Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole

Pin RecipeJump to Recipe

This Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole recipe is true comfort food. Made with frozen hash browns and plenty of cheese, I can guarantee your family is going to enjoy this one! Often served at potlucks and funerals, everyone digs this cheesy dish.

Love holiday sides? You can’t go wrong with a a classic sweet potato casserole or pistachio salad.

Hashbrown casserole with corn flakes in a casserole dish.

The Best Hashbrown Casserole Recipe

This recipe has been in our family for over 40 years. Back when corn flakes were one of the only breakfast cereal choice, ha!

Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole is a great addition to any meal because you can prepare it ahead of time. All you need to do is pop it in the oven when it’s time to cook the meal.

  • Corn flakes mixed with melted butter are the perfect crunchy, buttery topping for Cheesy Potato Casserole.
  • Mix it all and bake!

If you’re looking to take this to the next level of deliciousness, try using a good quality cheddar, that you shred yourself.

It gives this dish such an intense, tangy flavor you can’t resist. And, it melts so creamy mixed up with the rest of the ingredients!

Need a new holiday side dish? Try our cheesy hashbrown casserole with our green bean casserole today! Or give our candied sweet potatoes a try next.

Ingredient Notes

Ingredients needed to make cheesy hashbrown casserole.
  • Hashbrowns – thawed or frozen will work just fine. We prefer the cubed hashbrowns, but the shredded hash brown potatoes will also work, just a different texture. You could also shred your own potatoes!
  • Cream of Chicken Soup
  • Sour Cream – provides that creamy base!
  • Minced Onion- the dried type. Or you can swap it out for chopped onion if you prefer.
  • Cheese – a good cheddar cheese is what you’ll need for best flavor.
  • Corn Flakes – provides the perfect crunchy topping. You can also use ritz crackers (like we do with our homemade mac and cheese). Cracker barrel hashbrown casserole is topped with shredded cheese and no cornflakes.
Hashbrown casserole with a fork taking a bite.

How to Make Hashbrown Casserole

  1. Mix it all in a large bowl.
  2. Pour it in a pan. We use a 13×9 baking dish.
  3. Add the topping. Lightly crush the cornflakes, avoid turning them into crumbs!
  4. Bake. Cover the casserole dish with foil and bake until bubbly.

Add this easy hashbrown casserole to your holiday list today. Or serve it up with mom’s meatloaf recipe.

Hashbrown Casserole with cheese and cornflakes

Holiday Side Dishes

Pin this now to find it later

Pin It

Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole Recipe

4.91 from 11 votes
By: Aimee
This Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole, also known as Cheesy Funeral Potatoes, makes an appearance at all family gatherings. So easy and delicious and perfect for a crowd!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 12 servings

Ingredients 

  • 2 pounds frozen hashbrowns cubed
  • 16 ounce sour cream
  • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup 10 1/2 ounce
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 Tablespoons minced onion
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter melted, divided
  • 2 cups corn flakes crushed
Save this Recipe?
Enter your email and we’ll send the recipe straight to your inbox!

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine frozen hashbrowns, sour cream, cheese, soup, salt, pepper, onion and 1/2 cup of the melted butter. Mix until thoroughly combined. Pour into a 13×9 baking dish.
  • In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/4 cup melted butter with crushed corn flakes. Sprinkle over top of casserole.
  • Cover dish with foil and bake for about 60 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 5-10 minutes to add some crunch to the topping. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

  • May be prepared ahead of time and stored in refrigerator. If doing this, the hashbrowns will be thawed. You can now bake it for about 45 minutes covered, and 5 minutes uncovered.
  • Store leftovers in airtight container in refrigerator for up to 5 days. Reheat individual scoops in microwave for 15-30 second intervals until desired temperature.
  • See blog post for more recipe tips and tricks.

Video

Nutrition

Calories: 395kcal, Carbohydrates: 30g, Protein: 8g, Fat: 28g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 44mg, Sodium: 805mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 3g
Course: Side Dishes
Cuisine: American
Did you make this recipe?Mention @shugarysweets or tag #shugarysweets!
Avatar photo

About Aimee

Aimee is a dessert lover (specifically rice krispie treats), workout enthusiast, self-taught foodie, and recipe creator.

Learn more about Aimee.

Affiliate Disclosure:**There may be affiliate links in this post! By clicking on them, or purchasing recommended items I may receive a small compensation. However, I only recommend products I love! Thank you for supporting Shugary Sweets! See my disclosure policy for more info**

Learn How To Become a Better Home Baker
Sign up for the Shugary Sweets FREE Email Course Today—soon you’ll say, "I made it from scratch!"

Categories: , , ,


Posted on April 2, 2023

Comments & Reviews

  1. 5 stars
    These potatoes are so incredibly delicious my family and friends love them and I’ve been asked numerous times to bring them to church pot luck dinners.
    My son and daughter-in-law are hosting a Thanksgiving brunch I’m making them to take along with a ham. Sadly I know there won’t be any leftovers to bring home to enjoy later. But I’ll make sure I get my fill at brunch. I don’t really like potatoes but I can devour these.

  2. I have ulcerative colitis and black pepper is rather problematic, can I use white pepper since I can get it more finely ground? And what about smoked paprika to give it a smoky taste? Besides, my kids love paprika…

  3. My children are very careful now with Covid and don’t like sharing food out of one pan. I was wondering if anyone has ever made these potatoes in a 12 cup muffin pan? I don’t want to ruin a whole recipe if this won’t work.
    Thanks
    Mary Jo

    1. Yes I have done that with my kids. We actually froze them and they popped them in the microwave for an afternoon snack

    2. My husband has Celiac Disease and we are careful not to put the spoon on our regular wheat sandwich buns when taking something like bbq chicken out of a crockpot. It doesn’t seem hard to be careful of making sure not to double dip, having only one person serve it (maybe the person making it?), or simply washing hands before serving. Individual servings are great, but if everyone is already living together and no one is crazy in serving the dish, there’s no need for an extra step.

  4. I only had cream of cauliflower (the Corona Virus has caused peeps to hoard soups, too). Yum! I added two slices of ham, chopped & I substituted Special K for cornflakes. It was perfectly scrumptious!

    1. I use smoked sausage and Never use cream of chicken because well in my opinion it is gross to have pieces of canned chicken in your hash brown casserole. But adding browned smoked sausage also makes a meal of it!
      I also use cream of onion when you can find it!!!

  5. I used cream of mushroom instead because my husband is vegetarian.

    I also used Chex cereal .

    It looks good, still baking mine as we speak. I will update with another review once it’s baked. Just curious if anyone else similar substitutions

    1. I am obsessed with this recipe! I use French fried onions instead of corn flakes – YUM!! Then I fry up the leftovers in a skillet with butter and make little potato cakes things. SO GOOD!

  6. This was fantastic! I made a variation of my own by using brown rice and some cream cheese! So delicious! Thanks

  7. Added 1/2 lb of thick cut bacon. Like bacon makes everything better. Great recipe. Turned out wonderful.

  8. Love your recipes when I find them online I switch back and forth between shredded and cubed cannot do the corn flakes on top will do anything else on top my mom cured me that when I was about 14 years old and would wake us up and tell us she was putting the milk on the corn flakesfor some reason I can’t deal with them ever since whether they’re soggy or not I know what her idea was but really a girl at work and I’ve done this different times told me to switch the sour cream for chip dip easy French onion or ranch gives a little different flavor is wonderful give it a try sometime love your recipes and will keep stopping back Diana

4.91 from 11 votes

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating