Texas Breakfast Casserole Recipes

TEXAS TOAST BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Brown sausage and drain.
• Place Texas toast in greased 9x12 casserole dish.
• In a medium bowl mix eggs with salt and half and half.
• Pour mixture evenly over bread.
• Top with browned sausage and shredded cheese.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Take out of refrigerator in the morning while you are preheating your oven to 350 F bake for 45 minutes or until browning on the top.
• note: cooking time does not include overnight refrigeration.

TEXAS TWO-STEP BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Lightly coat a 13x9 (or similar size) baking dish with non-stick spray. Add a layer of 1/2 of the chilies.
• 2. Add half of the tortilla strips.
• 3. Add half of the sausage and onion.
• 4. Add half of the cheese to the dish.
• 5. Repeat a second time with remaining chilies, tortilla strips, sausage, onion, and cheese.
• 6. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, cream, salt, pepper, garlic salt, and cumin together until well combined.
• 7. Pour over casserole.
• 8. Arrange tomato slices on top. Sprinkle with paprika.
• 9. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• 10. The next morning, heat over to 350 degrees. Remove plastic wrap and bake casserole 40 minutes or until center has set and edges are lightly browned.
• 11. If desired, serve with sour cream and pico de gallo. I always make up a nice display of these ingredients on a pretty serving tray with a bed of romaine lettuce.