southwest sausage bake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 (16 ounce) package bulk lamb sausage with sage
• 6 flour tortillas, cut into 1-inch squares
• 4 (4 ounce) cans chopped green chilies
• 2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
• 10 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon onion salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 tomatoes (or to taste), sliced

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ready Time: 10 hrs 10 mins


• heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• grease a 10x9-inch baking dish. layer half the tortilla pieces into the bottom of the prepared dish; top with 2 cans green chilies, half the cooked sausage, and half the cheese, respectively. repeat layering.
• beat eggs, milk, salt, garlic salt, onion salt, black pepper, and cumin together in a bowl; pour over the layers in the baking dish.
• cover baking dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• remove dish from refrigerator and let warm at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• bake the casserole bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. arrange a layer of tomato slices atop the casserole and continue baking until a knife inserted into the middle of the casserole comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes more. let casserole cool 10 minutes before cutting.