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Bacon and Egg Breakfast Casserole

This Bacon and Egg Breakfast Casserole is loaded with your morning favorites. Easily prepared the night before, this is sure to become a family favorite. Breakfast or dinner, your choice. 

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Bacon and Egg Breakfast Bake

The weather’s nippy, it’s November, and we’re all gearing up for busy weeks ahead with the holiday season. With all the upcoming holiday weekends, we’ve got something good on our minds: Brunch.

We used to make brunch with the kiddos every weekend possible, but somewhere along the way something called sports happened. In our case, it’s soccer and basketball and Boy Scouts. Plus all the other life things. So Brunch kinda went to the wayside.

But with the holidays fast approaching, we’re bringing back weekend mornings with a hot breakfast casserole. Not the kind of meal you’d have to wake up early and fuss over.

No, not that kind. More like the kind of hot breakfast casserole you make the night before and that lets you sleep in.

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This scrumptious Bacon Egg Breakfast Casserole is way too easy not to throw into your regular AM routine.

We’re talking about a savory hot breakfast bake that’s:

  • Loaded with melty cheese and Hormel® Real Bacon Pieces — 100% real, with 40% less fat than traditional pan fried bacon – get it in the salad dressings/toppings aisle of your local grocery store!
  • Veggie’d up with bell peppers and onions
  • Teeming with tender, soft potatoes
  • Fully prepared the night before!
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You don’t even need to stand over the frying pan. Huzzah for Hormel® Real Bacon Pieces – check out all the Hormel bacon recipes and inspo – I can’t stop staring at the mouthwatering holiday and entertaining ideas!

This is an absolutely stress free dish for holiday brunches, gatherings, potlucks, and friends/family who stay overnight. It’s sure to satisfy all the bacon, egg, and potato lovers, without any of the usual hassle.

This dish has even become one of our favorite breakfast-for-dinner routines.

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Bacon and Egg Breakfast Casserole

5 from 2 ratings
This Bacon and Egg Breakfast Casserole is loaded with your morning favorites. Easily prepared the night before, this is sure to become a family favorite. Breakfast or dinner, your choice.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Author: Amy Dong

Ingredients  

  • 7 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 12 oz can evaporated milk
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 16 oz plain refrigerated shredded hash brown potatoes
  • ½ cup chopped bell peppers
  • ½ cup real bacon pieces, I used a 2.8 oz jar of Hormel® Real Bacon Pieces, divided
  • ¼ cup thinly sliced green onions, divided
  • 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, gently whisk together the eggs, evaporated milk, kosher salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder until well combined. Set aside.
  • In a greased 8×8 baking dish, evenly spread the hash brown potatoes. Evenly sprinkle bell peppers on top. Layer with half of the bacon pieces, followed by half of the green onions. Spread shredded cheddar evenly on top, followed by remaining bacon and remaining green onions. Pour egg mixture over entire dish.
  • Cover tightly and chill overnight (you can also bake right away if you’re preparing the entire dish in the morning.)
  • Preheat oven to 350F, with rack on lower middle position. Let casserole sit at room temp while oven is preheating. Bake uncovered, 40-50 minute or until top is golden brown and puffy/set. Let rest at room temp 5-10 minutes before serving. Leftovers can be chilled and reheated nicely.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories: 248kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 180mg | Sodium: 708mg | Potassium: 391mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 774IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 243mg | Iron: 1mg
Course: Breakfast, brunch
Cuisine: American
Method: Bake
5 from 2 votes

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    • Helen
    • 5 stars

    My husband made this for dinner tonight, and we thought it turned out well. He used O’Brien cubed hash browns, which were perfect, but was a bit confused where the recipe called for “refrigerated” hash browns (and figured it must have meant frozen, which the O’Brien potatoes were). He also cooked it for 55 minutes because it wasn’t quite done at 45 minutes. In any case, it’s definitely one that we’ll be making again!

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