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Overnight Sausage and Caramelized Onion Breakfast Casserole

Overnight Sausage and Caramelized Onion Breakfast Casserole is a great breakfast for the holidays. Full of sausage, caramelized onions, and two types of cheese.

  • Prep25 min
  • Cook40 min
  • Serves8
Overnight Sausage and Caramelized Onion Breakfast Casserole

Overnight Sausage and Caramelized Onion Breakfast Casserole is a great breakfast for the holidays. Full of cubed challah bread, sausage, caramelized onions, and two types of cheese.

Slice of breakfast casserole on a plate.

Overnight Breakfast Casseroles are perfect for the holidays and I love assembling one on Christmas Eve and popping it in the oven Christmas morning. After 40 minutes in the oven, this casserole gets crispy and golden around the edges. It’s so savory and delicious.

The caramelized onions are what make this an amazingly tasty breakfast casserole. They add a wonderful sweetness and pair perfectly with the sausage.

Sausage and Caramelized Breakfast Casserole in blue baking dish.

How To Make This Sausage and Caramelized Onion Breakfast Casserole Spicy?

Use “Hot” breakfast sausage and add 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes.

Recipe Tips:

Leftovers will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 days. Can be reheated in the microwave, air fryer, or toaster oven.

Not only for the holidays, this casserole works anytime of year.

French or Italian Bread can be used instead of challah bread.

When you take it out of the oven, check to make sure the center is set and not runny. If the top starts to get too browned before it is done, cover it with foil.

Breakfast Casserole with a slice cut out.

I’m a huge fan of breakfast casseroles. They’re so easy for feeding a house full of people.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. 1

    Cook and crumble the sausage in a large nonstick skillet. Remove to a bowl with a slotted spoon.

  2. 2

    Add oil and butter to the grease in the skillet and cook onion over medium heat for 8 minutes.

  3. 3

    Add red bell pepper and cook another 5 minutes. Season mixture with salt and pepper. Add to bowl with sausage.

  4. 4

    Place bread cubes in the bottom of a greased 7x11-inch baking dish. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  5. 5

    Scatter sausage mixture on top of bread cubes.

  6. 6

    In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, half-and-half, salt, dry mustard, thyme, and nutmeg.

  7. 7

    Sprinkle half the cheddar and mozzarella over sausage mixture.

  8. 8

    Pour egg mixture evenly over casserole.

  9. 9

    Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake uncovered in a 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Nutrition

  • Calories724

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