SERVES: 8 – 10 people | READY IN: 1 hour | COOKING SURFACE: 13″ Square Dutch Oven + Woodwind Pellet Grill 

Make mom something special this Mother’s Day. Her taste buds will run wild when she takes a bite into your homemade Dutch Oven Breakfast Casserole. Better yet, bring her breakfast in bed. Don’t forget the hot coco or coffee!

 

INGREDIENTS:

• 12 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 lb pork sausage
• ½ lb ham, diced
• ½ onion, diced
• 1 large red pepper, diced
• 1 large orange pepper, diced
• 2 lbs hash browns
• 2 cups shredded jack cheese
• Chives
• Sour Cream
• Pico de Gallo or salsa
• Salt and pepper

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Preheat your smoker to 350°F.
• While it’s preheating, whisk eggs and milk in a large mixing bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
• Once grill is preheated, brown sausage and cook onion in the dutch oven.
• Add hash browns, chopped peppers, and ham.
• Stir occasionally until peppers are tender and hash browns are crisp.
• Add a layer of shredded cheese.
• Pour egg mixture over peppers and hash browns.
• Coat with cheese and cover dutch oven.
• Cook for 1 hour (or until eggs are firm and cheese begins to brown.)
• Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

 

TO SERVE:

• Serve warm and top with sour cream, Pico de Gallo, or salsa as desired.

 

VARIATIONS:

We encourage you to get creative with your recipes! Feel free to use a spicy sausage base,  mushrooms, extra cheese, bread chunks, and more!

If you don’t already have a smoker, get one here! But until then: preheat your convectional oven to 350°F, prepare the casserole per the recipe above, and bake for 1 hour (or until eggs are firm and cheese begins to brown.)

Tell us how your Dutch Oven Breakfast Casserole turned out in the comment section below!