This casserole is what you make for brunch on Sunday morning or brinner. Your choice! The hardest part to this casserole is browning the sausage. Serve this casserole with fresh fruit, and maybe some pancakes or muffins and your family will be happy campers. This is also great for leftovers the next day or just as a re-heated breakfast the next morning. Great for microwaving and on-the-go. Take it to work and just heat it up in the microwave and you’re going to be full all morning long!
We had this at the lake one weekend for breakfast with muffins, fruit, and a cinnamon roll casserole. There was plenty of food there that morning to eat. I thought that this would be a great recipe to share with everyone. The perfect recipe for making at the lake this weekend or Easter Brunch!
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Weight Watcher Friendly casserole
To make this casserole a bit more WW friendly follow the recipe below but replace the items with these.
Hot Italian Sausage – Jimmy Dean Fully cooked turkey sausage crumbles (1 1/2 cups) Since the sauge is fully cooked already just you don’t need to heat it up in the pan for very long. It will cook in the casserole dish.
Change the cheddar cheese to a reduced fat cheddar
Use 1% milk instead of full fat milk
The points per serving will be 5 smart points.
5 Ingredient Sausage Hash Brown Casserole
- Prep Time: 10min
- Cook Time: 35min
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 12
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Bake
Ingredients
- 2 lb hot breakfast sausage
- 1 (30-32oz) bag frozen shredded hash browns
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large skillet, cook
- sausage until no longer pink. Drain fat.
- Add hash browns to skillet and cook until lightly brown. Place hash browns in bottom of lightly greased 9×13-inch pan. Top with sausage and cheese.
- Whisk together eggs, salt, pepper and milk. Pour over hash brown mixture.
- **Cover and refrigerate at this point if baking later.**
- Bake for 35-40 minutes.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Plain Chicken
You can defrost the hash browns first instead of using frozen. Cooking time does not change.
5 freestyle smart points (makes 12 servings, see notes above recipe for WW friendly version of this dish)
Nutrition
- Calories: 632
- Sugar: 4
- Fat: 46
- Saturated Fat: 16
- Unsaturated Fat: 3
- Trans Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 26
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 24
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with WW in any way. I am just a member who creates recipes based on their points system. This recipe is based on WW Freestyle program, and SmartPoints are the value system the company bases their foods on. Some recipes will have older points system values listed in them.
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Is the cook time the same if I am making this the night before and sticking it in the next morning?? Or do I add time? Thx!
It would be the same.
Can I prep this the night before, put in fridge and bake in the morning?
Yep, sure can. The hash browns can be thawed.
Should you cover for cooking?
Is it supposed to be a little running in the middle. The out sides are stiff . I have cooked it for 1 hour at 350
I’M BAKING TWO 9X4 PANS. DO YOU THINK THE COOKING TIME WOULD BE A BIT LESS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE MIXTURE?
I’m not sure. I’ve never tried 9X4 pans with this recipe.
How many servings in the original recipe? We have 20 people for breakfast on Christmas morning. Should I double and make two pans? Thanks!
Yes, I would definitely double the recipe.
OMG so good… Made with sausage first time and left over steak next time.
If I substituted frozen, pre-cooked chicken in place of the sausage, would it still remain the same cook time?
Absolutely love this dish! It is an easy meal for a couple mornings, easy to prepare and easy clean up! Would definably recommend this dish!
Can you make ahead and freeze?
Made yesterday and was good but on the bland side. Maybe will add green and red pepper and onion next time. Very easy to make. Definately will make again!
Can this be frozen once made?L
I’ve cooked mine for the time stated in the recipe but it seems very runny. I’ve put it in for 15 more minutes. Any other suggestions? I”m testing this out on my family before I make it for church on Sunday. Thank you for any help!
I answered my own question about the runny-ness. Just leave it set for about 10 min before you spoon it out. It will set once it’s out of the oven. It’s amazing and my family loved it. I did bake it for 40 min, then an extra 15 with foil on the top and it was perfect.
Thank you for the update. My aunt makes this and we all love it too!
Made this recipe earlier today. I have made it twice before successfully. However, today it was aweful. Followed the recipe to the letter. Fresh ingredients all the way. I do not know what went wrong.
if you cook it uncovered won’t it burn on top?
no
Can I just put the hashbrowns in frozen or do I need to cook them in a skillet first?
No cooking just defrost for a bit.
Your should include directions, “take out sausage and then put hash browns in and cook”
Agree with Jenn^^^ I read it for 5 minutes thinking it wasn’t right but the words say *add so I added the hash browns to the sausage lol
^^^^^ THAT!! I was trying to wrap my mind around picking all the sausage out of the sausage after I cook the hash browns with it.
Thank you!!
I made this recipe with a few modifications. My husband & I love bell peppers & sweet onions, so I cut the recipe in half, added my two ingredients while sautéing the sausage & whipped up this recipe for a breakfast casserole. We loved it & it is sure to ba one of my favorite go-to recipes.
I made this last night and baked it after church this morning. It’s pretty good only because of my personal preference of bacon or ham, but sausage is what I had. My daughter and hub loved it. Easy, quick, not expensive. I added dairy-free shredded cheddar and unsweetened almond milk (for lactose free) and couldn’t tell any difference! Only thing is my hash browns were more like mashed potatoes. How do you get frozen hash browns home and in the freezer before they thaw and refreeze in clumps? Thanks for sharing your recipe
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Glad your family liked it! Usually if that happens, I’ll take the frozen bag of hash browns and smash it against the counter a couple of times. LOL
I added about 5 strips of bacon, about 10 slices of American and Monterey jack cheese, garlic powder, and when I shredded my potatoes I added a half of a red onion and half of a red pepper! Super delicious!!
Followed recipe exactly yesterday except I added finely diced onion & sweet pepper. I sauteed them with sausages to soften some. Baked this morning. Good recipe but I found them really too soupy and not enough seasoning for our preference. I did bake for approximately 50 min.
Next time: I plan to reduce milk to 1C; saute larger diced onions & peppers first, then add sausage to that saute; drain well. I plan to saute potatoes separately in some bacon grease with salt & pepper to taste. Proceed with the rest of recipe, noting reduced milk amount. I will bake at 400° for 35-45 min. Test for doneness & browning. Cover loosely with foil if browning too much & cook till done. I’ll see how that goes. Baseline, good recipe with a few tweaks. Thanks for sharing recipe with us.
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Recipe never stated when to add cheese. I guessed and added it at the end. I also agree on changing it to say take the sausage out before cooking hashbrowns.
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Made this the first time using sausage. We love onions, so added. Hubby likes spicy, but I can’t take too spicy. So, I used half cheddar & half Colby Jack cheeses. Oh my, it was awesome & my Marine hubby & his Marine buddy raved about it. Thanks Jenna! Today, I put it together using diced ham & bacon (cut up after frying). My brother is staying w/us and he doesn’t care for sausage, so it gave me a chance to use alternate meat. Hubby wanting to eat early because he knows how good the first one was. Thanks again Jenna. I had given this recipe to friend a long time ago for big family coming in, yet I hadn’t made yet. She keeps telling me how much everyone loves it so I finally made. Glad I did, cuz it’s great for company. Oh, and I have made in 9×9 square for smaller amount & just as good. YUM.
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Thanks Bobbi! 🙂
Is it better to cook covered or uncovered?
Thank you.
K.p.
Uncovered.
I cooked the hash browns first, according to directions and used maple sausage links cut into pieces. My family absolutely loved it, thank you for the recipe.