Description
Simple high protein and veggie-packed breakfast egg bake!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 tbsp olive oil or avocado oil, divided
- 1 small-medium white onion, finely diced
- 1 bell pepper, diced
- 1 lb ground chicken (can sub ground beef, ground turkey, or ground pork)
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1.5 lbs of potatoes, diced into small cubes
- 2 cups of baby spinach, roughly chopped
- 6 eggs
- 1/3 cup milk of choice
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F and grease a 9×13″ baking dish.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat with 2 tbsp of oil. Sauté onion and bell pepper, stirring occasionally, for 4-5 minutes.
- To the pan with the onion and pepper, add the ground chicken, paprika, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Cook, breaking up the meat, until no longer pink, about 5-7 minutes. Add mixture to a large mixing bowl and set aside.
- Add another tbsp of oil to the pan along with the diced potatoes over medium heat (make sure the potatoes are cut into pretty small cubes, or they will take too long to cook). Season well with salt and pepper. Sauté, stirring occasionally, for 7 minutes. Add to the same bowl with the onion, pepper, and ground meat. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk. Stir into the meat and veggies along with 1 + 1/2 cups of the cheese and the spinach.
- Pour into your greased baking dish. Top with the remaining cheese. Cover with aluminum foil** and bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 10-15 minutes. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving. Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Notes
**If you have a ceramic baking dish that comes with a lid, you can cover with that instead of foil.
This is delicious! I love how it’s not very “eggy” like most egg bakes. The flavor and seasoning is perfect. I used ground turkey and added some chopped mushrooms.
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Delicious! Perfect to have on hand for an easy breakfast the next few days. I subbed broccoli for the spinach because it was what I had on hand – still worked perfectly.
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So easy and so so delicious!! Now a weekly staple meal! Love it so much! We add hot sauce and sour cream on top and it’s perfect
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I’m asian so I usually add a lot more spices than the recipe asks for, but this recipe was well balanced and so flavorful. I pre-baked a layer of puff pastry in the dish before adding the casserole mix into it – it turned out splendid! Very filling, very heavy, definitely not watered down with wet ingredients.
I love this recipe, it’s a staple in our house 🙂
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Super simple to make and sooo delicious! I always get compliments on this one when I host brunch!
I find this recipe ironic because there is no nutritional value listed, but your website is called gathered nutrition.com. I recommend you post nutritional information, especially when you list high protein food, cuz people like to know how much protein they’re getting.
The recipe looks good though.
Add up the protein in the cheese, eggs and chicken and divide by how many servings you make total 🙂
Why don’t you list the nutritional information?
Omg. So so good!! Thank you. I’ve made this several times and am happy each time. I even found I could add 4 cups of the chopped spinach with a extra egg or two and it balances out great!
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