Funeral potatoes, church potatoes, hash brown casserole, anything you like to call, it’s delicious! Funeral potatoes can be served with eggs for breakfast or as a potato side with a main dish. Funeral potatoes freeze very well. Leftovers can be scooped out cold, rolled in breadcrumbs and fried into a cheesy potato cake! Yum!
Ingredients and Variations
Ingredients: Shredded hash browns, canned cheddar cheese soup, onion, butter, sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper.
Variations: Southern style or O’brien frozen hash browns can be used instead. Any cream of soup or homemade cream soup can be subbed. Greek yogurt can replace sour cream. Change up the cheese such as smoked gouda or swiss. Replace butter with your favorite sub and choose your own seasonings!
You can also add in chopped ham, pancetta or bacon, chopped bell peppers, mushrooms…..
Top your casserole with any topping you like such as crushed potato chips, corn flakes, panko, Italian breadcrumbs, cracker crumbs, extra cheese…. Just add a tablespoon of melted butter to a cup of crumbs, mix it up and sprinkle your potatoes!