1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large skillet, add a drizzle of oil and sausage. Break up sausage and brown it well, cooking for 4-5 minutes over medium-high heat.

2) Add diced onion and pepper to the sausage and cook for another 1-2 minutes until veggies soften. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in green chiles and remove from heat.

3) Whisk eggs together with milk, paprika, and red chile flakes. Roughly chop tortilla strips and grate cheese.

4) In an 8x8 baking dish, spread out about a third of the tortilla strips. Then top with half of the sausage mixture and half the cheese. Pour in half of the egg mixture. Repeat: tortillas, sausage, cheese, eggs. Top the dish with the last 1/3 of the tortilla strips.
5) Bake the casserole at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until the egg is set in the center of the dish. Remove and let cool slightly.
6) Serve casserole while hot with fresh chives.

The Sausage Part

I used a bulk breakfast sausage for my tortilla breakfast casserole which was already laced with lots of spices and flavor. I know it had some spice to it, some herbs like sage and maybe even a little maple syrup.

I think you could use any sausage really though. If you use just plain ground pork, be sure to add some herbs and spices to it while it cooks. Cooking sausage for Tortilla Breakfast Casserole
Any sausage will do the trick.

Brown the sausage off in a skillet over medium-high heat. It's probably
a good idea to add a small drizzle of oil although as the sausage cooks, some of the fat will render out also.

Once it's looking nice and browned, add in the onions and peppers. Onions and peppers.

Adding veg.

Then stir in the green chiles once the veggies soften a bit. The sausage should be completely cooked at this point.
Oh, and your house will smell good. Sorry for partying. Cooked sausage mixture for Tortilla Breakfast Casserole.
Smellin' good.

Tortilla Time

If you wanted to get fancy you could roll this filling in the tortilla and make actual breakfast enchiladas. That's a lot of work though. This method is better.

Just chop those suckers up. You want big, uneven chunks though. Tortilla strips.

Rough chop.

To make the casserole, layer in some corn strips and top with about half of the sausage mixture and cheese.

Layering Tortilla Breakfast Casserole.

Layers of awesome.

Then whisk your eggs together with the paprika, red pepper flakes, and milk. Pour about half of that over the casserole. Eggs added.

Spicy eggs!

Repeat with more corn strips, sausage, cheese, and eggs and then sprinkle the extra corn strips right on top.
As this bakes, the eggs will puff up and cover most of the casserole but the strips on top will get super crispy. baking breakfast casserole.

Ready to bake!
Baking the Tortilla Breakfast Casserole

This delicious creation will need to bake at 350 degrees F. for 35 minutes or so. The eggs in the center should be just set and the strips on top should be browned and crispy.

It's a thing of beauty!
breakfast casserole done.

Love those crispies!

Fresh chives finish the Tortilla Breakfast Casserole off. I couldn't wait to dig in.

Tortilla Breakfast Casserole is half breakfast casserole, half enchilada dish. This baked sausage and egg dish is a favorite of mine. Prepare it the night before or day of. It has just enough cheese and crispy tortilla toppings!