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This Breakfast Enchilada Casserole is everything you love about enchiladas and breakfast casseroles in one recipe! Layers of corn tortillas, eggs, sausage, bacon, green chili sauce, sour cream, and lots of cheese!
If you like the flavors in this casserole, try breakfast burritos, chorizo and eggs, and breakfast tacos.
Easy Breakfast Enchilada Casserole
Hey guys! I’m Kristin from Yellow Bliss Road back with another delicious recipe. We love enchiladas and we love breakfast, so for this recipe, I’ve married the two to create this Breakfast Enchilada Casserole!
One of our favorite meals of all time is this Chicken Enchilada Casserole. I thought it would be fun to do a play on that recipe, but for breakfast. As luck would have it, this Breakfast Enchilada Casserole turned out even more amazing than I expected.
This Casserole is super creamy, a little spicy and just all around delicious! It’s perfect for any meal of the day, from breakfast to dinner, and requires very little effort (which is my favorite thing!).
The layer method for this Breakfast Enchilada Casserole is the same as the chicken one, and the flavors are very similar, only instead of chicken, you’re using scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage!
I added some tater tots too, because what’s a breakfast casserole without tater tots? Of course there’s lots of cheese, and a creamy green chile enchilada sauce to top it off.
How to layer
It may sound like a lot of steps, but trust me.. All of these are really, really easy steps. First, cook the elements of the casserole: Scrambled eggs with salsa, bacon, sausage, tater tots. Combine the green chile enchilada sauce with some sour cream.
Then layer it all together in this order:
- Creamy green chile enchilada sauce (we like Las Palmas or El Paso)
- Tortillas (broken to fit the casserole dish)
- Scrambled eggs mixed with salsa
- Bacon
- Sausage
- Tater tots
- Cheese
And then repeat! Add each of these layers two more times to complete your casserole, finishing with a layer of tortillas, then sauce, then cheese. Top with reserved crumbled bacon, if you like!
Bake at 350° for 40 minutes covered with nonstick foil, then uncover and bake for an additional 10 minutes (or until cheese is bubbly). And there you have it! Mouthwatering breakfast enchilada casserole.
Great for making ahead/freezing
The good news is that this breakfast casserole can be made ahead a couple days, or even a month in advance!
Assemble the casserole like usual and cover with nonstick foil. You can then keep it in the refrigerator for up to 2 days, or in the freezer for up to 1 month before baking.
To cook your frozen casserole: Let the casserole thaw until it reaches room temperature, then follow the cooking instructions as previously instructed.
You can store leftovers in the fridge for up to a week, just make sure to keep it in a tight tupperware container.
For more delicious breakfast dishes:
- Eggs Benedict Casserole
- Crescent Roll Sausage Bake
- Bacon Breakfast Pizza
- Biscuits and Gravy Casserole
- Cheesy Breakfast Potato Casserole
Breakfast Enchilada Casserole
Equipment
Ingredients
- 9 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablepsoon butter
- 1 cup salsa
- 1 (15-ounce) can green chile enchilada sauce
- ½ cup sour cream
- 12-16 corn tortillas
- 2 dozen tater tots, baked
- 8 ounces sausage, cooked, drained, and crumbled
- 6 slices bacon, cooked, drained, and crumbled (1-2 tablepsoons reserved for topping)
- 2⅔ cups shredded cheddar jack cheese
- 1 tablespoons chives, sliced, for garnish
Instructions
- Whisk eggs, milk, and salt. Add butter to a skillet and cook the the egg mixture on medium heat, stirring often, until the eggs are cooked through (not browned). Stir in 1 cup salsa. Set aside.
- Stir green chile enchilada sauce and ½ cup sour cream. Set aside.
- In a 9×13-inch baking dish, pour a thin layer of the enchilada/sour cream sauce. Layer with 3-4 corn tortillas, breaking to fit as necessary to form a single layer. Spoon a third of the egg mixture over the tortillas, then a third of the bacon, a third of the sausage crumbles, 8 tater tots, ⅔ cup shredded cheese, and a quarter of the remaining enchilada sauce. Repeat with two more layers.
- Finish with a layer of 3-4 corn tortillas, the remaining sauce, and the remaining cheese. Top with reserved 1-2 tablespoons crumbled bacon.
- Cover the baking dish with nonstick foil. If you don't have nonstick foil, stick several toothpicks into the casserole to keep the foil from touching the cheese.
- Bake, covered, for about 40 minutes in a pre-heated 350°F oven. Remove foil and bake 10 minutes more, or until cheese is completely melted.
- Allow to cool slightly before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
For more awesome recipes by Kristin, go check out her site, Yellow Bliss Road.
Recipe calls for corn tortillas but pictures look like flour tortillas were used.
Corn tortillas come in both yellow and white. The white is shown in the photos. You can choose which to use. :o)
Enchiladas as a breakfast casserole?! Oooooo, I’ve GOTTA try these! 🤩🤩🤩
Tater Tots, bacon, cheese- all favorite ingredients the enchilada twist is an absolutely delicious bonus.
A great idea for an all in one breakfast casserole. It has everything you need and taste yummy too!
What a great & yummy way to start the day!! It has so many delicious flavors & great for breakfast, brunch, or dinner!
Highly recommended! Thank you so much for sharing this breakfast enchilada casserole recipe! Your recipe is very easy to follow and really helpful, will surely have this again!