Cheesy Hashbrown Egg Cups

5 from 3 votes

These Cheesy Hashbrown Egg Cups are the perfect brunch recipe. Crispy hashbrowns filled with eggs, sausage, cheese, and veggies...what more could you want?

Prep Time30

Cook Time22

Total Time50

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Breakfast, meal prep

Servings: cups

Ingredients

1 lb turkey or chicken breakfast links, removed from casing
2 cups shredded frozen hashbrowns, thawed
½ teaspoon salt, divided
¼ teaspoon black pepper, divided
¾ teaspoon onion powder, divided
¾ teaspoon garlic powder, divided
2 teaspoon olive oil
1.5 cups cheddar cheese, shredded, divided
8 eggs
1 cup cottage cheese
¼ cup chives, finely chopped
1 cup diced raw vegetables of choice (bell peppers, spinach, broccoli etc.)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400F and prepare a silicone muffin tray.
To a hot pan over medium- high heat add sausage meat. Cook, stirring frequently until fully cooked and no longer pink in colour. Set aside.
To a large bowl, mix together hashbrowns, ¼ teaspoon salt, ⅛ teaspoon black pepper, ¼ teaspoon onion powder, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, olive oil and 1 cup of cheese.
To each cavity of the muffin tray, add ¼ cup of hashbrown mix. Gently press the mixture down using the back of a cookie scoop or ice cream scoop to create “nests”. Bake for 20 minutes.
While the hashbrowns are cooking, add eggs, cottage cheese, the remaining ¼ teaspoon salt, ⅛ teaspoon black pepper, ½ teaspoon garlic powder and ½ teaspoon onion powder to a blender. Blend until smooth.
In a bowl, mix together cooked sausage, remaining ½ cup cheese, chives and any diced veggies or choice.
Once the hash browns are done, remove the tray from the oven and decrease the temperature to 375F. To each hashbrown cup add 2 tablespoon of the vegetable and sausage mixture. You may need to gently press this down.
Pour the egg mixture over each cup until ¼ inch from the top. Bake for 18-22 minutes or until the edges are no longer jiggly.

Notes

I am using a standard sized silicone muffin tray. If you are using a smaller tray you may need to divide this into two batches.

The sausage can be omitted or replaced with any other cooked meat of choice.

If you are looking to decrease the fat you may choose to omit the additional cheese from the vegetable mix!

*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.

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