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Cheesy Potato Casserole recipe is a super easy side dish and perfect for any holiday, family dinner and more. Tons of cheese, creamy potatoes and more combine for the absolute best cheesy potatoes.
This cheesy potato casserole is the perfect side dish recipe for any meal. No peeling or chopping, because I use frozen hash brown potatoes. If you can mix and dump, then you can make this cheesy potato casserole.
We even have a slow cooker version and you can make crockpot cheesy potatoes for another option.
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Why We Love This Recipe
This cheesy potato casserole is also called funeral potatoes or cheesy hashbrown casserole recipe. It is an easy and perfect side dish to bring to someone after a loss in the family. Particularly in the South, casseroles are dropped off at someone’s home.
Cheesy potatoes are a popular choice but also very popular at potlucks, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter.
Ingredients
- Frozen Shredded Hashbrowns. We used shredded but diced would work just as good.
- Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup. Cream of mushroom is a great substitution. I think cream of vegetable would be good too.
- Milk. Use any type of milk that you prefer
- Onion. Even if your family does not care for oven, add it anyway. It gives the dish great flavor and blends into the potatoes. Onion powder is another option.
- Cheddar Cheese. Sharp cheddar cheese or mild cheddar work great.
- Sour Cream. Now isn’t the time to use light. Full fat is best.
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Variation Ideas
- Top with bacon. Bacon makes everything better.
- Mix in a packet of ranch mix. This gives the potatoes even more flavor.
- Top with crushed corn flakes on top to make funeral potatoes. (crushed potato chips work well too)
- Top with crunchy fried onions, panko breadcrumbs, or crushed ritz crackers.
- Vegetables – This is a great recipe to sneak in chopped veggies such as bell peppers.
- Use different types of potatoes – shredded, diced or even the ones with veggies in the mix.
How to Make Cheesy Potato Casserole
- Step 1 – Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray.
- Step 2 – Take your bag of frozen hash browns and break them up in the bag. You don’t want any large pieces.
Step 3 – In a large mixing bowl, combine the onion, cheese, milk, cream of chicken and sour cream. Make sure this is well combined.
Step 4 – Mix in the hash browns until everything is coated.
Step 5 – Press the mixture into the 9×13 baking dish.
Step 6 – Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake until golden brown.
Expert Tips
- Chop Onions – One of our favorite time saving tips is to use a small food chopper or processor to quickly and easily chop the onions. Learn How to Freeze Onions with these easy tips.
- Make Ahead – Make ahead to save time the day of the event. You can actually make this 2 days in advance and put in the fridge. Just bake it when you are ready to serve.
- Baking Dish – Prepare the baking dish with cooking spray to easily serve the casserole. It also helps to make cleanup a breeze.
Serving Suggestions
Since we normally make cheesy potatoes around the holidays, we often make this easy 4 Ingredient Crock pot Ham Recipe to go with the potatoes. Also try these other recipes
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes you can. You will want to use about 30oz of fresh potatoes that have been peeled and diced.
No, there is no need to thaw the hashbrowns before combining with the other ingredients. We just recommend breaking up the frozen hashbrowns to easily combine.
Freeze this casserole up to 2 months. Make the recipe as instructed and freeze without baking in a casserole dish or disposable pan.
Thaw in the fridge overnight when ready to eat and bake as instructed.
Store the leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The leftovers will last about 3-4 days. I think they taste even better the next day.
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Easy Casserole
Funeral Potatoes with Ham
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Cheesy Potato Casserole
Ingredients
- 30 oz Frozen Shredded Hashbrowns
- 1 can cream of chicken soup (10.5 oz)
- 1 cup milk
- ½ onion chopped
- 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
- 8 oz Sour Cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a 9×13 pan with nonstick spray.
- Break the frozen hash browns up in the bag.
- In a large bowl combine the onion, 1 cup of cheese, milk, cream of chicken soup and sour cream. Stir to combine.
- Mix in the hasbhrowns and stir to coat.
- Pour into a 9×13 pan. Top with the remaining cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes.
- Remove the foil and bake for 5-10 minutes to brown the the cheese is slightly.
It really depends on the size of your pan. If the mixture will be thicker in the middle, you’ll want to add more cook time to make sure that the potatoes are cooked all the way through. I would add 10-15 minutes, taste test it from there and add more time if needed.
If I double or even triple the recipe in one big disposable pan, do I have to add on cooking time?
I’m so glad you love it.
OMG!! My husband and Myrna kids who are 17, 15 and 10 absolutely love and get so excited when I tell them that im making this!! Then that’s all they talk about til I actually make them!!
Thank you so much for such amazing recipe and crowd pleaser
Definitely can’t go wrong with this amazing recipe
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.