Working for the Weekend Casserole

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 simple technique to work forward to get pleasure from a soothing weekend!

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Working for the Weekend Casserole

Working for the Weekend Casserole

One factor I like to do nowadays (as my youngsters 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 filled with errands, chores and cooking. A method that you are able to do that is work in your weekend (similar to the music!) by getting 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 basic 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 provides the eggs a creamy texture, just 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 substances by including in different substances like bell peppers, inexperienced chiles, sauteed mushrooms or diced tomatoes. You possibly can swap up the seasonings and sorts of cheeses. You possibly can serve it for breakfast or for dinner. Give this recipe a do that weekend and revel in!

Components/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. 

(Elective: 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 case you don’t have an air fryer lid you’ll be able to cook dinner the tater tots within the oven and sprinkle on prime together with the cheeses.)

Serve and revel in!

Working for the Weekend Casserole

Notes/Suggestions

  • Function breakfast, brunch or breakfast for dinner! Serve alongside a facet 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 can too make this in an 8 quart pot.
  • This recipe makes rather a lot! In case you’re cooking to serve solely 4-5 folks I might halve the recipe. Halve all of the substances and preserve 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



  • Creator:
    365 Days of Gradual and Stress Cooking

  • Prep Time:
    20 minutes

  • Whole Time:
    20 minutes

  • Yield:
    1012 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 simple technique to work forward to get pleasure from a soothing weekend!


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Directions

Immediate Pot Directions:

  1. 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. 
  2. Add half of the tater tots and half of the cheeses into the Immediate Pot with the sausage. Stir. 
  3. 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. 
  4. (Elective: 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.
  5. 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 case you don’t have an air fryer lid you’ll be able to cook dinner the tater tots within the oven and sprinkle on prime together with the cheeses.)
  6. Serve and revel in!

Gradual Cooker Directions:

  1. 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. 
  2. Spray the sluggish cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Add the sausage combination into the sluggish cooker. 
  3. Add half of the tater tots and half of the cheeses into the sluggish cooker with the sausage. Stir. 
  4. 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. 
  5. (Elective: 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. 
  6. Cook 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.
  7. Serve and revel in!

Oven Directions:

  1. 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. 
  2. Spray a 9×13 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Add the sausage combination into the pan.
  3. Add half of the tater tots and half of the cheeses into the pan with the sausage. Stir. 
  4. 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.
  5. (Elective: cowl the pan and refrigerate in a single day.) When able to bake, bake uncovered at 350 levels for 70 minutes. 
  6. Take away from the oven and sprinkle the remaining cheese on prime. Bake for an additional 5-10 minutes.  
  7. Serve and revel in!
  • Class: Breakfast
  • Methodology: Immediate Pot/Gradual Cooker/Oven

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