This is a wonderful, thrifty, hearty breakfast option that our whole family loves.
Author: Cassie
Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 6
Ingredients
The ingredients you will need are:
1 lb. or 1 package of your own pre-cooked ground sausage or even bacon crumbles or ham cubes
1 cup of cheese of any type (sharp tastes best)
1.5 cups of Grits
5 cups of water
5 beaten eggs
½ cup of milk
Dashes of Salt, Pepper, Turmeric and Cayenne and/or dash of Frank's Red Hot Sauce
We will also sometimes add diced onion
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees
Prepare grits on the stove top like normal by bringing to a boil with the 5 cups of water and then cook until water is absorbed. Store-bought instant grits take just a few minutes, our bulk dry ones takes about 20 minutes.
Cook your sausage or defrost your frozen cooked sausage
Then combine all of the other ingredients into a bowl and stir-together
Once the grits are done, add the sausage and other ingredients into the pan and stir together
Then pour into a greased casserole dish and bake at 375 for about 30 minutes.
The top will get crispy, but the inside will stay soft.
Optional: you can add extra cheese on the top the last 5 minutes of baking!
Best served warm, but it also stores and reheats in the microwave well too (it will just be more dry)
Recipe by The Thrifty Couple at https://thethriftycouple.com/grits-breakfast-casserole-with-sausage-egg-and-cheese/