This French Fry Casserole may not be exactly good for you, but it sure is good. This is something I threw together from what I happened to have on hand, so you could definitely vary the ingredients to use up some of your own refrigerator and pantry contents. I used french fries because I happened to have some in my freezer, but you could probably use frozen hash browns or even chop up some potatoes. I used Great Value seasoned fries (again, what I had), but other varieties should work fine. Feel free to experiment.
French Fry Potato and Egg Casserole
8 servings ---I doubled this and did 2 13x9 pans, which fed all 6 of us with leftovers for lunch
Ingredients:
- 16 oz (or so, my scale is broken so I didn’t actually weigh them and they came from a huge 4 lb bag) frozen potatoes
- 1/2 large onion, finely chopped
- 3-4 oz ham, chopped (could sub cooked bacon or sausage)
- 1/4 bag of fresh spinach, chopped
- 1/4 cup julienned sundried tomatoes (optional, I had these on hand)
- 1-1/2 to 2 cups shredded cheddar
- 5 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- fresh ground pepper to taste
Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 350 F. Spray a 13 x 9 pan with non-stick spray or butter with butter.
- Mix together in the pan: fries, onion, ham, spinach, and sundried tomatoes. I layered the ingredients in that order in the pan and then mixed them with my hands.
- Sprinkle the cheese over the top.
- Beat the eggs,milk, and pepper together, then pour evenly over the ingredients in the pan. They will not be covered with the egg mixture.
- Bake uncovered for about 1 hour. The fries should be tender when you jab them with a fork, and the whole thing will be bubbly and golden on top. It will be crispy on the top and at the edges and tender inside.
- Enjoy!
Note: I will probably leave the tomatoes out next time, but only because one of my kids isn’t crazy about sundried tomatoes.
What is your favorite “pantry” recipe?
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it was funny Susan... I read this recipe to my hubby and he said ham! HAM! And the cat started meowing at him!!! :)
ReplyDeleteHa! So does that mean that they like ham or that the thought of ham is totally ridiculous? :)
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