast casserole that mixes crispy tater tots, scrambled eggs, 2 several types of cheeses, browned sausage and a secret ingredient…cottage cheese. The cottage cheese offers the eggs a creamy texture, much like starbucks egg bites.
What makes this recipe even higher is that it’s versatile. You possibly can prep it the evening earlier than or the day of. You possibly can cook dinner it within the Immediate Pot, sluggish cooker or oven. You possibly can customise the components by including in different components like bell peppers, inexperienced chiles, sauteed mushrooms or diced tomatoes. You possibly can swap up the seasonings and kinds of cheeses. You possibly can serve it for breakfast or for dinner. Give this recipe a do that weekend and revel in!
Elements/Substitution Concepts
- Floor breakfast sausage–I used Jimmy Dean model
- Onion–yellow or white
- Garlic–recent or jarred
- Eggs
- Half and half–or evaporated milk
- Cottage cheese–or greek yogurt
- Tempo Picante Sauce–or chunky salsa
- Dried parsley
- Paprika
- Floor mustard
- Dried oregano
- Black pepper
- Kosher salt
- Tater tots
- Shredded cheddar cheese–or colby jack cheese
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
Immediate Pot Steps
Flip Immediate Pot to saute setting. When show says HOT add within the sausage and break it up. Add within the onions. Brown the sausage for about 5 minutes. Drain off extra grease. Stir within the garlic. Flip off saute setting.
Add half of the tater tots and half of the cheeses into the Immediate Pot with the sausage. Stir.
In a mixing bowl whisk collectively the eggs, half and half, cottage cheese, picante sauce, parsley, paprika, floor mustard, oregano, pepper and salt.
Pour egg combination over the sausage combination.
(Optionally available: cowl the pot and refrigerate in a single day.) When able to bake flip Immediate Pot to the sluggish cooker “extra” setting. Set the time to three hours.
Add the remaining tater tots on prime.
Use an air fryer lid to air fry the tots for five minutes at 400 levels, or till crispy. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on prime and air fry for 1 extra minute, till cheese is melty. (In the event you don’t have an air fryer lid you possibly can cook dinner the tater tots within the oven and sprinkle on prime together with the cheeses.)
Serve and revel in!
Notes/Suggestions
- Function breakfast, brunch or breakfast for dinner! Serve alongside a aspect of recent fruit.
- I used my 6 quart Duo Crisp Immediate Pot*. It really works properly for this recipe as a result of it comes with an air fryer lid. You may also make this in an 8 quart pot.
- This recipe makes quite a bit! In the event you’re cooking to serve solely 4-5 individuals I might halve the recipe. Halve all of the components and maintain the cooking time the identical.
- You possibly can retailer leftovers in an hermetic container* within the fridge for as much as 5 days or within the freezer for as much as 3 months. The tater tots on prime received’t be crispy although.
- Different recipes you can also make with tater tots are Immediate Pot Tater Tot Casserole and Immediate Pot Totcho Casserole.
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Working for the Weekend Casserole
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Whole Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 10–12 servings 1x
Description
Working for the Weekend Casserole is a sausage, tater tot and egg breakfast casserole that may be cooked in your Immediate Pot, sluggish cooker or oven. You possibly can put together it the evening earlier than after which bake within the morning. A straightforward method to work forward to get pleasure from a soothing weekend!
Elements
Scale
Directions
Immediate Pot Directions:
- Flip Immediate Pot to saute setting. When show says HOT add within the sausage and break it up. Add within the onions. Brown the sausage for about 5 minutes. Drain off extra grease. Stir within the garlic. Flip off saute setting.
- Add half of the tater tots and half of the cheeses into the Immediate Pot with the sausage. Stir.
- In a mixing bowl whisk collectively the eggs, half and half, cottage cheese, picante sauce, parsley, paprika, floor mustard, oregano, pepper and salt. Pour egg combination over the sausage combination.
- (Optionally available: cowl the pot and refrigerate in a single day.) When able to bake flip Immediate Pot to the sluggish cooker “extra” setting. Set the time to three hours.
- Add the remaining tater tots on prime. Use an air fryer lid to air fry the tots for five minutes at 400 levels, or till crispy. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on prime and air fry for 1 extra minute, till cheese is melty. (In the event you don’t have an air fryer lid you possibly can cook dinner the tater tots within the oven and sprinkle on prime together with the cheeses.)
- Serve and revel in!
Gradual Cooker Directions:
- Warmth a pan over medium excessive warmth. Add within the sausage and break it up. Add within the onions. Brown the sausage for about 5 minutes. Drain off extra grease. Stir within the garlic.
- Spray the sluggish cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Add the sausage combination into the sluggish cooker.
- Add half of the tater tots and half of the cheeses into the sluggish cooker with the sausage. Stir.
- In a mixing bowl whisk collectively the eggs, half and half, cottage cheese, picante sauce, parsley, paprika, floor mustard, oregano, pepper and salt. Pour egg combination over the sausage combination.
- (Optionally available: cowl the pot and refrigerate in a single day.) When able to bake, cowl sluggish cooker and cook dinner on excessive for 2-3 hours.
- Prepare dinner the remaining tater tots within the oven or an air fryer based on package deal instructions. Sprinkle tots on prime of casserole together with the cheeses. Cowl the pot and cook dinner on excessive for a couple of minutes till cheese has melted.
- Serve and revel in!
Oven Directions:
- Warmth a pan over medium excessive warmth. Add within the sausage and break it up. Add within the onions. Brown the sausage for about 5 minutes. Drain off extra grease. Stir within the garlic.
- Spray a 9×13 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Add the sausage combination into the pan.
- Add half of the tater tots and half of the cheeses into the pan with the sausage. Stir.
- In a mixing bowl whisk collectively the eggs, half and half, cottage cheese, picante sauce, parsley, paprika, floor mustard, oregano, pepper and salt. Pour egg combination over the sausage combination. Sprinkle the remaining tater tots on prime.
- (Optionally available: cowl the pan and refrigerate in a single day.) When able to bake, bake uncovered at 350 levels for 70 minutes.
- Take away from the oven and sprinkle the remaining cheese on prime. Bake for an additional 5-10 minutes.
- Serve and revel in!
- Class: Breakfast
- Technique: Immediate Pot/Gradual Cooker/Oven
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