One of the beloved Southern breakfasts gets the casserole treatment in the Charleston Breakfast Casserole. Homemade pork gravy, with all the creaminess and savory flavor that promises, is baked up with some fluffy golden-brown biscuits perfect for scooping up every last drop of that sauce. The whole dish is ready in just 45 minutes and makes enough so that everyone can indulge in the rich morning magnificence coming from your kitchen. The Charleston Breakfast Casserole is so good you’ll be dancing the Charleston in celebration.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon unsalted butter, plus more to taste
- 16 ounces pork sausage, casings removed
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon chicken bouillon powder, plus more to taste
- ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons quick-mixing all-purpose flour, plus more to taste
- 3 cups milk
- 1 (10-count) package refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
Directions
Step 1 –Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2 –Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish with the butter.
Step 3 –Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Step 4 –Add the sausage to the hot skillet and cook, stirring with a spatula and breaking apart the sausage, until cooked, about 5-7 minutes.
Step 5 –Season the sausage with the onion powder, the garlic powder, the chicken bouillon, and the pepper, mixing until well-combined.
Step 6 –Stir the quick-mixing flour into the sausage.
Step 7 –Add the milk and stir until well-combined.
Step 8 –Bring the sausage gravy to a boil.
Step 9 –Reduce the heat and stir until the gravy thickens, about 5-7 minutes.
Step 10 –Taste the gravy for seasoning.
Step 11 –Cut each individual biscuit into 4 pieces.
Step 12 –Arrange 1/2 of the biscuit pieces in the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
Step 13 –Completely cover the biscuit layer in the baking dish with the gravy.
Step 14 –Place the remaining biscuit pieces on top of the gravy.
Step 15 –Bake until the biscuits are fully cooked and golden-brown, about 13-15 minutes.
Step 16 –Let the casserole stand for 3-5 minutes before serving.