Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole is a breakfast packed with spicy chorizo, red and green bell pepper, yellow onion, eggs, tater tots and cheese. 
Weekend breakfast is a big deal for my family. The kids wake up asking for eggs and bacon or pancakes or some other great breakfast food to kick off the day. Breakfast casseroles are one of those items I love to make when I get up to toss in the oven while everyone gets ready for the day to enjoy a hot meal together before heading out to our busy weekend activities. They are feeling and warm the stomach making them perfect for the fall and winter season.
You may also enjoy this meaty Bacon and Sausage Breakfast Casserole.
Southwest Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
Southwest Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole has a super flavorful meat base thanks to the spicy chorizo with great color from the bell peppers that also balance out some of the spice with a sweetness. The tater tots help keep the tummy happy and full and eggs are added so the casserole all comes together. Shredded cheddar cheese adds a little sharpness on top for an all-around delicious casserole. Try adding some sour cream, salsa, hot sauce, guacamole or cilantro when serving for another level of flavor!
Tips & Tricks
Chorizo
You can use a mild or spicy chorizo depending on what your family enjoys. Just make sure to drain the excess oil that is in the pan before adding to the casserole dish. Too much oil will rise to the top when baking and may interfere with the eggs cooking up nice and fluffy inside.
Southwest Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 70 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Description
Southwest Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole is a breakfast packed with spicy chorizo, red and green bell pepper, yellow onion, eggs, tater tots and cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 pound chorizo, (mild or hot)
- 1 green bell pepper, (diced)
- 1 red bell pepper, (diced)
- 1/2 yellow onion, (diced)
- 10 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, (shredded)
- 1 pound tater tots, (frozen)
- salt
- pepper
Optional Toppings
- parsley or cilantro
- salsa
- guacamole
- hot sauce
Instructions
- Gather ingredients, cutting board, knife, pan, 2.5 quart casserole dish, aluminum foil, mixing bowl, whisk, measuring cup and kitchen utensils.
- Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Dice the bell peppers and onion.
- On stove top, brown the chorizo.
- Drain the excess fat from chorizo and then place into casserole dish.
- Mix in the diced bell peppers and onion.
- In the mixing bowl add 10 eggs, 1/2 cup of milk and salt and pepper to taste. Whisk well and add to casserole dish.
- Layer the tater tots on top of the casserole, followed by shredded cheese.
- Cover casserole with aluminum foil and cook in oven for 1 hour.
- Remove foil cover, let cook another 10 minutes.
- Let cool 5 minutes and serve with some fresh parsley or any other toppings you want!
- Category: Breakfast
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Did you Spanish or Mexican chorizo for this recipe? I found your blog using the Google search engine, and looking for some new recipes to try out. Thank you so much, Amber and Aaron!! 🙂
*Did you use Spanish or Mexican chorizo.* My apologies. LOL!!!
Mexican chorizo! Great question, didn’t even consider Spanish chorizo which isn’t popular here in the Cinci area.
Looks delicious! I love tater tot breakfast casseroles, so thanks for the recipe! I’ll definitely try it soon 🙂
Oh my God, this looks absolutely delicious! I love the southwest flavors and who doesn’t love tater tots!
Right? Everyone loves tater tots.
Totally need to try this!
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There is something about the holidays and spending time with family that screams breakfast bake to me! This is a different recipe than I have not seen before and I WILL be baking this for the holiday get together this year!
Yum what a great breakfast idea! It looks so cheesy and delicious! My husband is a huge fan of breakfast casseroles so he’s gonna die when I show him.
Sounds like the perfect Saturday morning breakfast for my crew – and actually, looking at the ingredients, it appears easily gluten free so I could eat it too!
That’s awesome!
Now this is my kind of breakfast. We would also eat this when we have breakfast for supper.
Oh yeah. We love making dishes like this for dinner. Filling and comforting.