Cheesy Ham Breakfast Casserole
During the holidays and weekends I reach for an easy breakfast casserole recipe, this Cheesy Ham Breakfast Casserole is a one-dish, make-ahead meal!
Cheesy Ham Breakfast Casserole
I love the convenience of a breakfast casserole recipe like my Egg and Vegetable Casserole. They are hearty one-dish meals that can be made ahead of time, and bakes while I’m tending to other things.
For another yummy breakfast casserole idea, try my Ham and Cheese Brunch Strata!
Even this Spinach and Broccoli Quiche is super easy to make for brunch. And so healthy as well!
The winter months are synonymous with the most comforting of foods, and this also includes breakfasts and bunches.
Yet, add the holidays into the mix – and you need to arm yourself with meals that could be made ahead of time, especially those beloved one-dish meals.
For instance, Christmas morning is super chaotic. The opening of presents, cleaning up the aftermath and perhaps the early start on dinner making really prevents anyone from spending a lot of time making a brunch for the family.
This Cheesy Ham Breakfast Casserole recipe is a favourite in our house, the combined ingredients make for one delicious breakfast bake.
Plus, you could omit the onions or swap the ham for sausage if you wish – it’s such a versatile recipe!
Baking time to make this Cheesy Ham Breakfast Casserole can vary a bit, depending on how deep your dish is.
It’ll cook faster when using short casserole dishes where the mixture isn’t so thick.
You will know this dish is done by taking some mixture from the bottom and finding scrambled eggs. That’s right, not only does the egg mixture nicely coat all the ingredients, it settles somewhat so that you have an egg layer at the bottom too!
For my Cheesy Ham Breakfast Casserole, I use Liquid Whole Eggs just for convenience.
For another variation, try our Ham and Potato Casserole with Real Potatoes.
More Breakfast Recipes:
Cheesy Ham Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients
- 2 cups Ham (diced)
- 1/2 white onion (diced)
- 1 red bell pepper (diced)
- 1 1/4 cup Liquid Eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 bag frozen diced hash browns (thawed)
- 2 cups marble cheese (shredded)
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- green onions (chopped, if desired)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Add ham to a medium pan and sauté over medium-high heat for a few minutes. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
- Add the white onion and red pepper to the saute pan, and saute for about 4 minutes until cooked. Pour the vegetable mixture into the bowl with the ham. Add the hash browns and cheese to the mixing bowl as well, reserving a little bit of the cheese for topping.
- Stir to combine.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the liquid eggs with the milk and black pepper – then add it to the has brown mixture and stir.
- Pour the mixture into a greased casserole dish, and top with the remaining cheese and some green onions.
- Cover the dish with its lid or aluminum foil, and bake for 35-45 minutes, again depending on size of casserole dish and how thick the mixture is. Test doneness by scooping out a bit of the egg that settles on the bottom of the dish. If it resembles scrambled eggs – it’s done.
- Remove lid or aluminum foil and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes to crisp up the top a bit.
- You can add a few more chopped green onions to the top if you wish too.
- Serve warm an enjoy!
Yummy!
Looks delicious and easy to make! Yum!
I absolutely love this recipe. I will be making it for my family Christmas Eve morning.
This will be great for Christmas morning
Sounds and looks yummy! Perfect for when we have company over the holidays.
We are doing renovations this holiday season so I’m sure I’ll be making this dish a lot! Thanks for sharing!
I need a recipe like this for Christmas morning. I would make it the evening before and leave in the fridge overnight to save prep time in the morning. I’ll just check to see if I need to add more liquid egg.
Perfect for Christmas morning!
Haha,I got up real early this morning to surprise hubby with this wonderful dish and it was worth ever minute of sleep i gave up………..it was so good we are going to eat whats left for lunch,thanks so much for sharing this one
I’ve never made a breakfast casserole but this looks easy and yummy
yummy!! I think I will top it with a bit of panko to add some crisp
Yum – I love a good hearty breakfast casserole. I don’t buy liquid eggs, but maybe I should – it does seem easier for a dish like this to use them instead of cracking eggs. Thank you!
I have never made a breakfast casserole before but I like how easy and versatile this recipe is and convenient too!
This looks like the most delicious breakfast.My family is going to love it.
I think I will add some bacon to it
I would prefer using bacon. Looks good though.