Casseroles are a favorite easy meal for my family, especially during the busy holidays.
Easy Overnight Eggs Benedict Casserole with Creamy Hollandaise |
This Overnight Eggs Benedict Casserole is perfect for brunch and the upcoming Easter weekend because you prepare it all the night before and just bake it in the morning.
I added the last minute addition of asparagus but you can substitute chopped spinach {or no veggies} too. I have been craving this creamy Hollandaise sauce since making it in my Steak and Eggs Benedict recipe. It is simply made with egg yolks, lemon juice, and melted butter but I have seen recipes using heavy cream too if you want it thicker. I doubled the recipe here since I like lots of sauce on my casserole!
Easy Overnight Eggs Benedict Casserole with Creamy Hollandaise
Casseroles are a favorite easy meal for my family, especially during the busy holidays.
Ingredients:
- 12oz pkg English Muffins, split and chopped
- 12oz pkg Canadian Bacon, diced
- 1 bundle of asparagus
- 8 eggs, beaten
- 2 cups milk
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 tbsp chives, diced
Hollandaise Sauce:
- 4 egg yolks
- juice from one large lemon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (optional)
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
Directions:
- Grease a 13X9 baking dish.
- Add chopped English muffins to the bottom of the pan.
- Add diced bacon scattered on top.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, garlic powder, and onion powder.
- Pour on top of the bread and bacon.
- Cover and place in the fridge overnight.
- In the morning, remove casserole from the fridge.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Sprinkle paprika on top of casserole.
- Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 35 minutes.
- Wash asparagus and cut off the tips. Reserve remaining asparagus stems for use at another time.
- Remove casserole, uncover, and add asparagus tips to the top.
- Bake for 15 more minutes.
- Remove from oven and drizzle with hollandaise sauce and top with chives.
- Cut into squares and serve warm for breakfast or brunch.
For Hollandaise sauce:
- Melt the butter slowly in a small pot. Try not to let it boil – you want the moisture in the butter to remain there and not steam away.
- Add the egg yolks, lemon juice, salt, Dijon, and cayenne (optional) into a bowl. Blend the egg yolk mixture at a medium speed with an immersion blender (or use a traditional bender or a whisk) until it lightens in color, about 20-30 seconds.
- Once the yolks have lightened in color, turn the blender down to its lowest setting and drizzle in the melted butter slowly, while the blender is going until it is a smooth sauce. *You can also use a whisk and stir constantly over a double boiler.
- Serve warm.
- Can be made the night before, refrigerated, and reheated the next morning.
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