Classic Breakfast Casserole

Classic Breakfast Casserole

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs sausage
• 2 lbs frozen hash browns
• 8 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• salt and pepper

Instructions:

• Put 10 briquettes on the bottom of the oven and fry the sausage until well done. While the sausage is cooking, whisk the eggs and milk in a separate bowl and set aside. Remove cooked sausage and place in a bowl.
• Pour in the vegetable oil and lightly brown the hashed browns. It works best if you leave the hash browns for quite some time only flipping occasionally. Once they are lightly browned, spread over bottom of dutch oven and compress. Then salt and pepper that layer generously. 
• Spread the sausage over the hash browns and salt and pepper that layer generously. Then pour the egg and milk mixture over the two layers. Pour it slowly and evenly over the whole casserole otherwise a hole of egg will create and won't cook evenly. Then add the shredded cheese and salt and pepper again.
• Put the lid on the dutch oven and put 16 briquettes on top. Add 4 more to the bottom. Cook for 30 minutes until the eggs are fully done. Test the very middle with a spoon to see if it is done. Take off heat and serve!