Casserole Souffle

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 12 slices sandwich bread
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 6 slices cheddar cheese
• 1/2 lb turkey (or your choice of bacon, ham, shrimp, chicken, turkey)
• 3 tablespoons red peppers
• 1/4 cup onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• 3 tablespoons mushrooms, i like fresh portabello
• 5 eggs
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup skim milk
• paprika
• seasoning salt
• salt
• pepper
• onion powder, are a few ideas

Recipe

• 1 butter/spray a 9x13 pan.
• 2 chop pepper, onion and garlic. saute pepper, onion and garlic until onion are translucent and all are tender. chop mushroom and add; saute for another minute or so. remove from heat and set aside.
• 3 while the above is cooking, prepare the layers of the casserole:.
• 4 trim the crust off 12 slices of sandwich bread.
• 5 butter one side of 6 slices of bread and put buttered side down to line the pan.
• 6 place 6 slices of cheddar cheese on top of the bread to create a second layer.
• 7 pre-cook meat until just barely cooked. cool slightly, chop and arrange meat over the cheddar cheese for the third layer. meat type is your personal preference and .5 to 1 lb can be used, again based on your preference.
• 8 (if you like you can add half of the pepper/onion saute mixture or save all for the egg mixture. i personally like adding half of the mixture here.).
• 9 butter one side of the remaining 6 slices of bread and place buttered-side up as the final layer. any cheese pieces or bread crumbs can be added on top if you want.
• 10 egg mixture:.
• 11 beat 5 eggs.
• 12 add 1 can cream of mushroom soup.
• 13 add 1 cup milk.
• 14 add onion/pepper mixture and any seasonings you like, similar to making scrambled eggs.
• 15 beat mixture completely. pour evenly over layers. cover tightly with aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight.
• 16 am - preheat oven to 325 degrees. bake casserole for 1 1/2 to 2 hours uncovered. let sit for a few minutes before slicing and serving. serving can be 6 (large portions) or 12 (smaller portions). 12 works well if serving fruit and other breakfast items.