A hearty breakfast dish with a pimento kick.
Breakfast casseroles are incredibly handy for feeding a crowd. There’s no need to juggle plates and pans; people can just help themselves whenever they come down to breakfast. And when everyone’s eaten, there’s only one dish to wash.
Over the years, I’ve built up a whole stack of breakfast recipes. Most of them combine typical breakfast foods like eggs, potatoes, and bacon, but with a new twist each time. And my latest twist is – pimentos!
These tasty little pickled peppers give everything a Southwestern flair. I recently used them in a Pimento Cheese Dip, and I realized that some version of this would actually go great with the classic ham-eggs-and-potatoes combo.
So I took one of my standard breakfast casserole ideas and started tinkering. A jar of pimentos, some chopped scallions, a container of sour cream, and a block of cream cheese to make it extra creamy and rich. Plus a bit of Worcestershire and just a wee bit of cayenne pepper to give it a touch of heat.
The result: a hearty, zesty breakfast casserole that will fill your guests’ bellies and bring a smile to their faces.
How to Make Pimento Cheese Breakfast Casserole
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9×13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine shredded cheese, sour cream, peppers, green onions, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne.
- Mix together until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs and pour into cheese mixture. Add ham.
- Put hash browns in prepared baking dish and pour egg mixture over top. Mix thoroughly to ensure hash browns are coated in mixture.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until the center of the casserole is set.
- Garnish with sour cream and green onion if desired.
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Pimento Cheese Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients
- 8 oz block cheddar cheese, shredded
- 8 oz sour cream
- 8 oz pimiento peppers- drained
- ½ cup chopped green onions
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- 10 eggs
- 20 oz frozen hash browns
- 2 cups cooked and diced ham
- Optional: Additional sour cream and green onion for garnish
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Mix together shredded cheese, sour cream, peppers, green onions, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne.
- In a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs and pour into cheese mixture. Add ham.
- Put hash browns in prepared baking dish and pour egg mixture over top. Mix thoroughly to ensure hashbrowns are coated in mixture.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until the center of the casserole is set.
- Garnish with sour cream and green onion if desired.
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Janet O says
This looks so good. I don’t see the shredded cheddar cheese on the ingredient list, how much do u use? Could you use already prepared pimento cheese?
Corey says
Hi Janet! There was a typo in the recipe that was just fixed!
Janet O. says
Thank you! Going to make this soon 😃