Southwest Sausage Casserole Recipes

SOUTHWESTERN SAUSAGE BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 by 13 inch casserole dish with cooking spray.
• In a large skillet, cook the breakfast sausage, breaking it up. Cook just until it is begins to brown.
• Add the onion, bell pepper, and garlic to the meat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent, about five to seven minutes.
• While the vegetalbes are cooking, whisk the eggs. To the eggs, add milk, heavy cream, green chiles, salsa and salt. Then stir in 1 1/2 cup cheese, and the bread. Mix to combine.
• When the vegetable and meat mixture is ready, drain the excess grease from the pan, and add it to the egg mixture. Pour everything into the prepared pan and top with 1 cup cheese.
• If you used dry bread, you can bake it right away, if you used fresh, let the casserole soak overnight. Read more about this here.
• Bake for 60 minutes and 15 minutes uncovered, or until the eggs are set - when the casserole starts to pull away from the side of the casserole dish and you can stick a knife in the middle of the dish and not see excess moisture. (Please note that if you started with dry bread and didn't need to refrigerate the casserole overnight, you will only need to bake it for 50 minutes before uncovering it and baking it for the final 15 minutes.)
• Let the casserole sit for 10 minutes before cutting into it.

SOUTHWEST SAUSAGE BAKE

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Grease a 10x9-inch baking dish. Layer half the tortilla pieces into the bottom of the prepared dish; top with 2 cans green chilies, half the cooked sausage, and half the cheese, respectively. Repeat layering.
• Beat eggs, milk, salt, garlic salt, onion salt, black pepper, and cumin together in a bowl; pour over the layers in the baking dish.
• Cover baking dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• Remove dish from refrigerator and let warm at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake the casserole bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Arrange a layer of tomato slices atop the casserole and continue baking until a knife inserted into the middle of the casserole comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let casserole cool 10 minutes before cutting.

SOUTHWESTERN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, cook beef and onion over medium heat, crumbling beef, until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Stir in next 8 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Drain macaroni; stir into beef mixture., Preheat oven to 375°. Transfer macaroni mixture to 2 greased 2-qt. baking dishes. Top with cheese and jalapenos. Cover and bake at 375° for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake until bubbly and heated through, about 10 minutes longer. Serve 1 casserole. Cool the second; cover and freeze up to 3 months., To use frozen casserole: Thaw in refrigerator 8 hours. Preheat oven to 375°. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake, increasing time as necessary to heat through and for a thermometer inserted in center to read 165°, 20-25 minutes.

SOUTHWEST SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Fry sausage and drain.
• Add onions and pepper; saute about 5 minutes.
• Combine eggs, milk and spices.
• Grease 13" X 9" pan.
• Line bottom with half of tortilla strips, then sausage, chiles, and Jack cheese.
• Repeat second layer, ending with cheese.
• Pour egg mixture over top of casserole.
• You can add 8-10 thin tomato slices on top.
• Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes.
• You can make this the night before and put in refrigerator.