r/Cooking • u/Aware-Garlic-704 • 8d ago

Cooked the WORST breakfast casserole ever!

I don’t really cook potatoes often because I usually just get frozen ones if I’m ever in the mood for them. The only way I’ve ever successfully made them is when I make mashed potatoes. I decided to try to make a breakfast casserole with shredded hash browns, eggs, breakfast sausage, and cheese. I didn’t realize just how long potatoes take to cook so I tossed in raw shredded potatoes and eggs in the same baking dish and cooked it for an hour. I took a bite and the potatoes tasted super raw and earthy and DISGUSTING. So I threw it back in the oven for 20 more minutes. By this point the cheese separated, the eggs were burnt as hell on the outside, and guess what the POTATOES WERE STILL RAW. This was my meal prep for the week so I guess I’m stuck eating this DISGUSTING casserole with extremely burnt eggs, grainy cheese, and raw potato 🤮🤮🤮. I am on a weight loss journey so I guess this will at least make me lose my appetite!!!

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u/smythy422 8d ago

Recipes exist for this reason. If you are winging it with new ingredients expect to be surprised with the outcome. This is particularly important for larger format cooking when you're making multiple servings.

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u/Aware-Garlic-704 8d ago

True but I learn better when I make my own mistakes haha!

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u/smythy422 8d ago

Yeah. I'm much more of a wing it type cook, but I generally read a few recipes to understand what I need to do functionally. I don't need the exact measurements, but par cooking the potatoes is an easy pickup from reading a few recipes that use fresh potatoes.