I take a smaller portion to pair with a salad as a “side” rather than a main. Then, the leftovers are split between the Godfather and myself for the second meal. We all eat the first time, usually just the casserole. When I make this dish, we end up with about 2 meals. These are based on my family, whom I consider moderate/standard in terms of portion sizes served.
Since scaling the recipe, we have made it several times, and here are my natural observations on serving sizes. Only, I wouldn’t serve this as a stand-alone dish to 6 older children/adults and expect everyone to be satisfied. Surprisingly, this was a challenging question for me to answer. You have SO much room for variation, AND can even assemble in advance and bake later. There are a few other things in there, but these are the main components. This is an easy to assemble breakfast dish that consists of frozen tater tots, eggs, cheese, and protein. And now we have a reason to enjoy cheesy tater tot bacon goodness even without the whole extended family in town! There was no way I was going to make a 9×13-inch breakfast casserole for the Godfather, a toddler, and myself.īut ideas have a way of sticking around, and it’s always fun to play with scaling recipes. Because, like many baked breakfast recipes, they’re designed to feed a crowd! I saw the dish over FaceTime, she gave me a general breakdown of the recipe.ĭid I run to the kitchen and make one? No.
She was at her in-laws some years ago and they were making a casserole for breakfast. I actually first heard about this from my baby sister. We can chat over this recipe.Īnyway, my fascination with regional linguistics aside, this is a really good breakfast casserole! I mean, can you really go wrong with cheese, tater tots, and bacon?Īlso, I’m from the Southeast, every recipe like this is a casserole. Dialects in the United States are fascinating, darlings. This small-batch breakfast casserole is perfectly scaled to feed 2, 4, or 6!įirst of all, did you know some people call a tater tot breakfast casserole a breakfast hot dish? I was this year years old when I learned the term hot dish! It’s an American upper-midwestern way of referring to a one-dish meal casserole. Enjoy a cheesy tater tot breakfast casserole even when you’re only cooking for a few people.
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