Sausage Biscuit Breakfast Casserole

A make ahead breakfast casserole with biscuits is a strata casserole life saver recipe to serve a crowd for breakfast.

Cuisine Mexican

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 50

Resting time 8

Total Time 1 5

Servings

Calories 241kcal

8 cooked biscuits rough chopped. If using Pillsbury, use the regular biscuits rather than the large "Grands".
1/4 pound chorizo sausage crumbled, cooked and drained
1/4 pound breakfast style sausage crumbled, cooked and drained
2 handfulls fresh baby spinach About 5 ounces
2 small jalapeno seeded, deveined, chopped or thin sliced
1/2 cup shredded cheddar
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan
10 large eggs
2 cups whole milk

Chop the cooked biscuits and place half of them into a greased 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Your trusty Pyrex casserole dish will work great for this recipe.
Add a couple fist fulls of fresh baby spinach on top of the chopped biscuits.
Add the crumbled and cooked sausages on top of the spinach. Sprinkle on the grated cheeses and chopped jalapeno pepper.
In a large bowl whisk together eggs and milk until well combined.
Add the remainder of the chopped biscuits to the top of the casserole and pour in the milk egg mixture. Cover with foil or plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or at least 8 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake uncovered 50 to 60 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting into squares.

Tips for Success

Please don't try to save fat calories by using 2% or non-fat milk. A lower fat milk will produce too much water and cause the strata to be soggy.
Choose bulk sausage. You can purchase sausage links, but it will be more time consuming to remove membranes and crumble into chunks.
Use a serrated knife to make cutting any bread easier.
If you use a clam shell of tender baby spinach, rather than regular spinach, you won't have to remove the stems.
You can add salt and freshly ground pepper if you'd like, but the cheese and the sausage are salty in nature. Go light with seasoning.
Make sure the casserole is cooked through by sticking a knife in the middle. If the knife comes out clean, the casserole is done. If the casserole is jiggly, it needs more time in the oven.