The Best Christmas Breakfast Casserole
This delicious (you can make ahead) Christmas breakfast casserole dish is so tasty and yet so easy to make. Take the stress out of the festive season and enjoy a scrumptious breakfast (not only) on Christmas day.
Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine International
Egg mixture
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- salt and pepper to taste
Ingredients to go into the casserole
- 1 red bell pepper/capsicum
- 1/2 brown onion, diced
- 100 grams baby spinach
- 1 bunch flat parsley
- 1 cup grated cheese (I used Colby cheese)
- 2 cups frozen tater tots
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- salt and pepper to taste
Extra
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
Prep All The Ingredients
Wash and cut the bell pepper. Take the seeds out and cut them into smaller pieces.
Dice the onion.
Heat up 2 tbsp of olive oil and fry the bell pepper and onion on medium to low heat until the onion is translucent. Set aside.
Roughly chop the spinach and set it aside.
Finely chop the parsley and add to the spinach.
Grate the cheese and set it aside.
Get the tater tots ready. They should be still frozen.
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
The Egg Mixture
Crack the eggs into a large bowl.
Add the milk and season with salt and pepper.
Mix well with a fork or whisk.
Put It All Together
Now add all the ingredients you have prepared earlier to the egg mixture, except the cherry tomatoes.
Mix well until combined.
Put the mixture into the casserole dish.
Even the mixture out. Put the halved cherry tomatoes on top. Season again with salt and pepper and drizzle over some olive oil.
Bake in the preheated oven at 180 Degrees Celcius/350 degrees Fahrenheit fan-forced for 45 minutes or until set in the middle.
Once cooked, let it cool down for a few minutes. Serve with a side salad and our favorite dip. Refer to recipe notes for more details.
Here is how to make our favorite dip that goes perfectly well with the Christmas breakfast casserole dish but also our corn fritters, our potato bread, and rustic sourdough focaccia bread.
Mix equal parts of sour cream and mayonnaise (e.g. 3 tbsp sour cream and 3 tbsp mayonnaise) in a medium-sized bowl. Add 1 clove grated garlic, chopped chives (to your liking), a dash of extra virgin olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well with a fork and it is all done.
Here is a short video, if you prefer: https://youtu.be/5EaS0lfJKcc
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