Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
CrockPot Breakfast Casserole
CrockPot Breakfast Casserole brings together hash browns, bacon, and cheddar. Leave the resting or standing step in place when planning the finish. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 360 min
- Total
- 380 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 13 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Breakfast
- Primary protein
- Pork
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Slow cooker
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 16–30 minutes · Total: over 60 minutes
- Budget (estimated)
- Low cost
- Dish type
- Casseroles
A few quick notes
1. Keep the resting step
Leave the resting or standing step in place when planning the finish. Use that moment to get the serving things ready, and follow the method before cutting, stirring or serving.
2. Keep the lid step in mind
Have the lid or covering ready before you need it. Follow the covered and uncovered parts of the method in their own order, especially when the finish changes partway through.
3. Choose the slow-cooker schedule first
Read the setting and cooking time in the full method before deciding when to start. Keep the finishing steps in view as well, so the dinner fits the day you have.
Get to know the ingredients
Hash browns
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Place half the hash browns, meat, onions, peppers, and cheese in the slow cooker.
Bacon
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: If using bacon or sausage, cook and crumble.
Cheddar
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: If using bacon or sausage, cook and crumble.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
Check ingredients as you prepare them. These checks stay on this page.
How to make it
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Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Once cooked, uncover and let the casserole rest for 15 minutes. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Have the whisking step ready
Set out the ingredients for the whisking step together. Follow that part of the preparation before moving to the next cooking or mixing stage.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the slow cooker. Read the first preparation step before you get going: If using bacon or sausage, cook and crumble.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Leave the resting or standing step in place when planning the finish. Use that moment to get the serving things ready, and follow the method before cutting, stirring or serving.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: Once cooked, uncover and let the casserole rest for 15 minutes.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Set out the ingredients for the whisking step together. Follow that part of the preparation before moving to the next cooking or mixing stage.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Spend With Pennies. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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