Breakfast Casserole with Chorizo and Pepper Jack

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2009

A breakfast casserole is convenient for a crowd, but if it's so bland and mushy no one wants to eat it, that's no help for the host.

SERVES 8 to 10

TIME 2¼ hours, plus 1 hour refrigerating

Breakfast Casserole with Chorizo and Pepper Jack

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Even when staled in the oven overnight, the white bread in our Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole soaked up too much custard and turned to mush. Toasted Italian bread greatly improved the texture. Using whole milk instead of half-and-half or cr...

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