Country Breakfast Strata

Name: Country Breakfast Strata
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: CRUST; 2 c day old cubed bread; 1 tsp garlic powder; 3 Tbsp melted margarine or butter; EGG MIXTURE; 5 eggs; 1 1/4 tsp ground mustard; 1 tsp worcestershire sauce; 2 pinch red pepper flakes; 2-3 pinch black pepper; TOPPINGS; 2 c chopped veggies; 1 c chopped breakfast meats; 1/2 c frozen hashbrowns; 1 tsp garlic & season salt *if desired*; 2 pinch black pepper; 2 c shredded cheeses

By Dawn Whitted
@dawn01

Strata is a great way to use up leftover things from the fridge. The stale bread makes a crust and soaks up the seasoned egg mixture and any combination of chopped veggies, breakfast meat and cheeses that make this hearty cheesy and yummy! I love that you can switch up the bread, veggies meats and cheeses to your preference.

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Serves:

Prep:

20 Min

Cook:

40 Min

Method:

Bake

Ingredients

CRUST
2 c

day old cubed bread
1 tsp

garlic powder
3 Tbsp

melted margarine or butter
EGG MIXTURE
5

eggs
1 1/4 tsp

ground mustard
1 tsp

worcestershire sauce
2 pinch

red pepper flakes
2-3 pinch

black pepper
TOPPINGS
2 c

chopped veggies
1 c

chopped breakfast meats
1/2 c

frozen hashbrowns
1 tsp

garlic & season salt *if desired*
2 pinch

black pepper
2 c

shredded cheeses
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How to Make Country Breakfast Strata

Step-by-Step

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Coat a casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Cube approximately 2C. day old (stale) bread and place in casserole dish. (I used 3 whole grain english muffins that were drying out)
Melt margarine in microwave and pour over cubed bread and lightly season with garlic powder.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes till it starts to get golden brown. (Make it quicker: broil for 5 minutes - watch it closely so it doesn't scorch)
Meanwhile get the egg mixture into a mixing bowl and scramble well. Set aside.

*dried thyme or sweet basil works in this too...
Chop veggies & meats (my combo was baby spinach, chopped broccoli, mushrooms, green onion, deli ham & sausage)
After bread bcomes browned pour egg mixture over it and top with 1/4 shredded cheese, all the veggie & meat mixture, then another 1/4 cheese & finally frozen hash browns (season if desired).

Bake for 30 minutes.

*to crisp up hashbrowns broil for last 5 minutes or pre fry on stovetop*
Remove casserole from oven and top with remaining cheese blend (my combo was colby jack & pepper jack)
bake for 5 minutes to melt cheese then let stand on stovetop for 5 minutes.

Cut into squares and serve immediately.
Great for Brunch or even a lighter dinner.