Sausage and Tots Easy Breakfast Casserole Recipe - Camp Cast Iron Dutch Oven

breakfast sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Turkey sausage reduces fat content while ground beef is often less expensive.

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: colby jack cheese

Reduced-fat cheese lowers calories while colby jack is usually less expensive.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is lower in calories, while water can be used for a lighter dish.

spinach

🥗Healthier: kale

💰Cheaper: frozen spinach

Kale offers similar nutrients, while frozen spinach is often less expensive.

Gather all tools: 1 cup measuring cup, 1/2 teaspoon measuring spoon, grater or cheese shredder, knife, optional meat chopper, small to medium mixing bowl, extra bowl, kitchen scissors, wooden spatula, fork.

Prepare ingredients: Chop green chives from green onions and keep separate from chopped bulb parts. Chop the white parts of the green onions finely.

Prepare sausage: Form sausage into a large round patty and sear in the Dutch oven until browned on both sides.

Crack 4 eggs into a mixing bowl, add 1/2 teaspoon of pepper and 2 cups of milk, scramble well, and add salt to taste.

Light the fire using matchlight briquettes and an oily paper towel. Preheat the Dutch oven by adding 24 briquettes.

Shred cheese, setting aside 1/2 to 1 cup for topping later.

Cut bacon into bits using kitchen scissors and sauté in the Dutch oven until crispy, then remove and set aside.

Add the entire sausage patty to the hot pot, brown both sides, then break it up into larger chunks with a spatula.

Sauté the white parts of the green onions in the bacon fat until well cooked, then remove the pot from the heat.

Return the sausage to the pot, top with 1 to 1 1/2 cups of shredded cheese, then gently pour the scrambled egg mixture over the sausage and cheese.

Evenly distribute tater tots over the entire dish, cover with the lid, and bake with 24 briquettes (16 on top, 8 underneath) for 10 to 15 minutes.

Cooking Techniques

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