I love a good breakfast casserole! Most breakfast casseroles involve sitting overnight in the fridge, but this recipe for Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole can be baked right away. You’ll love the simplicity of this gluten free recipe and the way you can easily adapt it to your liking.
I’ve always been a breakfast lover. Maybe because my mother always insisted on making me breakfast before I headed off to school as a young girl? We were only allowed to eat cereal once a week, also peanut butter and jam sandwiches were few and far between! My mom loved cooking, and hot breakfast was always on the menu at our home growing up! The world has become such a busy place that sitting down to breakfast is something we seldom do anymore. Weekends, especially Sunday are a cooked breakfast day in our home. I love to make biscuits, pancakes and waffles for our family!
Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole is a dish I’ve made many times, but never written out the recipe, because it changes almost every time I make it. If I have leftover ham, or bacon or sausage, it goes in the Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole. Sometimes, there’s no meat in the house, but it doesn’t stop me from making this dish, I’ll often add a bit more cheese, or change it up and add two or three different types of cheese to make this dish a little more interesting.
Cooking gluten free? This dish is perfect for people who have Celiac disease or are sensitive to gluten. I love this dish and everyone I’ve served it to, including teens to elderly people give it two thumbs up! No need to prepare one gluten free dish and one with gluten, the gluten eaters will love this recipe!
Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole can be made with either fresh grated potatoes or a bag of frozen potatoes, cooked and then placed in the 9×13 pan. I highly recommend cooking the hash browns before adding to the pan. I had to make this once when I was in a hurry and didn’t brown the hash browns first, and the base turned out a bit soggy. I know you’re going to love this recipe for holidays, gatherings or weekends at home when you have a little extra time to make breakfast for your family!
Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients
- 1- 16 oz package grated hash browns cooked in pan until golden on each side*, or 6 cups cooked, peeled and grated potatoes
- 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- pepper about 1/2 teaspoon
- 1 1/2 cups cooked meat such as sausage bacon, ham, optional (drained of all fat)
- 8 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried mustard
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 bunch green onions chopped and divided in half
- 1 lb cheese I use any of the following: Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Swiss, Mozzarella (not fresh), Pepper Jack
- Salsa sour cream for topping
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and set rack in center of oven.
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Turn griddle or stove to medium high heat. Add oil to pan, Cook hash browns until they are golden, seasoning with 1 teaspoon of dried parsley and pepper.
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Place the cooked hash browns in a lightly greased 9x13 pan.
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Sprinkle meat on top of hash browns in pan.
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Blend together eggs, salt, dried mustard and cottage cheese until smooth, about 1 minute.
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Pour egg mixture over top of meat and hash browns in pan. Sprinkle with grated cheese.
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Cover with a sheet of foil.
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Bake covered for 45 minutes covered, remove for and bake for an additional 5-8 minutes uncovered.
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Remove from oven when eggs are set and cheese is golden. Let sit for 10 minutes before cutting and sprinkle with additional chopped green onions.
Recipe Notes
-When using fresh or frozen potatoes, place a couple tablespoons of oil on a hot griddle and cook grated potatoes until they are browned, flip once and let cook on opposite side. I usually cook on medium high heat.
-Make sure, if you are cooking gluten free that the package of frozen potatoes does not contain gluten! Most do not, but better safe than sorry.
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I love banana bread. I am also looking for a good banana bread recipe. I am sure going to try your recipe for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Jan
banana bread's my all time favorite
made this today and it was so scrumptious:) we didn't have buttermilk so my husband used half and half with a little lemon juice, and it was delish! thank you!!
made this today and it was delish! so moist and yummy. we didn't have buttermilk, so we subbed half and half with a little lemon juice. Thanks for another keeper!
For a recipe follower, the instructions don't say to add the eggs. So I didn't. 🙁 Didn't notice until it was already baked.
I almost did the same thing Erica did. The directions don't mention the adding of vanilla or the eggs. :/
This banana bread so amazing. Why have you not corrtected the egg omission? It has been written incorrectly for over 2 years. Your web page is now so full of ads…it is very annoying. When I first used your website it was not like this. Sad(:
So sorry for the inconvenience. For 6 years I wrote without being paid a cent for sharing recipes on the blog. Now, I have a few ads which bring me a small amount of income. I believe the addition of the egg in the instructions was corrected quite a long time ago. Have a great day!
Just saw that the egg addition has been corrected. So sorry. I read the comments before looking at the recipe again. Thanks for the correction.
No problem!
Hi Si 🙂
This is MY ALL TIME FAVORITE banana bread and EVERYONE wants the recipe. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
super super yummy!
This was the best banana bread I’ve made! I didn’t have buttermilk but thanks to your tips I was able to make my own with milk and vinegar. It was so delicious! Your recipes are keeping me baking through quaratine!
Hi Dani, I’m so glad to hear that! Baking is definitely helping me through this quarantine too, thank you for sharing,
xo
Si
I LOVED this recipe!! I appreciate the buttermilk substitute and clear directions. I somehow always botch banana bread… but not this time! It seriously tastes amazing. If you’re wondering if you should double the recipe, I’d say don’t… triple it! #bestbananabreadever
So happy to hear that, Brindisi, thank you so much for sharing!
xo
Si
Made this yesterday. Sooo delicious and moist!! Too soon to make more today? 🙂 Loved it. Thank you!
It’s never too soon, Julie! Thank you for sharing,
xo
Si