Southern Sausage/Egg Casserole

By Sherry Price
@Sherryprice

I have lived alone for many years so I learned to cut down recipes for small quantities. You can also use these recipes for larger groups by doubling ingredients.

Rating:

★★★★★ 3 votes

Comments:

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Serves:

4 - 6

Prep:

20 Min

Cook:

30 Min

Method:

Bake

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Notes from the Test Kitchen:
Grits are always great for breakfast. Serve this at your next brunch, and watch it disappear. It has all the yummy breakfast ingredients people love. Add some fresh fruit and you have a great meal.

I baked this in a 9x13 dish.

Ingredients

4 medium: sausage patties or your favorite healthy substitute
2 large: eggs
2 c: cooked grits
1/2 small: onion, chopped
1/2 small: tomato, chopped
2 c: mexican blend shredded cheese
2 dash(es): salt (to taste)
2 dash(es): pepper (to taste)
2 dash(es): garlic powder
1 Tbsp: butter or substitute

How to Make Southern Sausage/Egg Casserole

Step-by-Step

1Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2In a separate pot, cook grits approx 20 minutes, adding butter and salt to taste.
3Cook sausage patties in pan on medium high heat.
4After cooking sausage patties, chop up in bite size pieces.
5Add chopped onion, saute until soft.
6In a bowl, break eggs and stir well with fork.
7Layer sausage, onions, chopped tomato, shredded cheese, stir in grits and add eggs, stir. (in that order)
8Put in oven at 350 for 30 minutes, take out and let set for 5 minutes.