Mel’s Smoked Sausage Hashbrown Casserole is one of the most popular side dishes at our company potluck lunches.  So when I had a potluck of my own to attend this recipe instantly came to mind.

Smoked Beef Sausage and a can of RO*TEL give this casserole it’s flavor punch.  Cream of Chicken and Cheese Soup give it a swirl of comfort food love.  No, this recipe isn’t for the healthy eating police, but it sure is a crowd pleaser for special occasions.

Smoked Sausage Hashbrown Casserole makes a wonderful Breakfast & Brunch side dish, but is also hearty enough for a meal.

Today was my annual Thanksgiving Luncheon with my work family.  Besides looking forward to Mel’s Hashbrown Casserole, we were dreaming of the long list of favorite dishes that have become an annual tradition.  This year we have several new teammates, which meant glorious new dishes to fall in love with!! The food was incredible, but the fellowship is what I take away from the day.  Being able to spend one uninterrupted hour with my second family with no phones or fires to put out stays with me all year long.

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Smoke Sausage Hashbrown Casserole

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour

Ingredients

• 2 20- ounce bags of hashbrown potatoes either shredded or diced
• 1 stick butter melted
• 1 pkg. Hillshire Farms smoked beef sausage sliced
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 can cheese soup
• 1 can Rotel

Instructions

• Lightly brown sausage in skillet; reserve.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Add hash browns to pan and brown slightly, then combine with remaining ingredients, including sliced sausage.
• Pour into a greased casserole dish. Bake for 45 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving.

Here was a glimpse at last year’s Thanksgiving Luncheon and my fun & easy Pumpkin Torte recipe.

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Sometimes an Easy Cheesy Breakfast Casserole is all you need.

With a cup of coffee.

Recipe courtesy of Betty Crocker.  She gets me.

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Easy Cheesy Breakfast Casserole

Servings 6

Author Betty Crocker

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground sausage
• 1 medium onion diced
• 1 can diced mild green chiles or 1 jalapeno fine diced
• 2 cups shredded hash brown potatoes
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup Bisquick
• black pepper

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 9″ pie plate or casserole dish. In a medium skillet, sauté onion, chiles, and sausage until sausage is cooked through and no longer pink. Drain. Combine sausage mixture with hash brown potatoes and 1 cup shredded cheese. Pour into casserole dish.
• Whisk together eggs, milk, Bisquick, and pepper. Pour over sausage mixture.
• Bake uncovered for 30 – 35 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Sprinkle 1/2 cup shredded cheese on top and bake an additional 2-3 minutes until cheese has melted. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

I chose to make my Easy Cheesy Breakfast Casserole in a ‘Casserole’ dish, which increased the cooking time due to the thickness (40 – 45 minutes).

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I have been so excited about making ‘waffles’ out of hash browns from the time I first spotted this on Pinterest.  Today is the day we shall create a spin on the soul-food classic Chicken & Waffles.  Presenting our Chicken & Waffle Fries with Honey Dijon Syrup.

Dust off the waffle iron and let’s get ready to do this!!  Heat waffle iron to high.  Working in batches, in a medium bowl, combine 2 cups of shredded potatoes with half an onion, shredded, and 1 fine diced jalapeno.  Lay potato mixture in a non-terry cloth kitchen towel and ring to remove all excess moisture.  Then add 2 Tbl. melted butter, salt & pepper and any other seasoning you like, and stir to combine.  Brush waffle iron with canola oil before adding the potatoes.  Mound potatoes, be sure top iron is brushed with oil, then close lid and leave for at least 5 minutes before checking.  It will take about 15 minutes to get hash browns nice and brown and crispy.  Repeat for additional Waffle Fries.

For the chicken, we cut boneless skinless chicken breasts into strips and soaked them in buttermilk for an hour before coating them in a seasoned panko bread crumb and corn flake crumb mixture.  Then we pan fried them to a golden brown and served them atop our Waffle Fries with Honey Dijon Syrup.

We may never have hash browns any other way…..so crispy and well…so yum.  The combination of the tender fried chicken on top of crispy hash brown potatoes drizzled in a slightly sweet honey Dijon syrup…crazy good!!

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Chicken & Waffle Fries {with Honey Dijon Syrup}

Prep Time 1 hour hour

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Libby with Lemony Thyme

Ingredients

For the chicken tenders…

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into strips
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup panko bread crumbs
• 1/2 corn flake crumbs
• salt & pepper
• 1 cup canola or peanut oil for frying

For the waffle fries…

• 1 20 oz. pkg. shredded hash brown potatoes
• 1 small onion grated
• 2 jalapenos fine diced
• 4 Tbl. butter melted
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. pepper

For the honey Dijon syrup…

• 1/8 cup honey
• 1/8 cup Dijon mustard
• 2 Tbl. olive oil
• 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

Instructions

For the chicken tenders…

• Cut chicken breasts into strips and soak in buttermilk for one hour in refrigerator.
• Heat oil in skillet to 375 degrees.
• Combine panko and corn flake crumbs, then dip chicken strips, coating completely.
• Fry 3 strips at a time, turning once, until done. Recommended internal temp. is 165 degrees, although we cook to less and let rest and rise to temp.

For the waffles…

• Heat waffle iron to high and coat with canola oil.
• Working in batches, combine 2 cups of shredded potatoes, with 1/2 shredded onion, and 1 fine diced jalapeno pepper at a time. Lay on a non-terry kitchen towel, then roll and squeeze out excess liquid.
• Add melted butter and seasoning, then mound onto oiled waffle iron, spreading slightly. Cook on high until nicely browned, about 15 minutes. Wait at least 5 minutes before checking.

For honey Dijon syrup…

• Whisk all ingredients and pour over chicken and waffles.

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