I made this baked potato casserole last night for dinner and it was so stinkin’ awesome, I’m making it again as soon as I get my hands on another head of broccoli.
The Handsome Husband had 3 servings and couldn’t stop talking about how good this dish was. Simple food baby, that’s what I’m talking about!
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 head broccoli, chopped into small florets
3 sweet sausages, sliced { I used Aidells chicken apple sausage}
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
1 cup Monterrey jack cheese, shredded {thanks Francisco!}
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter a 9×13 casserole dish and set aside.
In a medium saucepan, bring 1 cup of water to a boil. Toss in potatoes and boil/steam for 5-7 minutes or until softened. Add broccoli and boil/steam together for 1 minute. Drain water and place potatoes and broccoli on a large cookie sheet.
Saute sweet sausage in olive oil until browned. Place sausage on cookie sheet with potatoes and broccoli. Sprinkle spices and garlic over the potato/broccoli/sausage mixture and toss together.
Place mixture in a buttered 9×13 casserole dish and cover with shredded cheese.
Cover casserole dish with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and serve.
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Sounds delicious – and I’ll be if there were leftovers, they’d have been even more fabulous!
Love the dish, too!
Would it taste just as good without the sausage? My daughter is a vegetarian and I think I’ll try it minus the meat.
I’m sure it would.
Maybe add some mushrooms or other veggies instead of the sausage.
It should be fine without the sausage. It already has 3 cups of cheese so there is plenty of protein. Litelife makes good fake sausage in a couple different flavors that you could add if you wanted. If she eats mushrooms thick slices would mimic the sausage slices.
Thanks for the suggestions!
OMG. I tried this tonight because I thought it looked “pretty good.” I may never cook anything else again. This is awesome.
Ha! We LOVED it too.
I’m not big on sausage but would need to put some meat in it for the guys. What would be the best substitute?
I tried it with ham. The guys liked it, but it was a little too spicy for me.
This dish was YUUUUMMMY and toddler approved! (Win-win!!) My 1 yr and 2 yr old gobbled it up! Thanks for sharing, Mavis!
Yay! We loved it too.
Tried it tonight combined with a pantry challenge. Used hamburger, and had no broccoli but caramelized onion instead, used sour cream as a topping after it came out. Used some small red potatoes I canned last summer. YUMMMM! All liked it and 7 of the 9 at home for dinner loved it. Thank you.
The spouse whipped this up tonight w/ some potatoes and broccoli that needed to be used, some marked down Jennie O Italian sausages and cheese out of free Kraft Fresh Takes and he and the sons said it was yummy so thanks! My youngest son was especially fond of the cheese cascading over the broccoli lol
Made this last night, it was a hit! I used garden potatoes and Johnsonville chicken apple sausage I got for cheap at Safeway. Sadly there are no leftovers. Thanks for another great recipe! I have tried many things you have posted and ave never been let down.
I’m thinking I may need to make it in a bigger pan next time too!
I’m glad you liked it.
We tried this last night and it was awesome! I used Johnsonville apple chicken sausages. Didn’t have shredded Monterrey Jack – substituted slices of Pepper Jack. They melted just fine, it was so good. Keep the comfort food coming!
Yay! I’m glad you liked it.
Tried this in the crockpot today. Don’t cut corners the cheese burnt
now the real casserole is in the oven.