Tex-Mex Breakfast Bake
A large-format Tex-Mex baked frittata loaded with turkey sausage, sweet potatoes, kale, peppers, and warm spices — a crowd-friendly brunch option you can prep ahead.
From The Young Forever Cookbook

- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 1 h
- Total
- 1 h 20 min
- Yield
- 6 to 8 servings
- Category
- Breakfast
- Cuisine
- Mexican
Nutrition (estimated)
per 1 slice- Calories
- 380 kcal
- Protein
- 26 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Carbs
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 780 mg
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp avocado oil
- 0.75 lb turkey sausage, casings removed
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 1 bunch scallions, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped (optional)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1.5 tsp kosher salt
- 1 small bunch kale, deveined and chopped
- 12 large pasture-raised organic eggs
- 0.5 cup nondairy milk
- 0.5 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Brown sausage in avocado oil over medium heat ~5 min. Add sweet potatoes; cook 5–7 min. Add onion and scallion whites ~3 min, then bell pepper, jalapeño, garlic, paprika, cumin, chili powder, and 1 tsp salt. Stir in kale; transfer to a greased 9×13 dish.
- Whisk eggs and milk with remaining salt and pepper; pour over mixture.
- Bake at 325°F ~35 min until golden and firm. Rest 10 min; top with scallion greens.
Active Compounds
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