FIREMAN’S OVERNIGHT BREAKFAST CASSEROLE WITH COUNTRY GRAVY - Delish Grandma's Recipes (2024)

FIREMAN’S OVERNIGHT BREAKFAST CASSEROLE WITH COUNTRY GRAVY - Delish Grandma's Recipes (1)

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INGREDIENTS :

For the casserole:

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  • 1 pound ground breakfast sausage
  • 4 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated
  • 12 eggs
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup green onion, chopped
  • 8 oz sliced mushrooms
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

For the gravy:

  • 2 cups milk
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1-2 tablespoons butter or oil
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

DIRECTIONS :

  1. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking dish and set aside.
  2. In a large skillet over medium heat, add the sausage, breaking it up with a wooden spoon. When meat has begun to brown, add onions, mushrooms, and bell pepper to the skillet and cook until vegetables have softened and meat is cooked through, 6-7 minutes. Stir in green onion and remove meat and vegetables from skillet and set aside to cool. (Do not drain skillet.)
  3. While meat and vegetables cool, make the gravy:
  4. Add butter or oil to undrained skillet. Once melted, whisk in flour and allow to cook for 2 minutes.
  5. Gradually whisk milk in and cook until gravy thickens. Simmer 2-3 more minutes and season with salt and pepper. Cover and set aside (or put in a container to chill overnight).
  6. In the prepared baking dish, crack eggs evenly across the bottom of the dish, keeping yolks intact. Poke a hole in each yolk with the toothpick and pour cream over the top of the eggs. Top with 1/2 of the cheese.
  7. Spoon sausage mixture over the eggs and cream in the baking dish and then top with remaining cheese. Cover dish with foil and chill overnight.
  8. Bake covered in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake 30 minutes more. Serve with country gravy, and enjoy!
  9. To reheat gravy: Put gravy into a microwave-safe container. Add a little bit of milk to loosen the gravy and heat in 45 second intervals, stirring in between, until gravy is hot. You can also heat over medium heat on the stovetop, thinned with a little bit of milk.
FIREMAN’S OVERNIGHT BREAKFAST CASSEROLE WITH COUNTRY GRAVY - Delish Grandma's Recipes (2)

FIREMAN’S OVERNIGHT BREAKFAST CASSEROLE WITH COUNTRY GRAVY

Yield: 6

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • For the casserole:
  • 1 pound ground breakfast sausage
  • 4 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated
  • 12 eggs
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup green onion, chopped
  • 8 oz sliced mushrooms
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
  • For the gravy:
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1-2 tablespoons butter or oil
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking dish and set aside.
  2. In a large skillet over medium heat, add the sausage, breaking it up with a wooden spoon. When meat has begun to brown, add onions, mushrooms, and bell pepper to the skillet and cook until vegetables have softened and meat is cooked through, 6-7 minutes. Stir in green onion and remove meat and vegetables from skillet and set aside to cool. (Do not drain skillet.)
  3. While meat and vegetables cool, make the gravy:
  4. Add butter or oil to undrained skillet. Once melted, whisk in flour and allow to cook for 2 minutes.
  5. Gradually whisk milk in and cook until gravy thickens. Simmer 2-3 more minutes and season with salt and pepper. Cover and set aside (or put in a container to chill overnight).
  6. In the prepared baking dish, crack eggs evenly across the bottom of the dish, keeping yolks intact. Poke a hole in each yolk with the toothpick and pour cream over the top of the eggs. Top with 1/2 of the cheese.
  7. Spoon sausage mixture over the eggs and cream in the baking dish and then top with remaining cheese. Cover dish with foil and chill overnight.
  8. Bake covered in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake 30 minutes more. Serve with country gravy, and enjoy!
  9. To reheat gravy: Put gravy into a microwave-safe container. Add a little bit of milk to loosen the gravy and heat in 45 second intervals, stirring in between, until gravy is hot. You can also heat over medium heat on the stovetop, thinned with a little bit of milk.

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FIREMAN’S OVERNIGHT BREAKFAST CASSEROLE WITH COUNTRY GRAVY - Delish Grandma's Recipes (2024)

FAQs

Why is my breakfast casserole soggy? ›

Baked egg dishes tend to have issues with becoming too rubbery or watery after cooking. This is especially the case when high-moisture vegetables or dense meats are in the mixture—sautéing the potatoes and vegetables before baking helps to dry the food and concentrate flavors.

Is casserole a Southern thing? ›

Few dishes have a closer link to Southern home-cooking traditions than the casserole. Recipes, ingredients, and methods vary from kitchen to kitchen, but the idea of mixing different food items, baking in a deep and sturdy dish, and serving to friends and family is near and dear to many Southerners' hearts.

Why do you have to refrigerate breakfast casserole overnight? ›

The casserole is covered and refrigerated overnight to allow the liquid ingredients to be absorbed into the bread. This is a perishable mixture and should be cooked the morning or day after assembly.

How to keep egg casserole from getting rubbery? ›

Always drain your meat to avoid rubbery eggs

The reason for this is that when meat is cooked, its fat goes from solid to liquid. All of this excess liquid floods the eggs and creates a rubbery texture. But no worries, this doesn't mean you have to forgo meat in your egg casserole altogether.

How to keep a casserole from getting soggy? ›

To prevent a soupy casserole, be sure to fully thaw any frozen vegetables in a colander over a bowl, and pat dry, squeeze excess moisture out of greens like spinach or chard, and quickly precook watery fresh vegetables like onions, mushrooms or squashes just until they release their moisture.

How do you fix a wet casserole? ›

Thicken a meat casserole the most popular way with flour.

This way, the flour will soak up the juices and fat in the pan. Add about one teaspoon of flour at a time until you get the right thickness. Use oatmeal four if you have a gluten allergy.

How do you make egg casserole not watery? ›

A corn starch and water mixture would probably work, but I find arrow root and water works well using less and at lower temperatures. Just adding it to the casserole before baking should thicken it without adding any other steps.

How do you moisten a dry breakfast casserole? ›

Covering the dish will trap the steam in and keep it moist while it heats. How do you moisten a dry casserole? Add a little water or milk to the top of the it before reheating.

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