Spicy Sausage Apple Overnight Casserole Food

SPICY SAUSAGE & APPLE OVERNIGHT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook and crumble sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, 6-8 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings, reserving 1 tablespoon. Add apples to drippings; cook and stir over medium heat until tender, 4-6 minutes., In a bowl, combine sausage, apples, bread and cheese. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. In another bowl, whisk eggs, milk and mustard; pour over bread mixture. Refrigerate, covered, several hours or overnight., Preheat oven to 350°. Remove casserole from refrigerator while oven heats. Bake, covered, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Uncover; bake until golden brown, 10-15 minutes longer. Let stand 5-10 minutes before serving., Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked casserole. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake as directed, increasing time as needed or until golden brown and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

SPICY SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a 2-qt. casserole, layer rice, sausage, water chestnuts, 1 cup cheese, broccoli and then remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 30 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly.

SAUSAGE, APPLE AND ONION CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Fry sausages, the add apples, onion.
• continue cooking for 5 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients, simmer 10 minutes.
• Serve with mashed potato.

SAUSAGE CASSEROLE (OVERNIGHT)

Steps:

• Butter bread lightly.
• Place bread into 13x9x2" baking dish, butter side up, set aside. Cook and drain sausage, crumble. Spoon over bread.
• Sprinkle cheese over sausage. Combine eggs, half and half, and salt. Mix well and pour over cheese. Chill overnight.
• Remove from refrigerator for 15 minutes before baking.
• Bake uncovered at 350 F for 35 minute.

SPICY CHEESY SAUSAGE BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook the sausage until browned well, crumble; set aside.
• In the same pan, sauté the mushrooms, onion, garlic, and green chiles.
• Combine the sausage with the mushroom mixture; set aside and let cool.
• Grease a 9x13-inch glass baking dish and fill the bottom with the prepared bread cubes; top with sausage mixture then the cheese.
• Beat together the eggs, milk, sundried tomatoes, basil, sage, dry mustard, salt, pepper, and Tabasco; pour over sausage and cheese in the baking pan.
• (This dish can be prepared a day ahead- at this point you'd cover it with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator.) In the morning, remove the casserole from the refrigerator and set it out on the counter for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Uncover and bake casserole until it's golden and puffy and the center is set, about 50 to 60 minutes.
• Cut into squares and serve.
• If you want it especially spicy, chop up a jalapeno and sauté it along with the onion and mushrooms; you can also substitute O'Brien potatoes for the bread; you can even substitute vegetarian sausage for the meat!

SAUSAGE & APPLE BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In large skillet, simmer sausage links in approx 1/2 inch of water for 10 minutes, remove and put sausage in large oven proof dish.
• Melt 1 tblsp of butter in the skillet and stir fry apple chunks.
• Remove apples and mix with sausages.
• Add cinnamon and sugar on top of sausages and apples.
• Dot with remaining butter.
• Cover and bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees.
• Uncover and continue to bake for 15 more minutes.
• You can reduce cooking time if you need to.