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Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole is hearty, filling, and absolutely packed with our favorite breakfast foods: bacon, sausage, and tater tots! Everything bakes together into this cheesy dreamy casserole that we like to serve up for breakfast or brinner!
My husband is basically obsessed with breakfast foods.
If I’m making a grocery list and ask him what he wants for dinner, he always asks for some sort of breakfast food. Usually biscuits and gravy (with my homemade biscuits, of course), but lately we’ve been mixing it up with this tater tot breakfast casserole with sausage and bacon.
We all love the breakfast meats, so the fact that this breakfast casserole has both bacon and sausage is a total win in our house!
This makes a great Christmas breakfast casserole too…decadent, hearty, and filling enough to get you through the unwrapping of all those gifts. Plus, it’ll hold you over until the fancy Christmas dinner!
If you like traditional tater tot casserole, you’ll love this breakfast version!
Ingredient Notes:
Tater Tots – The frozen tater tots or crispy crowns work great here.
Meat- I’m using lots of bacon and ground sausage in this tater tot breakfast casserole because who doesn’t love bacon and sausage? Of course, you can use other breakfast meats like ham or turkey bacon, or try it with some spicy breakfast sausage!
Eggs – You’ll whisk together eggs and milk to add a scrambled egg vibe to this breakfast casserole.
Cheese – We prefer cheddar but pepper jack or mozzarella would be nice as well.
Green Chiles – These add a bit of flavor and the tiniest hint of spice. Use diced jalapenos if you really like spice.
What Readers are Saying!
“Made this for a work meal – it was really great and everyone enjoyed it! Thanks for an awesome recipe!” – Angie
How to Make Tater Tot Casserole:
Prep: You’ll need a pound of breakfast sausage and 6 strips of bacon all cooked up and ready to go for this tater tot casserole recipe. We like to chop the bacon before frying, but you can also fry it up and then crumble it.
Eggs: Whisk together eggs, milk green chiles, salt, and pepper.
Layer: Place the sausage and bacon in a greased 9×13 baking dish and then top it off with some grated cheddar. Pour the egg mixture over the top.
Tots: Now all that’s left to do before baking is to arrange the frozen tater tots in an even layer over the top of the cheesy breakfast casserole. Simple!
Bake: This breakfast tater tot casserole bakes in about 45 minutes. We like to top it off with some chives and serve it while it’s good and hot!
What to serve with breakfast casserole:
Baked goods are always a hit in my house! We love these banana bread muffins (they’re chocolate!) or a loaf of English muffin bread.
This Belgian waffle recipe is literally the best and my kids love them!
And, of course, I wrote an entire book of pancake recipes that are perfect for breakfast! Check out my book, Stack Happy!
FAQs:
If you’ve got leftovers just keep them covered in the fridge for up to a couple of days. You can reheat at a low temperature in the oven for 20 minutes.
If you’d like to make this for Christmas morning (or any busy morning!), you can make this in advance. We like to get everything prepared up to the tater tots and then cover and refrigerate overnight. Place the tots on in the morning, just before baking.
Alternately, you can bake completely and then just reheat in a low oven for 20 minutes.
We never make breakfast casserole without a side of this brown sugar cinnamon fruit salad. 🙂
Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 pound breakfast sausage
- 6 slices bacon chopped
- 2 cups shredded cheddar
- 8 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 ounces diced green chiles
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cracked pepper
- 16 ounces frozen tater tots
- 1 tablespoon chopped chives
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
- Add the sausage to a skillet over medium heat and cook, stirring often to break up the sausage, until the sausage is cooked through. Drain the grease and spread the sausage in a single layer in the prepared pan.
- Add the bacon to the skillet and cook until crisp, stirring often. Remove with a slotted spoon and sprinkle over the sausage.
- Sprinkle the cheese over the top.
- Add the eggs, milk, chiles, salt, and pepper to a mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Pour over the casserole.
- Arrange the tater tots in a single layer over the egg mixture.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until eggs are set.
- Sprinkle with chives before serving.
Janet Boyle says
I passed on the cheese due to allergies but WOW this is amazing – I will make it again, and again …
Karly says
So glad you enjoyed it!
Tania says
This was great. Definitely will be making it again.
Jerry says
Great recipe, made it for my wife on Mother’s Day. Pretty much followed the recipe to a T, added the diced bell pepper and used a spicy hot ground pork sausage, which gave it a nice kick.
Sue says
Forgot to add: I oiled my glass baking dish with canola and lined the bottom + the long sides of the casserold dish with a sheet of parchment trimmed to fit. This makes for easier cleanup!
Note: Trim any excess over the sides if you intend to broil, or the excess paper could touch the oven heating element and catch fire!
Sue says
This casserole was delish! We like onion and heat, so I sauteed 1 small chopped onion in a tbs of the bacon fat. I added 1/4 tsp of crushed red pepper to the egg mix, and 1/4 heaping cup of chopped jalapenos sprinkled over the meats, as well as 1/4 cup of chopped green onion over the cheese. After 40 min of baking, I ran it under the broiler for 5 minutes. Crispy, cheesy, hot, and meaty! YUM!!!
Karly says
Sounds like some great additions!
Devon Curtis says
I threw this together this past weekend, and it was a huge hit!! I skipped the bacon and ended up adding onion and peppers. The kids loved it and went back for more! *note* spraying that pan before hand is a definite that I did not do….lol It was nice to cook a complete breakfast, but not dirty every pan in the house doing so! I’ll definitely be making it again! Thanks!
Karly says
Hi Devon! So glad this was a hit! I’m sure the onions and peppers were a great addition! 🙂
Sharon Morel says
Would this recipe work with the tater tots on the bottom or would they just get soggy?
Karly says
They’d just get soggy. 🙂
Blair says
Sorry! Those question marks were emojis on my phone!! 🙂
Melissa says
This was so yummy, my family loved it. It was a bit salty so when I make it again I will probably either nix the salt altogether or just half it. This was a delicious casserole and I loved how simple it was to make. Definitely will make it again.
Blair says
Do you use frozen tater tots, or thawed? TIA!!
Karly says
Frozen tater tots. 🙂
Blair says
Thanks! I just reread the ingredients and saw it was specified there ??????
Blair says
Sorry! Those question marks were emojis on my phone!! 🙂
Cathy says
Plz quit posting this same recipe 4x a day, 7 days a week!!!!
Karly says
Hi Cathy! Not sure what you’re talking about as this recipe has just been shared on the blog this one time. 🙂
Amy says
Thank you for this recipe, I’ve made it for dinner tonight, I’m trying to eat out of my cupboards, and freezer, for the next couple of weeks, and trying not to go out for food. I put a sprinkling of cheese, on top of the tater tots, just because it’s so good…
Karly says
So glad you gave it a try! We’re trying to stay home as much as possible too right now. It’s scary out there. Stay safe! 🙂
Jessica says
I forgot to put the cheese in the correct order. I just remembered after I poured the egg mixture, so I just put the cheese on top of that, then added shredded potatoes (all I had at the time). Do u think I will still turn out alright?
Karly says
I’m not sure how well it will work with shredded potatoes, but the cheese shouldn’t be an issue at all. 🙂
Kimberly Simms says
Curious… do you think this could be portioned and frozen for quick, take with you breakfasts?
Karly says
I do think so! The tots might not be quite so crips after microwaving, but if you don’t mind that it should be good!
Carolyn says
Is this a casserole l can make ahead? Due to pork allergy l’ll need to use turkey sausage & bacon. Happy holidays 🙂
Karly says
Hi Carolyn! I would prep up to the tater tots and refrigerate overnight. Add the tater tots before baking and bake as directed.
Pam says
I made this for breakfast Christmas morning. 4 of my 5 brothers were here and some of their kids, along with our 85 year old father. Living in New Mexico, I have access to exceptional Hatch green chile. The only change that I made to the recipe was to double the amount of green chile and I used extra hot that I roasted this past September. Everyone loved it. I served it with French toast that my sister in law made from Challah, topped with strawberries and whipped cream. Thanks for the great recipe Karly!
Karly says
Sounds like an amazing Christmas breakfast!
Stacey S. says
It was great! Couldn’t find my chiles , so there in pimento and I added the cheese on top of tater tots! It was delish!! ?
Stacey S. says
Hubby taking leftovers to work today!?
Karly says
So glad you enjoyed it, Stacey!
Kelly says
What happened to the half cup of milk in this recipe?
Karly says
Whoops – it gets whisked in with the eggs. Thanks for catching that – updated the recipe. 🙂