Country Breakfast Casserole
A complete breakfast in one dish, this casserole is always a hit. With white or whole-grain brown rice, crumbled breakfast sausage, just the right amount of pizza cheese blend, red bell peppers and eggs, it’s a colorful, hearty, delicious way to start the day. And, it’s ready in just 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Minute® White Rice or Minute® Brown Rice
- 1 pkg (8 oz) bulk breakfast sausage
- 1 1/2 cups shredded pizza blend cheese, divided
- 1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced into rings
- 6 eggs
- salt and ground black pepper, to taste
- crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
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Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425°F. Prepare rice according to package directions.
Step 2
In a large skillet brown sausage over high heat. Drain fat, if necessary.
Step 3
Stir in cooked rice, 1 cup cheese and tomato sauce. Spread mixture into a 2-quart casserole dish.
Step 4
With a serving spoon, make six indentations in the mixture, spaced equally apart. Place a bell pepper ring around each indentation and gently press in place. Crack an egg into each ring and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Step 5
Bake for 20 minutes or until eggs have just set. Serve topped with crushed red pepper flakes, if using.
Recipe Tip
Adding more whole grains to your diet? Try this recipe using two bags of Minute® Rice and Quinoa, prepared as mentioned above.
