Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole
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This Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole with bacon, cheese, eggs and potatoes is made quickly using frozen potatoes and hard-boiled eggs.
I’m going to make you drool today. And it isn’t going to be with chocolate cookies, amish donuts or old fashioned pound cake. It’s going to be a savory breakfast casserolevwith potatoes, eggs, cheese and bacon.
Last month I made a hard boiled egg casserole that was such a unique recipe. I took that recipe and turned it into a gluten free breakfast casserole that we ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
About this Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole Recipe:
- Think of a creamy white sauce with simple seasonings, potatoes, cheese, hard-boiled eggs and bacon.
- The casserole uses frozen potatoes to keep prep time at a minimum.
- Have hard boiled eggs or leftover bacon in the fridge? This is an excellent way to use them.
- The casserole looks so pretty in a casserole dish, it makes a great holiday breakfast for Christmas morning, but is a healthy start to any weekday.
Let’s talk about these layers.
- White Sauce: I made a simple white sauce with butter, tapioca flour, milk and seasonings. Don’t need gluten free? Switch out the tapioca flour for all-purpose flour. Need dairy free? Use cashew milk. I seasoned this sauce with some of my favorite breakfast turkey sausage seasonings.
- Potatoes: I took the
lazyquick route and used store-bought frozen shredded potatoes (a 30-ounce bag). Shred your own if you’d like. You’ll need about 4-5 cups. - Cheese: Shred your own sharp cheddar cheese. If you’ve been around me at all, you’ll know I recommend this 100% of the time! (OK…sometimes you need a shortcut and must buy shredded. It’s totally fine. ๐ )
- Bacon: Cook some bacon, chop it and top the casserole with the bacon bits. My favorite brand of bacon? Hormel Natural Choice Uncured Bacon. In the original version of this recipe, I had a buttery, cracker-crumb topping. To make this gluten free, I decided to switch that topping to a bacon topping. Because bacon is just as good (if not better) than buttery crackers.
- Hard-Boiled Eggs: Have you ever had a brunch casserole with hardboiled eggs? This recipe is perfect during the Easter season. It would be a great way to use up those decorated Easter eggs!
How to Make Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole
- To make the white sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Once the butter is melted, whisk in the tapioca flour until any clumps are gone.
- With the saucepan over medium heat, add 1 cup of milk and whisk until smooth. Add the remaining milk and heat until slightly thickened, whisking often so the milk does not scorch. This should take about 3-4 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and stir in salt, pepper, ginger, sage and paprika. Mix well.
- Place the frozen shredded potatoes into a large bowl. Pour the white sauce over the shredded potatoes, mix and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 375ยบF. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Spread half of the creamy shredded potatoes on bottom of the baking pan.
- Slice each hardboiled egg lengthwise, making 4 slices for each egg, equaling 24 slices. Lay the egg slices down flat, covering the potatoes.
- Pour and spread the remaining potato mixture over the eggs. Sprinkle the cheese overtop the potatoes. Then sprinkle the cooked & crumbled bacon over the cheese.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until heated through.
Recipe Variations
- Add veggies! Think diced onions, mushrooms or green bell peppers.
- Add cooked breakfast sausage, Italian sausage or diced ham for more protein.
- If you’d like more flavor, try adding black pepper, garlic powder, or onion powder.
Make it a meal.
Wondering what to serve with this gluten free breakfast casserole? Choose one of these.
Any of these would pair well with the delicious breakfast casserole for a holiday brunch.
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Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole
This Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole with bacon, cheese, eggs and potatoes is made quickly using frozen potatoes and hard-boiled eggs.
Servings 10 servings
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Ingredients
White Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 2 tablespoons tapioca flour or all-purpose flour
- 2 cups 2% milk 2% or higher
- ยฝ teaspoon salt
- ยฝ teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground sage
- Dash of paprika
Other Ingredients:
- 30 ounces frozen shredded hash brown potatoes
- 6 large eggs hard-boiled and peeled
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 12 ounces bacon cooked and crumbled
Instructions
- To make the white sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Once the butter is melted, whisk in the tapioca flour until any clumps are gone. 2 tablespoons salted butter, 2 tablespoons tapioca flour
- With the saucepan over medium heat, add 1 cup of milk and whisk until smooth. Add the remaining milk and heat until slightly thickened, whisking often so the milk does not scorch. This should take about 3-4 minutes. 2 cups 2% milk
- Remove from the heat and stir in salt, pepper, ginger, sage and paprika. Mix well. ยฝ teaspoon salt, ยฝ teaspoon black pepper, ½ teaspoon ground ginger, 1 teaspoon ground sage, Dash of paprika
- Place the frozen shredded potatoes into a large bowl. Pour the white sauce over the shredded potatoes, mix and set aside. 30 ounces frozen shredded hash brown potatoes
- Preheat the oven to 375ยบF. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Spread half of the creamy shredded potatoes on bottom of the baking pan.
- Slice each hardboiled egg lengthwise, making 4 slices for each egg, equaling 24 slices. Lay the egg slices down flat, covering the potatoes. 6 large eggs
- Pour and spread the remaining potato mixture over the eggs. Sprinkle the cheese overtop the potatoes. Then sprinkle the cooked & crumbled bacon over the cheese. 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, 12 ounces bacon
- Bake for 30 minutes or until heated through.
Notes
Refer to the article above for more tips and tricks.
The calories shown are based on the recipe serving 12, with 1 serving being 1/12 of the breakfast casserole. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information. **
Nutrition
Serving: 222g | Calories: 396kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 166mg | Sodium: 591mg | Potassium: 438mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 520IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 245mg | Iron: 2mg
Would this freeze well? I am also a widow so a lot of food, but could pull out of freezer from time to time if possible.
Since no grocery stores sell shredded potatoes(only actual hash browns) I am going to shred the potatoes I have for this recipe. Should I cook the potatoes first and Tim then shred or just shred uncooked and add to casserole. Not sure they would cook if it calls for only 30 min in oven.
Can this be made the night ahead and be refrigerated till morning
Could this be made in the crockpot
My easy recipe for egg is just letting them hard boiled, but your breakfast casserole recipe sounds delicious and worth taking time in the morning to make for my family. Thank you so much for sharing, I love it !
Looks yummy but way to much food for 1 person to eat. Wonder how hard it would be to scale down that sauce so it could be made in the toaster oven for just one person.
Can I substitute the hard boiled eggs for raw?
What a good idea using hard boiled eggs! And so timely with Easter right around the corner! I can’t wait to try this out!
What share buttons do you use? I like how they are outlined. I need to get different buttons on my site!
I have never seen a breakfast casserole with hard boiled eggs! I need to try this. We have a different variation of eggs at least once a week….