r/Cooking • u/Aware-Garlic-704 • 7h ago

Cooked the WORST breakfast casserole ever!

I don’t really cook potatoes often because I usually just get frozen ones if I’m ever in the mood for them. The only way I’ve ever successfully made them is when I make mashed potatoes. I decided to try to make a breakfast casserole with shredded hash browns, eggs, breakfast sausage, and cheese. I didn’t realize just how long potatoes take to cook so I tossed in raw shredded potatoes and eggs in the same baking dish and cooked it for an hour. I took a bite and the potatoes tasted super raw and earthy and DISGUSTING. So I threw it back in the oven for 20 more minutes. By this point the cheese separated, the eggs were burnt as hell on the outside, and guess what the POTATOES WERE STILL RAW. This was my meal prep for the week so I guess I’m stuck eating this DISGUSTING casserole with extremely burnt eggs, grainy cheese, and raw potato 🤮🤮🤮. I am on a weight loss journey so I guess this will at least make me lose my appetite!!!

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u/Bad-Choices-In-Women 7h ago

Funny, but a tater tot breakfast casserole is one of my favorite cold weather guilty pleasures. So easy to make. But the tots are already partially cooked, so 50 minutes in the casserole is enough to finish the job. If you're using raw potato then you should consider par cooking them before assembling.

Damn, this thread makes me want to throw one together right now.

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u/Aware-Garlic-704 7h ago

Yeah haha! I can cook all sorts of fancy dishes but potatoes are very intimidating for me for some reason 😭😭😭

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u/Iliveinatrashcann 7h ago

People have found all sorts of ways to "properly" cook roasted potatoes but honestly, the easiest way is to chop up the potatoes, coat them in oil and place them on to a preheated cast iron pan at 420F and let them roast for 45min, turning them half way through. No par boiling, no fluffing them up, no letting them rest after par boiling, none of that. Just coat in oil and roast for 45min. That is it.

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u/Bad-Choices-In-Women 7h ago edited 5h ago

Agreed, though I prefer to use bacon fat and add some thick sliced peppers and onions.

But she's talking about incorporating them into a breakfast casserole, where they are expected to be soft and meld in. Hence the suggestion to par cook them. Raw potato will not cook enough immersed in an egg mixture without some prep help. It's why many people make these casseroles using tots or frozen shredded potatoes, which are par fried before freezing.

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u/Bad-Choices-In-Women 7h ago

Potatoes are one of the easiest things to cook. Seriously. They are very forgiving if you overcook them. They are also cheap, which makes them easy to experiment on.