Easter Brunch Casserole



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Prep Time:
20 mins

Cook Time:
4 hrs 20 mins

Additional Time:
8 hrs

Total Time:
12 hrs 40 mins

Servings:
10

Yield:
1 (9×13-inch) casserole


Ingredients

  • 1poundbacon
  • 1poundbulk pork sausage
  • ¼cupbacon drippings
  • 1largesweet onion, chopped
  • ¼cupchopped garlic
  • 2(4.5 ounce) cansdiced green chile peppers, divided
  • 6largeeggs
  • 2dashesliquid smoke flavoring
  • ½teaspoonhot pepper sauce (such as Cholula)
  • ½teaspoonseasoned salt (such as Lawry's)
  • ⅛teaspoonwhite pepper
  • 1tablespoondried parsley
  • 1teaspoondried basil
  • 3poundsfrozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
  • salt and black pepper to taste
  • 1cupshredded pepper Jack cheese
  • 1cupshredded Monterey Jack cheese
  • 1cupshredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1(4 ounce) canchopped black olives

  • Directions

    Place bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate. Place sausage into bacon grease, and cook until crumbly and brown, about 10 minutes. Place sausage on the plate with bacon, and pour off all but 1/4 cup of the bacon drippings.

    Reduce heat to medium, and stir in onion, garlic, and one can of green chiles. Cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, beat eggs in a large mixing bowl with the liquid smoke, hot pepper sauce, seasoned salt, white pepper, parsley, and basil until smooth. Crumble bacon, and stir bacon and sausage into the eggs with the remaining can of green chiles, hash browns, and cooked onions. Season to taste with salt and black pepper, and stir until evenly mixed.

    Prepare a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Scoop the hash brown mixture into the prepared dish, and smooth the top. Cover with aluminum foil, and refrigerate overnight.

    Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

    Bake the covered dish in the preheated oven for 1 hour.

    Remove casserole from the oven, uncover, and sprinkle evenly with pepper Jack and Monterey Jack cheeses. Sprinkle the Cheddar cheese in the shape of a cross, and outline with the black olives. Return to the oven, and bake until the cheese is hot and bubbly, 20 to 30 minutes more.



    Nutrition Facts (per serving)

    573 Calories
    46g Fat
    30g Carbs
    27g Protein

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