Description
Sausage Gravy Casserole is a hearty breakfast casserole made with biscuits, sausage gravy, eggs, and cheese baked together until golden and bubbly. It’s an easy make-ahead recipe that’s perfect for feeding a crowd, holiday breakfasts, weekend brunch, or breakfast for dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound ground breakfast sausage
- (1) 8-count refrigerated biscuits
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- red pepper flakes, pinch
- 2 cups whole milk
- 6 large eggs
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
- In a large skillet, cook and crumble the ground sausage until fully cooked. Drain and set aside.
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan, then whisk in flour and cook for 1–2 minutes.
- Add salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes, then slowly whisk in the milk.
- Cook on medium heat, whisking often, until the gravy thickens.
- Cut the biscuits into quarters and layer them in the prepared baking dish.
- Stir about ¼ of the sausage into the gravy.
- Sprinkle the remaining sausage over the biscuits, then top with shredded cheese.
- In a bowl, whisk together 6 eggs and heavy cream, then pour over the casserole.
- Pour the gravy evenly over everything.
- Bake for 35–40 minutes, until cooked through. (Check the center with a fork to ensure the biscuit dough is done.)
- Let sit for 5 minutes before cutting and serving.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 240
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 423.4 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Carbohydrates: 5 g
- Fiber: 0.1 g
- Protein: 14.1 g
- Cholesterol: 132.6 mg