The holidays are here and often times that means some overnight company. But have no fear! Regardless if they’re planned guests or folks that drop by last minute, I’ve got the absolute perfect dish to whip up the next morning for breakfast or brunch!
My Bacon and Eggs Tater Tot Casserole is cheesy, crispy, bacony perfection! It starts and ends with Kiolbassa Smoked Meats’ delicious Dry Cured Hickory Bacon. It’s a thick-cut, slow-crafted, naturally-smoked bacon that has no water added, so it doesn’t shrink like some other bacon. It gives this dish the perfect amount of smoky flavor!
Add to it layers of crispy tater tots, scrambled eggs, cheese, and green onions and you’ve got a complete breakfast! I absolutely love to top this with some salsa and sometimes even a dollop of sour cream. It really adds some great flavor to the dish. I just know you and your guests are gonna love this one! And it’s super easy!
Trying to find Kiolbassa close to you? Just use the product locator on their website to find it in stores. Just a hint: The bacon comes in a Peppered variety, too! YUM! Y’all enjoy!
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Bacon & Eggs Tater Tot Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 (1.25-pound) package Kiolbassa Hickory bacon
- 1 (32-ounce) package frozen Tater Tots
- 8 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 green onions, (chopped)
- 1 (8-ounce) package shredded colby jack cheese
- salsa for serving
Instructions
- Cook the bacon until crisp and drain on paper towels. Crumble and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Line the bottom of the baking dish with the tater tots.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, salt, and pepper. Add half of the bacon, half of the green onions, and half of the cheese and stir well. Pour the mixture evenly over the tater tots.
- Bake uncovered for 45 to 50 minutes or until the eggs are set and the tater tots are heated through. Sprinkle with the remaining half of the bacon, green onions, and cheese. Return the dish to the oven and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until the cheese has melted. Serve warm topped with salsa.
* If nutritional values are provided, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands used. The values do not include optional ingredients or when ingredients are added to taste. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, I recommend grabbing your favorite brands and plugging those ingredients into an online nutritional calculator.
This post is sponsored by my friends at Kiolbassa Smoked Meats, but all thoughts and opinions are my own – just as always.
Annette
I am trying this tonight minus the bacon for a Friday night Lenten meal. Thanks for the super supper idea, Stacey!
Sure hope y’all enjoy it!
Courtney
We love it! This worked really well. We did 375 for 40 minutes turning it halfway through and adding a few more toppings on the top just for aesthetics, and it worked great. Thank you! Oh, we also had to add some hashbrown patties because we didn’t have enough tots and it worked great, too. 🙂
So glad to hear it turned out great for you!
Cathy Allebach
I apologize if this has already been asked an answered, but can it be made the night before?
I’m honestly not sure, Cathy. I’ve not tested that. It will likely “work”, but I worry about the tots getting soggy and not crisping up with an overnight soak in the eggs like that. Someone else has tried it and can chime in and offer help.
BUCK MURRAY
I love these ingredients. I have a question, the egg mixture was still a bit liquid in the middle of the casserole. I did the recipe as written. Any advice on making sure my eggs are cooked without burning the whole thing?
A little more time in the oven – even just 5 minutes or so – will likely fix that right up.
Kerri Maddox
What is Kiolbassa bacon? Thank you
Kiolbassa is a brand of bacon. Other brands will work as well.
Cynthia
Sounds great- could I use sweet potato tots?
Absolutely! Sounds delicious! Enjoy!
Karol Hattok
A+! The best breakfast casserole I’ve ever made! And so simple too! Even my picky grandkids love it and ask for seconds.
That’s great to hear, Karol! Thanks for letting me know!
Monica Ousley
How many people does this recipe serve?
It depends on the serving size, but I’d think you could comfortably feed 6 (or more) with this.
E
Do you happen to know how much is considered a serving and what the nutritional facts are of that serving? Thank you. It was delicious. Had it this morning for Christmas breakfast!
I don’t have those calculations done for this recipe yet, but we’re working on adding estimates to all our recipes. Glad you enjoyed it!
Karyn Kakuk
New to your recipes. Think I can 1/2 recipe for only two people
Welcome! Yes, that should work just fine in an 8×8. Enjoy!
Jenny
Super easy! Super tasty! Super breakfast!
Love hearing that!
Taylor
I added a layer of black beans, used heavy cream instead of milk, while adding in some tomatoes and black olives! Came out great!
Sounds delicious!!
KD
LOVE this! I cooked my tots in the air fryer first to get them crips, then followed the rest of the steps the second time I made this. Love it both ways.
Tara Talmage
This looks delicious! Can it be made the night before?
DeeBray
Very good. Made for the first time this morning and just took two bites. A winner. I only had 4 eggs so used egg whites (kind that come in a carton) and it turned out fine. I halved the bacon because I felt the flavor would be overpowering (great for my family’s taste) and topped with pico de gallo. Love that this is versatile and the proportions are spot on.
Love the pico idea! Glad y’all enjoyed it!
Lesa Martin
Awesome 👌
Family loved it!!!
So, freaking easy! Ty!
Sweet! I’m so glad to hear it!
Helena Heppard
Perfectly delicious! And super easy! I use Hormel Black Label real chopped bacon to make it even easier. So yummy!!
Perfect shortcut! Glad to hear you’ve enjoyed it!
Sandy
Wow!! This was delicious! I’ve made it twice. The first time, I followed your recipe but used mini tater tots and they crisped up nicely. Last night, I added sautéed green pepper and onion, and a mixture of shredded Colby Jack, Mozzarella and Mexican Blend. The regular size tater tots and they didn’t get as crispy, but that was okay with us!!
So glad to hear y’all enjoyed it, Sandy!! I’m going to have to try the mini tots!
Rosemary
Delicious recipe I didn’t have any milk so I improvised and used carnation cinnamon vanilla coffee creamer and I used Canadian bacon no onion and Colby Jack cheese. I did bake tots first in oven until crispy and I also crisped Canadian bacon too and added a tablespoon real maple syrup to the crisped up bacon. I used a dozen eggs and 3/4 cup creamer 8 oz sliced Colby Jack cheese diced and 1 of Canadian bacon diced. Delicious we love it! It’s a keeper!
Glad to hear it turned out great for you!
KendallC
Amazing! Was SUCH a hit at my brunch. Super easy and delish. I added a tiny bit of cayenne for a tad more flavor.
Love it! So glad to hear y’all enjoyed it!
Hannah
Soo good! I also added 2 cans of green chilis since we didn’t have any salsa to serve it with.
Yum! Sounds amazing! glad it turned out great for you!
KF
I was a little skeptical having never had a ‘hotdish’ and unsure of how a frozen tater tot casserole would go over. But it turned out great!! I replaced the bacon with a two bell peppers and used significantly less cheese, and it was still quite tasty. It was so hearty and easy to make, and this lends itself to so many varieties to experiment with.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Maxine Galindo
Everyone loveddddddddd it! Followed the recipe and it was perfect
Fantastic! I’m so glad to hear everyone enjoyed it!
Sharon Howell
Can I fry and crumble bacon the night before? It would save time in the morning.
Absolutely!
Amy
Can you make this the night before?
I wouldn’t recommend it as the tater tots get pretty soggy with the eggs. That said, I know of other readers who have and loved it. If you really need to do that, I’d bake it through the night before and reheat the next morning.
Kelly Imbody
I want to try this!!! Do I thaw the tater tots before putting in the 9×13?
There’s no need to the them, but they will kind of thaw as you prep the dish.
Jess
Made 2 of these casseroles for a large group, added green pepper to one and made the other exactly as the recipe called for…. so tasty! Didn’t have a tot leftover. Thank you! So good!
Awesome! So glad everyone enjoyed them!!
Y.O
I gotta say THANK YOU!! for this recipe!! It was not only quick and easy but Very delicious and everyone loved it. I’m iffy about doing recipes i find online because alot of them are complicated and not much flavor in them. But this I’ll give it a 5 star, everyone needs to try this for their family highly guarantee they’ll love it.
Thanks so much, Y.O! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!!
Renotta Mayo
Hello. What size pan can I use to half this recipe?
Jen
I replaced with normal bacon, tomatoes and spinach. Came out fantastic! Thanks for the recipe. The key is having the right number of eggs.
So glad y’all enjoyed it!!
Alison
I’m going to make this for Brinner but instead of bacon I’m going to use ground sirloin! We’ll see how it turns out I’m excited ????
Sounds delish! Let me know how it turns out!
Kim
Yum! I’m going to try this!
Hope you’ll enjoy!
Jeanne T.
Shouldn’t the tater tots be baked a bit so they are crispy before pouring the egg mixture on? I would think they would be soggy?
Well, they’re going to get a a little soggy anyway. They are actually par-fried then flash frozen before they are packaged so they’re precooked when you get them. You’re welcome to try it though. 🙂
Dianna
My husband makes this and ALWAYS pre-cooks the tater tots in the air fryer. Doing this decreases the cooking time substantially. Also the tater tot’s don’t get soggy. This is the way we will always make a tater tot casserole from now on. If you have an air fryer give it a try. Or just pre-cook them in the oven and see what you think.
What a great idea! I will definitely have to try this!
Pat
If tater tots are cooked prior, how much shorter for cooking time?
It won’t really reduce the cook time by much as the other things will need to cook as well.
George Lee
I agree with precooking the tots. Then the only thing left to cook is the eggs. And they only need to be cooked to set. Also, rather than putting all the tots on bottom, I put half and add the other half suspended in the top layer. This also increases crispness due to the tops of some of the tots remaining above the surface. The recipe is great. The process can be I’m proved.
Glad you enjoyed it, George!
Virginia C
Could this be combined the night before and cooked in the morning?
While there are a bunch of breakfast casseroles out there like that, I really like this one better when it’s made fresh.
Joe
Looks great, would like to make for Christmas morning. How many servings do you think this makes?
It really depends on the serving size and how hungry your guests are. I would be comfortable feeding about 6 with this – maybe a few more if there was other food on the menu.
Joe
Thank you, sir! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Jenna
this just might be Christmas breakfast!! The bacon sounds wonderful!
Sounds perfect to me!!