Julia Chiles - New Mexico Style Recipes: A Complete Cookbook of Southwestern Dish Ideas!

This casserole dish contains Southwestern spices, chili peppers, hash browns, bell peppers, black beans, sausage, and eggs. Its a great breakfast you can even make ahead of time.

Makes 10 Servings

Cooking + Prep Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 pound of sausage, pork
• 1 fine-chopped onion, medium
• 1 chopped large bell pepper, red
• 1 x 15-ounce can of drained black beans
• 4 ounces of canned chili peppers, diced, green
• 1 1/2 cups of shredded cheese, cheddar
• 1/2 cup of shredded cheese, mozzarella
• 3 cups of frozen, thawed, uncooked hash browns
• 6 eggs, large
• 1/2 cup of cream, heavy
• 1 tsp. of chili powder
• 1 tsp. of cumin, ground
• 1 tbsp. of melted butter, unsalted

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375F.

2. In large sized skillet, cook the sausage and onions over med. heat till sausage has cooked through with no more pink. Add black beans, bell peppers and chili peppers. Add 1/2 tsp. of chili powder plus 1/2 tsp. of ground cumin. Mix well.

3. Add hash browns and both cheeses to mixture. Combine.

4. In small sized bowl, whisk the cream, eggs and last 1/2 of the spices.

5. Brush sides and bottom of 8 1/2 x 11 x 3 baking dish with 1 tbsp. butter.

6. Add 1/2 sausage mixture to pan. Pour 1/2 egg mixture on top evenly. Add rest of sausage mixture on top of that, and last 1/2 of egg mixture on top.

7. Leave baking dish uncovered and bake in 375F oven for 40 to 50 minutes. Casserole is done when eggs set and there is no liquid in middle. Allow dish to cool for 1/2 hour and slice to serve.