Cheese and Potato Breakfast Casserole

Recipe By Krysie
Rating
Published Apr 3rd
Prep 15m Cook 30m Additional - Ready In 45m
Servings 1 baking dish Calories 301.3

Cheese, hash brown potatoes, bacon, and eggs come together to make a deliciously different and hearty breakfast casserole. Great for company or a special brunch! For a version that has less fat, cholesterol, and calories, use low- or no-fat cheese and/or omit bacon.

Recipe Ingredients

  • 1 (2 pound) package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
  • 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese
  • ½ cup diced onion
  • 8 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
  • ¼ cup diced green bell pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 (16 ounce) package small curd cottage cheese
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 3-quart baking dish.
  2. 2 Combine hash browns, Cheddar cheese, onion, bacon, green bell pepper, and parsley in a bowl. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
  3. 3 Mix eggs and cottage cheese together in a blender until smooth. Pour evenly over the potato mixture.
  4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 301.3
  • Carbohydrate 23.1 g
  • Cholesterol 130.8 mg
  • Fat 21.2 g
  • Fiber 1.9 g
  • Protein 19.5 g
  • Saturated Fat 11 g
  • Sodium 491.7 mg
  • Sugar 1 g

Reviews

  1. Flighty02 Jun 6, 2021 12:17 AM
    Made it just now for brunch. I used ham instead of bacon and added some baby Bella mushrooms. Whirled the eggs/cottage cheese mixture in the Blendtec on smoothie setting and it came out great! The fam loved it.
  2. Javonna Payette [STUDENT] Jun 9, 2020 10:17 AM
    It was ok and we did not have any cottage cheese so we used shredded cheese it was ok. I would highly recommend
  3. Chris Pawola Jr. Apr 13, 2020 10:33 AM
    Took longer to cook than 30 minutes, I ended up keeping it in for about 40, but once it was done it was so good. Great for a quarantine easter brunch
  4. Kathie Jan 4, 2020 06:42 AM
    I didn t have any hashbrowns so I baked some potatoes and used them! Very good dinner!
  5. Roger Windham Jan 1, 2020 08:53 AM
    I use fresh grated Yukon Gold potatoes instead of prepared hashbrowns. Great recipe!
  6. bmcgill05 Dec 29, 2019 08:34 AM
    This recipe is great! The recipe calls for the hash browns to me THAWED and the eggs and cottage cheese to be combined in a blender. From some reviews I think folks don t read the instructions well. If the potatoes aren t cooked or the egg and cottage cheese aren t smooth then you - Read more ...
  7. Rachel Lovitz Nov 30, 2019 05:48 PM
    I also found that the frozen hash browns weren t cook. I even covered it with foil for the entire cooking time then removed the foil and cooked additional 15 minutes and the hash browns were not cooked. I make breakfast casseroles for my teenage daughter and freeze individual servings and I found that when - Read more ...
  8. Buckwheat Queen Oct 27, 2018 12:08 AM
    This was good but needs a bit of a kick in flavor. I used a jalapeno instead of bell pepper but I think it could benefit from some garlic. I will definitely add more bacon next time. Thank you for the recipe.
  9. Myra Steinberg Levine Apr 14, 2018 05:31 PM
    I used this as a base recipe. Left out the bacon in deference to son's vegetarian girlfriend so I added garlic powder for flavor. One thing--you really need to blend the eggs and cottage cheese or you won't get the right texture. There are lots of ways to play with this--add spinach other spices etc. - Read more ...
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