If breakfast recipes with sausage and eggs appeal to you, then my Cheddar Bay Breakfast Casserole with Sausage and Eggs has YOUR NAME on it!

Breakfast recipes with sausage and eggs abound, and none are more popular than the dish that offers a savory mouthful of both in each and every bite…plus the CRAVEABLE OBSESSION that are Red Lobster’s cheddar bay biscuits.

The great thing aside from fluffy eggs, cooked sausage and cheddar bay biscuits in this hearty casserole might just be the melty cheddar cheese. And if that sounds good, and you like things a bit zippy, also add some shredded pepper jack cheese for that little something extra.

Ingredients for Cheddar Bay Breakfast Casserole

• green onions, both white and green parts
• small, sweet peppers or bell peppers
• raw bulk sausage, hot or mild and may be any variety of beef, pork, turkey, or chicken sausage
• paprika
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• Kosher salt
• black pepper
• package of Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuit mix
• shredded cheddar cheese
• shredded pepper jack cheese *optional if you want heat
• large eggs
• cooking spray

optional

• country gravy, sausage gravy, or red eye gravy for serving
• hash browns for serving
• sliced tomatoes for serving
• hot sauce for serving

How This Recipe Came About…

About a year ago, I offered readers of Not Entirely Average an easy breakfast biscuit recipe with ham targeted at using up leftover Easter or Christmas ham. At that time, I had no idea how popular the post would become, just not for the reason or ingredient I thought.

Instead of the ‘how to use leftover ham’ question the post was geared to solve, I received more emails and direct-site feedback regarding the biscuits themselves. So, I wrote another post just about the cheesy garlic biscuits…and y’all almost broke the internet trying to print that one off.

Since that biscuit recipe, I have played around with combinations of ingredients but baked or cooked together in a casserole for the sole purpose of camping breakfast casseroles. You know, breakfast recipes with sausage and eggs. The recipe I am sharing today is the final version, however, and as it turns out, works for Sunday Brunch and holiday breakfasts such as Christmas morning.

What’s in This Cheese Biscuit Casserole Besides Cheese and Biscuits?

Here’s the run down…ready? Eggs, sausage, green onion, sweet pepper, pantry spices, and salt and pepper.

If you’re into healthy breakfasts but still want to give this a go, bulk up on the good carbs by adding roasted butternut squash cubes, roasted sweet potato cubes, blistered cherry tomatoes, broiled broccoli florets, chopped fresh kale, or chopped fresh spinach.

And if you’re avoiding butter, use olive oil in the step where you melt butter together with the Cheddar Bay herb packet that comes with the biscuit mix.

What to Serve with This Cheese Biscuit Casserole?

If you’re gonna be southern about it, slice a big ripe tomato and load it onto a serving platter. Better yet, whisk up some white gravy to serve alongside. And who could either forget or even skip breakfast potatoes???

I set all of the above out on my table along with a bottle of hot sauce and a side of salsa. I mean, you never know with hungry people, ya know what I’m saying?

How to Make Cheddar Bay Breakfast Casserole

Preheat your oven to 375°F. Spray a baking dish with cooking spray and set aside. Assemble a large sheet of parchment paper atop a baking sheet and set the baking dish directly on the parchment.

This is a good idea for two reasons; first, the baking sheet beneath catches any possible bubble-over preventing a necessary oven cleaning later on. Second, it is MUCH SAFER to add and remove a heavy casserole dish with the aid of it being on a baking sheet. It simply makes sense.

Brown Sausage

After you’ve rough chopped your green onions and red peppers, it’s time to get down to cooking, and the sausage is the first ingredient to address. You can use any variety of sausage you like as long as it’s raw, uncooked sausage when you begin.

Add to a non-stick skillet over medium heat and let it become golden brown before breaking it up and turning bigger pieces for equal surface time in the pan. Add 1/2 teaspoon each of paprika, garlic powder, and onion powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of Kosher salt and black pepper. Use a slotted spoon to remove the sausage to a bowl.

Sauté the Vegetables

Add the onions and peppers to the skillet and cook until soft, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and combine the vegetables with the sausage in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with a fourth of a cup (combined) of shredded cheddar and shredded pepper jack cheeses.

Whisk Eggs

Whisk the eggs and pour egg mixture over the sausage mixture, filling in all of the nooks and crannies. Top with another fourth of a cup (combined) of shredded cheddar and shredded pepper jack cheeses.

Place the casserole atop the parchment-lined baking sheet into the preheated oven for 15 minutes.

Mix the Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Mix the biscuits according to the package directions; cold water, shredded cheese, and add 1 tablespoon of the reserved green onions. Dissolve the herb seasoning packet in melted butter and set aside.

Remove the casserole from the oven. Increase the temperature to 425°F. Use a small cookie scoop to scoop 12 equally sized portions of biscuit dough atop the semi-baked casserole. Once the oven has come to temperature, place the casserole back into the oven for 10 minutes.

Remove the casserole once again and brush half the herb butter mixture to the tops of the biscuits. Dust the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of paprika atop the buttered biscuits, then 1 tablespoon of cheese and the remaining green onions. Place the ensemble back into the oven for another 5 to 8 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into the biscuit middles comes out clean.

Baste the Casserole

Remove the casserole from the oven. Take a moment and close your eyes and tell me how your kitchen smells! RIGHT???

Baste the remaining herb butter atop the biscuits and casserole. Let it stand for 5 minutes before serving. Then dig into some pure Southern breakfast Heaven!