Last Updated on April 26, 2026 by Deliciously Organic Editor
A slow cooker sausage breakfast casserole is a great recipe to make for lazy weekends, when family is visiting or during the holidays.
It’s a combination of shredded russet potatoes, sausage, cheese, eggs and a bit of seasoning. You combine it all the night before, set the slow cooker to low and wake up to a hot breakfast for the entire family. It even stays warm for the ‘late risers’.
Slow Cooker Sausage Breakfast Casserole (Gluten-Free)
You can use different cheeses or add some of your favorite herbs and spices to this recipe. If you prefer, you can serve with sour cream. Adapted from Jimmy Dean.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: Serves 10
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
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- 6 large russet potatoes, shredded
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons Celtic sea salt
- 1 pound spicy raw breakfast sausage (you can also use ground pork or chicken and add some herbs and spices)
- 12 large eggs, whisked
- 12 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
- 6 green onions, chopped
Instructions
- Place shredded russets in the bowl of the slow cooker. Pour butter overtop and season with sea salt.
- Toss to combine. Using your hands, place small pieces of sausage in an even layer over the top of the potato mixture.
- Pour whisked eggs overtop. Sprinkle evenly with cheese. Cook on low for 8 hours. Serve with green onions.
How many eggs do you add?
So sorry! I definitely have Christmas break on the brain! 🙂 I made the edit. You add 12 eggs.
Can the sausage be the “raw” ground type purchased in a sleeve of sorts, as opposed to precooked links, for example? Will the sausage end up being cooked, without being browned before going into the crockpot?
It should be raw ground-type sausage. Yes, the sausage will be cooked in the morning. 🙂
Sorry- cooked or uncooked sausage? Thanks in advance!
Uncooked. 🙂
What an honor to share about your beautiful, helpful and encouraging book, Carrie! Thanks for the sweet shout out! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! xo
Do you need to brown the sausage first, or put it in the crockpot raw?
You add it raw.
Oh Carrie! Thank YOU so much for the incredible honor it was to review and share your gorgeous and truly useful cookbook. It has helped me and made my journey into a grain-free life enjoyable. I have also been able to introduce my family to the lifestyle with your amazing recipes. They love them! Your courage to share your story of healing encouraged me to take the steps I needed to heal through food. I am forever grateful! Blessings to you and yours this Christmas!
Is the sausage raw or cooked when you layer it atop the potatoes? Thanks in advance!
Raw sausage. 🙂
Really enjoyed the cookbook — and look forward to cooking more from it. It’s a life-changer. And, we LOVED the zingers. Delish! Thanks for the link.
Thank you for all your great recipes! I am going to try this tonight! Should the potatoes be raw too?
Blessings!
Yes, the potatoes need to be raw.
I don’t have raw sausage, how could I use pre-cooked?
Thanks-a-bunch and….MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Could you use frozen shredded hash browns?
Those would work well just remember to check the label is you need to avoid grains, as most contain cornstarch.
I really don’t care for ground sausage. What could I substitute? Would Canadian Bacon work?
I think that would work great!
This looks yummy! How can I make it dairy-free? It seems like 12 ounces would be a lot to simply skip. Thanks!
I think omitting the cheese will work just fine for a dairy-free version.
Thanks!
Hi Carrie, Thank you so much for selecting me as one of your book ambassadors. It has been such a pleasure reading your new cookbook and preparing the recipes. I have been sharing your story and recommending your cookbook to family, friends and pretty
much anyone who will listen. You are an inspiration and I wish you and your family a Happy and Blessed New Year! Happy 2015!
Cheers! Kary
I think the crock pot needed a little oil or cooking spray before putting anything in- it stuck to the pot pretty bad. It was pretty tasty but the left overs look gross. I am still eating it- it is just hard to convince the family it is edible. Should the shredded potato be squeezed of moisture or maybe fried a little? I seemed a little mushy, but we all loved the cheese and sausage. Thanks for this recipe!
What brand of sausage did you use in cooking this? I’m worried that it might not be tasty!
I used ground breakfast sausage from Tendergrass Farms.
Wondering how many ounces of potatoes – I have russet but the organic ones are always smaller that I buy.
Thank you!
My potatoes had lots of water that I tried to drain. They also turned brown? Did this happen to anyone?
Can you use sweet potato instead of white potato?
Yes.
Carrie,
I got your cook book from Amazon and I love the recipes. Was skeptical about using almond flour, but made your cornbread. To my surprise, it was great!
Thank you!
Do you think this would work in the oven for an hour or two?? I would like to try it in the oven instead of the slow cooker, has anyone had success with this?
Also, do the potatoes need to remove moisture first??
I tried it in the oven over Thanksgiving and it worked great! You don’t need to remove the moisture from the potatoes.
When you tried this in the oven, did you assemble it with everything raw?
Yes. Everything was raw.
How long in the oven and what temp?
Does this reheat well in the microwave? (i.e. any problem with eggs in the recipe? I’m assuming it wouldn’t since they’re already cooked but I wasn’t sure. I cook for one but like to make a week’s worth of meals at a time.
I don’t use a microwave and haven’t tested it, but I think it would reheat just fine.