Chili Relleno Casserole is one of my family’s favorite meals. It is quick and easy to make and everyone loves it. So, it seemed natural to turn the same basic idea into a breakfast version.
I simply replaced the ground beef with ground breakfast sausage and it was delicious. This works great for a breakfast or brunch, but also works well for breakfast for dinner.
Yield: 8 servings
Breakfast Chili Relleno Casserole
Breakfast Chili Relleno Casserole is the perfect, breakfast, brunch, or breakfast for dinner recipe.
Prep Time
6 minutes
Cook Time
37 minutes
Total Time
43 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground breakfast sausage
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
- 2 cans (4 ounces each) chopped green chilies
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1- 8 ounce can tomato sauce
Instructions
- In a skillet brown ground breakfast sausage. Add green pepper and cook until pepper is tender.
- Add green chilies, salt, and spices to meat mixture and set aside.
- In a bowl combine eggs and milk.
- In a 9 x13 pan layer 1/2 of meat and about 1/2 cup cheddar cheese and 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese.
- Add another layer of meat and another layer of cheese. Leave remaining cheese to use on top after baking.
- Pour egg milk mixture over the top of the cheese.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and spread tomato sauce over top. Then sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake for 7 more minutes.
- Remove from oven and let sit about 10 minutes before serving.
- Enjoy!
Notes
If you are gluten free be sure to read labels to make sure that your ingredients are gluten free.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 468Total Fat: 36gSaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 197mgSodium: 1141mgCarbohydrates: 7gFiber: 1gSugar: 3gProtein: 29g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
too funny you posted this recipe–we made the original chili relleno casserole and my husband said that sometime we should make it with sausage for a breakfast variety. it was delicious and i’m sure this version will be too!
Drain the canned chilis?
I don’t usually drain them unless they is a lot of liquid. Most cans of green chilis only have a little bit, so it doesn’t make a lot of difference. If there is a lot of liquid though you can drain some off. I hope that you enjoy the recipe!
Yes, we did! This was actually the second time I made the recipe but the first time I didn’t have the green chilis so I used some pepperoncini that I had on hand, which worked very well. This time I did have the green chilis and it’s true that there is very little liquid — so I did use it.