Easy Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole

 Easy Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole

This tater tot breakfast casserole is fun and tasty!

It is a popular recipe in our home.  All the kids (and adults) like it.

It has breakfast meat, eggs, cheese – all topped with crispy tater tots!

It is also very easy to make.

It can be made the night before and baked in the morning.

Ingredients:

Recipe for a 9×13 baking pan:

1 bag of frozen tater tots (32 oz will completely fill a 9×13 pan, half a bag will cover the casserole with spaces between the tots)

4 eggs

1 cup milk

breakfast meat: 1 package of breakfast sausage about 10-16 oz or enough diced ham to cover the bottom of the baking dish

1-2 tablespoon of maple syrup

2 cups shredded cheddar

1/2 tsp salt (use less of using ham which can be salty)

1/8 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp onion powder

pinch of red pepper flakes (optional)

1 tsp fresh chives or fresh parsley (optional)

butter or oil to grease the baking dish

Directions:

1- Grease or butter a 9×13 baking pan 

2- Prepare breakfast meat of choice: either dice up pre-cooked ham or fry broken up sausage meat in a pan

4- Add maple syrup to the meat stir it about

3- Spread the meat on the bottom of the baking pan.

5- Sprinkle half the shredded cheese over the meat

6- Mix eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and onion powder in a separate bowl, then pour evenly over the meat in the baking pan.

7- Place a layer of tater tots on top of the egg mixture.  You can tightly pack the tots if you really like tots, or space them out for fewer tots.

8- Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the tater tots.

9- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes

The recipe can be adjusted for a 9×9 baking dish by using 3 eggs, 1+ cups of shredded cheese, 9 oz breakfast meat, half a bag of tater tots.  Halve the salt amount also.  Cook the same as above.

easy tater tot breakfast casserole

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