The Art of Crafting the Perfect Breakfast Casserole: A Step-by-Step Guide

During the cooking process, you can actually use that to scrape the bottom of the skillet to get up all that flavorful goodness. This is a great way to release any stuck-on food and add extra flavor to your dish. As we proceed with our recipe, we'll be adding a variety of ingredients to create a truly dynamic and delicious breakfast casserole.

The Dynamic Duo: Meat and Seasonings

We're starting by combining the all-purpose seasoning blend with some hot sauce and jalapeno powder. This will give us a nice balance of flavors that's sure to please even the most discerning palates. The hot sauce adds a spicy kick, while the jalapeno powder adds a subtle smokiness that complements our sausage perfectly. Next, we're adding a pinch of MSG, which is optional but adds depth and umami flavor to the dish.

The Flavor Base: Smoked Paprika

Now it's time to add some smoked paprika to our mix. This will give our casserole a rich, smoky flavor that pairs beautifully with the sausage and bacon. The smokiness also helps to bring out the natural sweetness of the cheese, creating a truly balanced flavor profile.

Cheesy Goodness: Grating Our Own Cheese

We're using sharp cheddar or mild cheddar for this recipe, whichever you prefer. Both are excellent choices, but I find that shredding my own cheese creates a better texture and allows it to melt more evenly. To grate our cheese, we'll be breaking out the big box grater and getting to work. It's a bit of elbow grease, but trust me, it's worth it.

The Cheese and Egg Mix

Now that we have all our ingredients mixed together, it's time to add some eggs and milk to create a creamy sauce. This will help bind everything together and add moisture to the dish. I like to use a 1:1 ratio of eggs to milk, but feel free to adjust to your liking.

Assembling Our Casserole

It's time to build our casserole! We'll be starting with a layer of sausage mixture, followed by some grated cheese and a sprinkle of all-purpose seasoning. Next, we'll add another layer of tater tots, which will get nice and golden brown in the oven.

The Final Touches: Tater Tots and Cheese

To finish off our casserole, we'll add an additional layer of tater tots on top, followed by a sprinkle of grated cheese. This will create a crispy, cheesy crust that's sure to delight.

Time to Get Cooking!

Now that our casserole is assembled, it's time to put it in the oven. We'll be using a 9x13 inch dish and baking at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20-25 minutes, or until the eggs are set and the cheese is melted and golden brown.

The Final Result: A Breakfast Casserole Fit for Royalty

And there you have it, folks! Our breakfast casserole is fresh out of the oven and looks absolutely stunning. The tater tots on top add a satisfying crunch, while the cheesy sauce binds everything together. It's the perfect dish for a lazy Sunday morning or a special occasion.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI don't know if everybody knows this or not but I am a new father my son's about to turn 1 years old and I have a new found appreciation for grabbing go meals today I'm going to show you how to make this delicious cheesy tater tot breakfast casserole meet me in the kitchen let's make it happen M season all the way through crispy flavorful one bite breakfast all right guys today's theme is grab and go so what we're doing here is making a meal prep breakfast for that we need to prep our veggies we have some bell pepper and some onion feel free to get crazy and add whatever you got in the fridge you can throw some mushrooms in here if you want to trying to sneak in some extra veggies on the kids you can probably mix in some spinach things of that nature but today we're going onion and bell pepper just to keep it simple go ahead and peel the onion get that prepped prep our bell pepper going to dice these nice and fine we're going to mix them in with our breakfast sausage you can customize this to your uh personal preference you can use turkey products or beef or chicken whatever you got today we're using pork shout out to the pork Patrol in the comments all right for my bell pepper I like to slice around the core leaving the seeds intact because the seeds tend to make the clean up a little bit Messier so I like to cut around it like that we got all usable bell pepper and we can dis card what we don't want and this episode is sponsored by hellofresh hellofresh is a meal kit service that delivers stepbystep recipes and fresh pre-portion ingredients right to your door you can choose from 50 delicious weekly recipes carefully put together by their chefs there are options for carnivores vegetarians calorie counters and more one of my new favorite features with hellofresh is the build a plate which has recipes with options for everyone hellofresh is new build your owned meal feature lets each family member customize the toppings on their plate to suit their taste this familyfriendly offering allows each individual member of the household to build their ideal meal hellofresh provides the main dish component along with various sides toppings and add-ons for families to pick from to complete their plate the other thing I love about hellofresh is the convenience my life is super busy and sometimes I don't have time to think about what I want to make for dinner for the family and that's where hellofresh comes in I think you'll love fresh and you can support the channel by clicking the link in the description or use my code and get 10 free meals and a free kids meal in every box for 2 months if you're local in the US outside the US the local discount will apply next up we need 1 and 1/2 cups of half and/ half or whole milk and four whole eggs just crack them on in there try to look cool for the camera do it with one hand we're going to whisk This Together hold the shelves please and then this is going to get poured on top of our uh casserole in the casserole dish this is going to kind of like hold everything together and as you know eggs are perfect with breakfast but this is going to make that nice fluffy texture that you like along with the potatoes you got a full breakfast here you got potatoes you got eggs you got cheese you got bacon sausage peppers and onion beautiful Symphony of flavor and the kids will like it who doesn't like hash brown or or Tater tops you can do this with either one I like the Tater tops mostly for presentation it looks really nice gets nice and crispy on top as you'll see here momentarily all right guys so now we're going to go ahead and add our breakfast sausage to a cool Skillet use your hands to really smash it down so it makes good surface area contact with the bottom of the skillet that's going to ensure we get some nice crust which is going to give some color and some flavor to our sausage once you have that in there we're going to go ahead and pop this bacon in 400 oven until it gets nice and crispy we're to use the bacon to top the casserole at the end all right so one of the most critical Parts when you're searing any protein is to get a good crust on there that's going to add a few things it's going to add texture it's going to add color because you eat with your eyes first and it's going to add flavor it's called the myard reaction I didn't get too scientific on you guys but basically it's a caramelization of of the uh protein and it's going to add tons of flavor and everybody just likes it nobody wants to eat a gray piece of sausage so this is kind of what I'm talking about here try not to burn myself but you want your sausage to have that nice crust one and that goes the same thing if you're making tacos ground beef burgers whatever you want to have a nice crust next up Ino the peppers and the onions what I like about this part here is naturally uh vegetables have quite a bit of water content in them that water is going to come out during the cooking process and that moisture is going to help us get up the fond off the bottom of the skillet so just work them in there working over medium heat here kind of sweat them down when you hear somebody say sweat the onions and sweat the veggies that's what they're referring to is the moisture that's released of from the veggies during the cooking process you can actually use that to scrape the bottom of the skillet to get up all that Fawn and flavor now my friends it's time to add some more flavor we're going in with the the dynamic duo of my AP and hot a a if you don't want any spice guys no big deal you can leave that out if you don't have my hot a just use a little Cayenne or red pepper flakes but the allpurpose seasoning is going to cover our flavor bases with salt pepper garlic onion powder things of that nature and the hot AP has some of that along with some jalapeno powder and cayenne so just a little bit of that then I'm going to add a little MSG to the party totally optional if you're one of those folks that wants to avoid MSG no big deal you can leave it out and then last but not least we're going in with some smoked paprika the smokiness is going to play nicely with the sausage and the bacon so we're going to add a little bit of that to the party as well and then just give everything a mix next up we're going to grate our own cheese so we're using sharp cheddar or mild cheddar whatever floats your boat both are really good in this recipe you'd also get crazy and add pepper jack or if you have a you know favorite cheese feel free to add it but I do like to shred my own cheese it just melts a little bit nicer so we're going to break out the big box grater today put a little elbow grease into it and Grate our cheddar cheese going need a full pound of cheese for this recipe it's a whole casserole so don't freak out or do freak out and tell me about it in the comments All right so we're going to go ahead and Grate this then we're going to mix it in we're not really going to top it cuz we're going to top it with the uh the tater tots but it's going to be mixed in nice and cheesy and now it's time to assemble our casserole so for that we need a bag of tater tots this is way more than we need for this particular recipe but all the specific measurements are listed for you down below we're going to add some tater tots to the mixture along with our sausage mixture with the peppers and the onions so fold all that in there then we're going to add our cheese little more seasoning add it to the casserole dish then add in the eggs and then we'll top it with more uh tater tots for presentation let's get in there and mix that together the frozen tater tots will start to cool this mixture nicely that way our cheese doesn't get all clumpy and the eggs don't start cooking on us before they get in the oven so that's why I like to do it like this in a mixing bowl then we're going to add about half of our cheese and the other half is going to go under the last layer of tater tots next up we got a 9 by1 casserole dish we're going to spray that down with a little cooking spray just to make sure nothing sticks and then my friends we going in with our casso so try to not spill it everywhere just fill it up no flavor left behind just make it nice and even you don't want to overfill it cuz the eggs do rise a little bit as they cook this should be the proper amount here for this size casserole dish make sure everything is evenly distributed and then we go in with our egg and milk mixture so as you can see we went ahead and added one last little coat of seasoning then we're going to add my cheddar cheese here just to make sure that it's nice and cheesy easy you don't got to go too crazy with it cuz there's plenty of cheese in there too but we're all about the cheese pool people so let's get that on top and then the last layer is going to be tater tots they're going to get nice and golden brown and crispy making for a phenomenal topping for our breakfast casserole all right guys we're fresh out of the oven we let this R for about 20 minutes to let it really come together cool a little bit this the part where I say brace yourself for a trademark money shot say it with me guys looking good the only thing left to do is dig in for the taste test but before we do that please take a quick second to subscribe to the channel make sure you hit that Bell to my notifications as well all right people time for my favorite part of the job found my Fork I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is probably going to be a fork drop recipe look at that breakfast all in one bite hI don't know if everybody knows this or not but I am a new father my son's about to turn 1 years old and I have a new found appreciation for grabbing go meals today I'm going to show you how to make this delicious cheesy tater tot breakfast casserole meet me in the kitchen let's make it happen M season all the way through crispy flavorful one bite breakfast all right guys today's theme is grab and go so what we're doing here is making a meal prep breakfast for that we need to prep our veggies we have some bell pepper and some onion feel free to get crazy and add whatever you got in the fridge you can throw some mushrooms in here if you want to trying to sneak in some extra veggies on the kids you can probably mix in some spinach things of that nature but today we're going onion and bell pepper just to keep it simple go ahead and peel the onion get that prepped prep our bell pepper going to dice these nice and fine we're going to mix them in with our breakfast sausage you can customize this to your uh personal preference you can use turkey products or beef or chicken whatever you got today we're using pork shout out to the pork Patrol in the comments all right for my bell pepper I like to slice around the core leaving the seeds intact because the seeds tend to make the clean up a little bit Messier so I like to cut around it like that we got all usable bell pepper and we can dis card what we don't want and this episode is sponsored by hellofresh hellofresh is a meal kit service that delivers stepbystep recipes and fresh pre-portion ingredients right to your door you can choose from 50 delicious weekly recipes carefully put together by their chefs there are options for carnivores vegetarians calorie counters and more one of my new favorite features with hellofresh is the build a plate which has recipes with options for everyone hellofresh is new build your owned meal feature lets each family member customize the toppings on their plate to suit their taste this familyfriendly offering allows each individual member of the household to build their ideal meal hellofresh provides the main dish component along with various sides toppings and add-ons for families to pick from to complete their plate the other thing I love about hellofresh is the convenience my life is super busy and sometimes I don't have time to think about what I want to make for dinner for the family and that's where hellofresh comes in I think you'll love fresh and you can support the channel by clicking the link in the description or use my code and get 10 free meals and a free kids meal in every box for 2 months if you're local in the US outside the US the local discount will apply next up we need 1 and 1/2 cups of half and/ half or whole milk and four whole eggs just crack them on in there try to look cool for the camera do it with one hand we're going to whisk This Together hold the shelves please and then this is going to get poured on top of our uh casserole in the casserole dish this is going to kind of like hold everything together and as you know eggs are perfect with breakfast but this is going to make that nice fluffy texture that you like along with the potatoes you got a full breakfast here you got potatoes you got eggs you got cheese you got bacon sausage peppers and onion beautiful Symphony of flavor and the kids will like it who doesn't like hash brown or or Tater tops you can do this with either one I like the Tater tops mostly for presentation it looks really nice gets nice and crispy on top as you'll see here momentarily all right guys so now we're going to go ahead and add our breakfast sausage to a cool Skillet use your hands to really smash it down so it makes good surface area contact with the bottom of the skillet that's going to ensure we get some nice crust which is going to give some color and some flavor to our sausage once you have that in there we're going to go ahead and pop this bacon in 400 oven until it gets nice and crispy we're to use the bacon to top the casserole at the end all right so one of the most critical Parts when you're searing any protein is to get a good crust on there that's going to add a few things it's going to add texture it's going to add color because you eat with your eyes first and it's going to add flavor it's called the myard reaction I didn't get too scientific on you guys but basically it's a caramelization of of the uh protein and it's going to add tons of flavor and everybody just likes it nobody wants to eat a gray piece of sausage so this is kind of what I'm talking about here try not to burn myself but you want your sausage to have that nice crust one and that goes the same thing if you're making tacos ground beef burgers whatever you want to have a nice crust next up Ino the peppers and the onions what I like about this part here is naturally uh vegetables have quite a bit of water content in them that water is going to come out during the cooking process and that moisture is going to help us get up the fond off the bottom of the skillet so just work them in there working over medium heat here kind of sweat them down when you hear somebody say sweat the onions and sweat the veggies that's what they're referring to is the moisture that's released of from the veggies during the cooking process you can actually use that to scrape the bottom of the skillet to get up all that Fawn and flavor now my friends it's time to add some more flavor we're going in with the the dynamic duo of my AP and hot a a if you don't want any spice guys no big deal you can leave that out if you don't have my hot a just use a little Cayenne or red pepper flakes but the allpurpose seasoning is going to cover our flavor bases with salt pepper garlic onion powder things of that nature and the hot AP has some of that along with some jalapeno powder and cayenne so just a little bit of that then I'm going to add a little MSG to the party totally optional if you're one of those folks that wants to avoid MSG no big deal you can leave it out and then last but not least we're going in with some smoked paprika the smokiness is going to play nicely with the sausage and the bacon so we're going to add a little bit of that to the party as well and then just give everything a mix next up we're going to grate our own cheese so we're using sharp cheddar or mild cheddar whatever floats your boat both are really good in this recipe you'd also get crazy and add pepper jack or if you have a you know favorite cheese feel free to add it but I do like to shred my own cheese it just melts a little bit nicer so we're going to break out the big box grater today put a little elbow grease into it and Grate our cheddar cheese going need a full pound of cheese for this recipe it's a whole casserole so don't freak out or do freak out and tell me about it in the comments All right so we're going to go ahead and Grate this then we're going to mix it in we're not really going to top it cuz we're going to top it with the uh the tater tots but it's going to be mixed in nice and cheesy and now it's time to assemble our casserole so for that we need a bag of tater tots this is way more than we need for this particular recipe but all the specific measurements are listed for you down below we're going to add some tater tots to the mixture along with our sausage mixture with the peppers and the onions so fold all that in there then we're going to add our cheese little more seasoning add it to the casserole dish then add in the eggs and then we'll top it with more uh tater tots for presentation let's get in there and mix that together the frozen tater tots will start to cool this mixture nicely that way our cheese doesn't get all clumpy and the eggs don't start cooking on us before they get in the oven so that's why I like to do it like this in a mixing bowl then we're going to add about half of our cheese and the other half is going to go under the last layer of tater tots next up we got a 9 by1 casserole dish we're going to spray that down with a little cooking spray just to make sure nothing sticks and then my friends we going in with our casso so try to not spill it everywhere just fill it up no flavor left behind just make it nice and even you don't want to overfill it cuz the eggs do rise a little bit as they cook this should be the proper amount here for this size casserole dish make sure everything is evenly distributed and then we go in with our egg and milk mixture so as you can see we went ahead and added one last little coat of seasoning then we're going to add my cheddar cheese here just to make sure that it's nice and cheesy easy you don't got to go too crazy with it cuz there's plenty of cheese in there too but we're all about the cheese pool people so let's get that on top and then the last layer is going to be tater tots they're going to get nice and golden brown and crispy making for a phenomenal topping for our breakfast casserole all right guys we're fresh out of the oven we let this R for about 20 minutes to let it really come together cool a little bit this the part where I say brace yourself for a trademark money shot say it with me guys looking good the only thing left to do is dig in for the taste test but before we do that please take a quick second to subscribe to the channel make sure you hit that Bell to my notifications as well all right people time for my favorite part of the job found my Fork I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is probably going to be a fork drop recipe look at that breakfast all in one bite h\n"