This Easy Hash Brown Egg Casserole (No Meat ) is cheesy comfort food in the morning. This is one of the best breakfast casserole recipes to feed a group of hungry mouths.
It was my turn to feed 30 plus hungry swimmers after a conditioning workout.
While I am not a morning person, these swimmers are! And after an hour in the gym, they are hungry!
I came up with this original recipe and it was swimmer approved.
It was important for me to create some kind of make ahead breakfast casserole containing protein and carbs that I could make the night before and could be reheated at 6 am. the next morning.
When you’re cooking for a crowd having an easy to follow recipe with every day ingredients takes the stress out of providing a big breakfast.
What you need to make this easy hashbrown breakfast casserole?
You will need a handful of simple ingredients.
Eggs are cheap and easy to find at your local grocery store. They also pack a punch in the protein department.
A few bags of frozen hash brown potatoes and shredded cheddar cheese and voila, breakfast is served!
If purchasing plain hash brown potatoes, diced green onions and red bell pepper would add great flavor.
I chose a shortcut for this recipe and used O’Brien style hash browns which are loaded with bell peppers and onions.
It saved me one extra step preparing this recipe. After all I was making more than one casserole. These 30 hungry swimmers are big eaters.
Because there are a few vegetarians on the team I kept this casserole meat-free. But you could easily add crispy bacon bits or browned breakfast sausage to the recipe.
How to make this easy breakfast casserole
An hour in the oven until the egg mixture is firm and the potatoes are soft is all it takes. This hash brown egg bake would be perfect for any holiday breakfast.
It can be made ahead of time, refrigerated and simply reheated first thing in the morning in a 350°F oven for about an hour.
Just be sure to cover this casserole dish with foil while reheating to keep it from drying out. I also served these hungry swimmers my Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Bake.
That is another great breakfast recipe chock-full of oats, sweet apples, crunchy pecans and plump juicy raisins. It serves plenty and is a crowd pleaser on holiday mornings or any morning.
Be sure to get that recipe too.
This is one of my family’s favorite breakfast casseroles and it is such an easy recipe that even the kids can chip in to help make this. We will serve this for Christmas breakfast with fresh fruit and breakfast meats, including crispy bacon and sausage links.
For a vegetarian hash brown egg casserole (no meat), you can add in fresh veggies of your choice, use shredded potatoes instead of cubed and even swap out traditional frozen potatoes for sweet potatoes.
Use sharp cheddar cheese or even Monterey jack cheese if you prefer something stronger than mild cheddar.
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Easy Cheesy Hash Brown Egg Casserole (No Meat)
Ingredients
- 1 32-ounce bag frozen hash browns, with peppers and onions
- 15 large eggs, beaten
- 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
- Salt & pepper
- 1 pack bacon, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- If adding bacon, chop the bacon before frying. Fry the bacon pieces until crisp. Remove to a paper towel lined plate.
- Mix together the eggs and one cup of the shredded cheddar cheese. Add half the bacon. Season with salt and pepper. Add the frozen hash brown potatoes and mix together well.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared casserole pan and top with the remaining 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese and bacon. Bake for one hour or until the top is golden brown and the hashbrown casserole is fork firm. Serve immediately.
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This looks amazing and would be a great holiday breakfast! Actually I could eat that right about now 🙂
It’s an ideal breakfast for the holidays. Thanks so much Stephanie.
Yum!!! It looks and sounds SO comforting! Plus it photographs beautifully ? Can’t wait to try it!
Thanks Noor. It’s easy and comforting and perfect for a lazy weekend.
What a simple and easy recipe! I love anything for breakfast you can throw together and bake, and have for more than one day. Perfect holiday morning meal!
Thanks Sophia. Anything that’s easy to throw together is my kind of breakfast.
This looks delicious! And I love that the ingredients list is small and it is easy to put together!
Thanks Emily. Most the time these ingredients are already in my pantry and freezer. Easy to put together at any time.
This is a very nice recipe for this coming holiday weekend, or a time. Thanks.
I agree. A great holiday breakfast indeed.
That is a great looking egg and potato bake. Real food.
Can you make this ahead of time?
Yes…you can make this the night before and pop it in the oven in the am and bake until everything is hot and bubbly.