Egg White Breakfast Casserole with Turkey Sausage

baked egg white breakfast casserole with hash browns.

5 from 3 votes

Egg White Breakfast Casserole with Turkey Sausage

This lean egg white breakfast casserole has homemade turkey sausage, hash browns, egg whites, rotel, chopped bell peppers, and onions. It's a healthy and delicious make-ahead breakfast casserole with a southwestern flair. Serve with some chipotle hot sauce.

Servings:

Ingredients

Homemade Turkey Sausage

2 lbs 99% lean ground turkey see note 1
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 teaspoon ground sage
¼ teaspoon ground marjarom
2 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground thyme
2 pinches dried chili flakes

Egg White Breakfast Casserole

2 lbs homemade breakfast sausage
26 ounces frozen hash browns see note 4
1 tablespoon butter or olive oil
14 eggs or sub liquid egg whites, note 5
2 bell peppers
1 onion large
20 ounces rotel see note 2
1 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheese see note 3
salt and pepper to taste

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 ℉ (180 ℃).
Finely dice the onion and bell peppers. In a nonstick skillet on medium-high heat, add butter (or olive oil). Saute the onion and bell peppers until they soften (about 4 to 5 minutes). Set the mixture aside.
Add the ground turkey to the nonstick skillet, breaking up the clumps as the meat cooks through. Add the sausage spices: brown sugar, ground sage, ground marjoram, ground thyme, ground cloves, chili flakes, salt, and pepper.
Mix the onion and bell peppers with the turkey sausage. Set aside.
In a large bowl, crack the eggs. Remove the egg yolks except for two yolks. Add the milk, rotel, and salt Mix together.
In a 9" x 13" dish, layer the bottom with the ground turkey sausage mixture. Add the frozen hash browns on top. Pour the egg mixture. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top.
Cover with parchment paper and foil. Bake at 350 ℉ (180 ℃) for about 35 minutes covered and 35 minutes uncovered. Serve with green onions, cilantro, and hot sauce.

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Notes

Homemade turkey sausage: Use 99% lean ground turkey, ground chicken, ground beef, or ground pork. You can substitute store-bought ground breakfast sausage.
If you don't have rotel, you can omit it completely. Additionally, you can add some green chilis or chopped grape tomatoes.
Use Mexican cheese, Monterrey jack, or cheddar cheese.
Can substitute homemade hash browns or frozen tater tots.
Eggs: I prefer whole eggs then removing the yolks to get egg whites. You can also use liquid egg whites. For every egg, substitute 30 grams of liquid egg whites. If you need 14 egg whites, use 420 grams of liquid egg whites. You can also keep the egg yolks. If using the whole egg, use 8 eggs for a serving of 12.
Storage: Store this egg white vegetable breakfast casserole in the fridge for up to 5 days. Microwave to reheat.

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