Take-out Tuesday, Green Chili Strata with Bacon Roses

the Painted Apron

11 years ago

This might just be the easiest and fastest breakfast casserole you will ever make

It literally takes maybe 5 whole minutes 🙂

Oh yeah, and like all good breakfast casseroles you do it ahead of time 🙂

You layer the tortillas with cheese and green chiles and then pour egg milk mixture over all

Everyone always loves it 🙂

You can serve it with Bacon Roses

Cut each bacon slice in half and roll up and place in a mini muffin pan

Place pan on a baking sheet just in case there’s an overflow

Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes until crispy

Remove from pan and drain. Some of the pieces might still be not quite done, but you can finish them by putting them in the microwave for a 10-20 second stint

I made these the day before the party and reheated them in small batches in the microwave. This crisped the still fatty areas, and brought them to room temperature for the buffet.

It’s hard to resist a bacon rose 🙂

Green Chile Strata

Garnish this easy cheesy strata with bacon roses for a tasty brunch!

Course Breakfast, Brunch, Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword breakfast casserole, brunch dish, easy egg bake, green chili strata, Tex-Mex strata

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 50

Servings 6

Ingredients

6 large size flour tortillas
1 4 oz can chopped green chilies drained
3 cups grated Mexican blend cheese
8 eggs beaten
2 c 2% milk
1 cup 1/2 n 1/2

Instructions

Grease 13×9 and cover bottom with 2 tortillas, tearing in pieces to make a layer, sprinkle with 1/3 chiles then 1/3 cheese. Repeat layers. Beat eggs with milk and salt and pepper and pour over layers. Cover and refrigerate overnight
Bake 350 45-60 min., until puffed and golden and set in the middle. Cool 5 to let set before cutting into squares. Serves 8-12

Notes

Note: Normally I recommend grating your own cheese, but in this case the pre-shredded kind is fine

Options:

Add cooked and crumbled chorizo sausage

Serve with a dollop of salsa and sour cream on top

Bacon Roses

a fancy way to serve bacon

Course Breakfast, Brunch, condiment

Cuisine American

Keyword bacon, bacon rolls, bacon roses, brunch

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Servings 24 roses

Equipment

mini muffin pan

Ingredients

12 slices bacon cut in half down the center

Instructions

Roll each half slice into a loose roll and place in a muffin tin well.
Bake at 400 for 30-35 minutes until cooked through and crispy.
Drain well on paper towels.
If any of the rolls aren’t quite done, finish them in the micorwave, wrapped in paper towels in batches, cooking at 10 second intervals, until done.
These can be made a day ahead and rewarmed before serving. Makes 24 roses, plan on 2-3 per person

Notes

You can also cook the bacon strips ans as soon as your remove them from the pan, quickly pat them with paper towels and then roll up into “roses” while they’re still warm

This strata with bacon roses was part of a recent Goodie Swap brunch

I will be sharing the rest of the recipes over the next few days, all the recipes are fast, fabulous, and guaranteed to make you the hostess with the mostess 🙂