Sausage and Potato Casserole

Sausage and Potato Casserole

4 brats or mild sausage

1/2 cup crumbled Bacon

4 potatoes

1 onion diced

6 strips of bacon diced

2-3 carrots 1/4" slices (optional)

⅓ cup Olive Oil

1½ tsp salt

1 TBS fresh Ground Pepper

1 TBS Paprika

4 cloves Garlic

For the Topping

1 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese

1 cup diced Green Onion (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven 450 degrees

1) In a large bowl mix Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper, Paprika

2) Cube the potatoes & add to the bowl

3) Coat a 9x13 dish with cooking spray

4) Add potatoes to the bowl and toss in the sauce. Remove the potatoes from the bowl and put them in the pan. Try to leave some of the sauce because you will use it later.

5) Bake the potatoes for 45 minutes, stir every 15 minutes

6) While the Potatoes are baking, slice the sausages into bite sized pieces and add it to the bowl that had the potatoes with the left over sauce and stir it around .

7) Cook the diced bacon, until crisp, add the onion and cook unit browned, then for 1 minute add the garlic. 

8) Mix together cheese,  green onion in a small separate bowl

9) Once potatoes are done, add the uncooked sausage, and the bacon onion mixture and carrots if using them.Cover with the cheese mixture topping.

10) Bake for 15 minutes or until the sausage is cooked.