Cheesy Potato Casserole is a crowd pleaser, super simple and easy potato recipe that you can prepare this Thanksgiving or Christmas. Its creamy and cheesy with a crispy topping. In short this recipe is comfort food at its best.
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What are your plans for Thanksgiving? For my family, any dinner party is incomplete without a potato recipe. I hope it's the same for you too. This Thanksgiving, we are hosting a party in our house as it is my son's first Thanksgiving here in the USA. This time it's my hubby who is planning the menu and the first item he added in the list was this Cheesy Potato Casserole.
This weekend I prepared Cheesy Potato Casserole and was surprised to see that this frequent super hit item was not posted on my blog yet. Better late then never 🙂 Here is my no fail cheesy creamy potato casserole recipe. If you have not yet planned your Thanksgiving menu, I highly recommend you add this one to the list. Even picky eaters will love this and every one will come back for a second serving 🙂 This can be served as a side or as an entree for guests who are vegetarians (make sure you use cream of mushroom in the recipe below).
How do you make Potato Casserole from scratch?
The 4 main ingredients for Cheesy Potato Casserole are a bag of hash brown potatoes, condensed cream of chicken soup (you can substitute it with cream of mushroom, celery or even turkey), sour cream, and cheddar cheese. All the other spices that I have added are what my family loves. You can vary the flavorings as per your taste. Feel free to even add red onions or spring onions to this if desired.
For the topping, I have used crushed corn flakes and butter. This gives a nice crunch to the cheesy potatoes. To enhance the taste, I have also added some flavorings to the topping which is again optional.
For the entire recipe to fit in one casserole use 13 * 9 inch baking pan. To make it look festive, I have baked this in two different pans. Bake this at 350 degree for about 55 minutes and you are done.
Isn't this recipe super easy?
Detailed Recipe for Crispy, Easy and Cheesy Potato Casserole
CRISPY AND CHEESY POTATO CASSEROLE
Ingredients
- 1 can (10 oz) Condensed Cream of chicken soup (any cream soup of your choice)
- 2 cups (16 oz) Sour Cream
- 2 cups (8 oz) Cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Black pepper powder
- 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Dried basil leaves
- 2 tablespoon Chopped cilantro (coriander leaves)
- 1 teaspoon Red chile powder (vary as per taste)
- 1 package (30 oz) Shredded Hash Brown potatoes
For topping
- 2 cups Crushed corn flakes
- ¼ cup Butter melted
- ¼ teaspoon Garlic powder (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon Dried basil leaves (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon Red chile powder (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon Salt (optional)
Instructions
Step I
- Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Grease 13 * 9 inch baking pan or multiple pans of any desired shape and keep it aside.
Step II
- In a large bowl, whisk together soup, sour cream, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, basil leaves, cilantro, and red chile powder.
- To this add cheese, hash browns, and stir until it is mixed. Spread this evenly onto the baking pan.
- In another bowl, mix together butter, corn flakes, garlic powder, basil leaves, red chile powder, salt, and mix well.
- Sprinkle this evenly on top of the hash brown mixture.
- Bake uncovered for 50 to 55 minutes or until it is heated through. Let it rest for 5 minutes before serving. Top it with spring onions if desired.
- Cheesy Potatoes Casserole is ready. Serve and enjoy.
Notes
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georgie
this looks fantastic!!! I love the sound of that crispy cornflake topping too, I love a good crunch on my potato dishes!
Michele
Potatoes with cheese is always a good idea! This is definitely one of my favorite combinations. My family would love this recipe. I would love to try this over the holiday season. Yummy!