Southwestern Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground lamb sausage
• 4 scallions, diced, reserving 2/3 of the diced green tops
• 2 (7 ounce) cans diced mild green chilies
• 6 slices approximately sourdough french bread
• 1 1/2 cups colby-monterey jack cheese
• 1 small roma tomato, seeded, diced into 1/4-inch dice
• 10 eggs
• 1 cup half-and-half

Recipe

• 1 fry sausage until browned and almost cooked through.
• 2 add scallion bottoms along with 1/3 of the green tops and cook until meat is thoroughly cooked.
• 3 turn off heat.
• 4 add chilies and mix well.
• 5 spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• 6 place the bread slices into the dish to cover bottom.
• 7 pour sausage mixture evenly over bread.
• 8 spread cheese evenly over sausage.
• 9 sprinkle reserved diced green scallion tops and tomato over cheese.
• 10 in a separate bowl, beat eggs and add half-and-half.
• 11 pour over casserole.
• 12 cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• 13 preheat oven to 350°f
• 14 bake casserole for 35 minutes.
• 15 cover with aluminum foil and continue to bake another 15 minutes.
• 16 remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes before serving.