Earl Cooks 3 Meats, Eggs & Potatoes Breakfast

My first experience with a breakfast casserole was at my father's home after he remarried. My step-mom prepared what she called a 'strata', something I was unfamiliar with in the 70s and wasn't popular with "Turkey" because the eggs never seemed quite cooked. Of course, I now know what a 'strata' is but I am going to call it a casserole, just the same.
I had never prepared one before, but I felt like 'breakfast for dinner' last night and thought this might be the ticket. It might well be called 'kitchen sink breakfast casserole' because it includes several items that come straight from the fridge with little or no preparation. That makes it perfect for a weeknight meal, or when you have some ingredients you want to use up. Here's how it went...
Ingredients

• hash browns (mine were from baked potatoes)
• cheddar cheese-shredded
• 3 breakfast meats
• bacon-cooked to your liking
• smoked sausage (I used applewood-smoked) 
• ham (black forest deli style is what I used)
• 4 large eggs
• 1 medium-sized yellow onion
• Cajun seasoning
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• Japanese style panko bread crumbs-enough to cover top layer

Instructions

—as I pointed out earlier, many of my ingredients were from items I had in the fridge (baked potatoes & cooked bacon from previous meals, but these are easily cooked while preparing other items).

• Heat oven to 350℉
• Shred potatoes for hash browns. Use a coarse shred for this if possible. Line the bottom of a glass casserole or baking dish with hash browns after coating with pan-spray. Season with Cajun seasoning (or anther seasoning if Cajun is too spicy)
• Place hash brown layer in the preheated oven to par cook while preparing other items
• Dice the onion and sauté in butter for just a few minutes
• Remove lightly heated hash browns from oven (if your potatoes weren't baked previously, you may need to leave them longer). Stir lightly sautéed onion into potatoes. Top with a thin layer of cheese, about half of the cheese.
• Dice meats into about 1/4 inch dice and mix together and top the cheese.
• Top with remaining cheese
• Scramble eggs together and pour over all the rest of the layers
• Top with breadcrumbs
• Bake at 350℉ for 35-45 minutes, covering after 30 to prevent over browning

Results

Keep in mind that this is only for two people, even though we both had another serving the following day. It would easily feed 3 to 4 people. This is totally adjustable to what you like or have on hand. It would even work well with some added veggies like spinach or broccoli. Maybe i should try a vegetable-rich version next time!