It's all in the title! A delicious and filling breakfast casserole of cheese, eggs, meat, and fluffy, crispy tots. Share it with someone you love or save the leftovers for tomorrow!
Author: Taylor
Recipe type: Casserole
Cuisine: American
Serves: 2
Ingredients
20-30 tater tots (enough to cover the bottom of your chosen casserole dish)
4-6 strips of bacon
¼ cup diced onions
¼ cup diced bell pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
Salt & pepper, to taste
2 large eggs
⅛ cup milk, heavy cream, or half & half (your choice)
½ tsp dried oregano
½ tsp dried parsley
1 tsp Dijon mustard
Tabasco sauce
½-3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese (enough to cover the top of the casserole)
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees
Grease your casserole dish
Arrange 1 layer of frozen tater tots in the bottom of your casserole dish and crisp up in 450 degree oven for 12-15 minutes. When these are done, set aside and reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees
While tater tots are cooking, crisp up your bacon and allow it to cool before crumbling. You can cook your bacon stove-top over medium heat or on a cooling rack set inside a foil-lined baking sheet right alongside your tots.
In a small saute pan over medium heat, cook up your onions, peppers, and garlic with a little EVOO . Cook until translucent (about 3-4 minutes) and season with salt and pepper.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, Dijon mustard, parsley, oregano, and a few dashes of Tabasco sauce
Incorporate crumbled bacon into sauteed onion and pepper mixture and layer over tots
Slowly pour egg mixture evenly over the other two layers
Top with shredded cheese
Cover with foil (helps eggs cook evenly and keeps the cheese from burning)
Bake for 25 minutes (remove foil for last 5 minutes) at 375 degrees
Enjoy!
"Taylor" It!
You can easily switch out any of the ingredients in this recipe based on your mood. Try different cheeses, veggies, and meats. Go wild! =)
Cheese - I take a little help from the grocer here and use pre-shredded, reduced-fat cheese.
Nutrition - I drink Lactaid (which I find to be yummier and creamier than regular milk...yes, even the fat free version) so that's what I use. Also, as I mentioned above, I use reduced-fat cheese. I honestly don't miss either of the full-fat versions, and I'm happy knowing I shaved a few calories out of breakfast (which just means I get to enjoy a mimosa with breakfast or a glass of wine with dinner tonight!!)
Recipe by Food Taylor Made at https://foodtaylormade.com/tater-iffic-breakfast-casserole-for-two/