Ree Drummond's Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole | The Pioneer Woman | Food Network

[Music] i'm making a tater tot casserole for tomorrow it is so wonderful it's an all-in-one main course it's got a great shortcut ingredient and it's make ahead check check and check i'm going to assemble the casserole today and bake it tomorrow i'm just browning some breakfast sausage with some finely diced onion i'm going to let the sausage cook all the way through and while it does i'm going to grab that shortcut ingredient frozen tater tots so easy all i need to do is get them into a buttered baking dish this perfect layer of tater tots is going to get topped with the brown sausage and onions and it's fine that this is hot it's going to have a chance to cool down before i add the other ingredients once the casserole bakes those tater tots just turn into potatoes you would never know they were frozen okay that is all the sausage now i'll start working on the egg mixture this casserole has a lot of cheese so i'm gonna grate up some cheddar and some monterey jack it's probably the cheese combination that i use the most in my kitchen okay that's enough cheddar i'll start grating the pepper jack love pepper jack cheese it's so creamy and i love the spice okay that's it for the cheese get it out of here i've got four eggs that i cracked into the pitcher and i'll add a cup of milk it's whole milk just to make the whole thing a little more rich and speaking of rich a little bit of half and half just about half a cup or so now the sausage is really flavorful and plenty salty but i'm going to add just a little bit of seasoned salt about a quarter teaspoon and for some spice a little cayenne pepper really simple and then i'll whisk this together okay that is nice and mixed so i'll add some green and red bell pepper i seeded it and pulled out the membranes and then i diced them really fine okay the last thing to add to the egg mixture is half of this cheese the other half is going to go on top of the casserole i'll give it a quick stir and then this beautiful concoction gets poured over the sausage which is cool by now and look at all that chunky wonderfulness make sure it's all even and then the rest of this cheese goes on top this is a cheesy cheesy dish now i've just got to cover it with foil stash it in the fridge overnight and tomorrow when it comes to baking and serving well that's going to be a cinch i'll get the casserole into the oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes then i'll take the foil off and bake it for another 20 minutes then when it's hot and bubbling i'll get it out and onto the counter and everyone will have a lovely hearty helping oh boy check out all the tater tots and sausagey oniony eggy cheesiness fantastic [Music] you

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Length: 4min 1sec (241 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 13 2019