If you have somehow managed to never eat a cheesy potato recipe, here is your chance to change that. This potato dish oozing with hot cheese makes for an astonishing side dish that can be eaten as a side for all your favorite meals. Let us not forget that this dish contains a Midwestern favorite, Top The Tater, which goes perfectly with a potato!
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This Is A Fantastic Cheesy Potato Dish
Living in Minnesota, there is nothing more comforting during the winter months (November- March) than potatoes cooked in all sorts of different ways! Not only is it great for the winter months, but cheesy potatoes make the best side dish for a barbecue.
This Top the Tater cheesy potato recipe is a go-to for all our family barbecue gatherings and winter holidays. Make sure to bake more than one pan of this potato casserole loaded with sour cream and top the tater because a single pan just isn’t ever enough for us!
These potatoes are also an easy-to-make cheese potato recipe. It takes quite a little time to bake these potatoes.
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Cheesy Potatoes by Sabrina
One of the best parts about this recipe is that it comes from my girlfriend, Sabrina. She does not often do the cooking, since I prefer to cook more than her, but it seems whenever she does, it is a hit.
Thanks to Sabrina, we have these potatoes requested to be made for every family gathering.
In fact, at one particular barbecue where my girlfriend Sabrina and I brought two pans of these cheesy potatoes to share as a side dish.
Sabrina was helping me finish cooking up the first round of burgers and while everyone else started eating, we decided to wait to eat while we cooked up a second round of burgers.
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What a Cheesy Mistake!
It took 10 minutes or so to finish the second round of burgers and we headed over to go grab some delicious grub, we were especially looking forward to the potatoes. Low and behold, there was roughly one scoop left of potatoes between the two pans.
I do mean a rough scoop of the casserole was left. You would have to scrape all the edges and bottom to get enough potatoes. We were completely surprised by how fast the potatoes with sour cream and cheese had gone. Thankfully, we had plenty of other food available.
Now if this does not say how good these top-the-tater cheesy potatoes are, we later found out that some people had already had a 3rd serving of easy cheesy potatoes in the 10 minutes it took us to go get food.
There are dozens of variations to this side dish recipe, but this one is our tried and true. It’s definitely a family favorite casserole dish and it’s always devoured quickly! No matter what you serve with it, you’ll absolutely love this cheesy potato appetizer.
One of the best things about this potato recipe is that it’s so easy to make and requires minimal ingredients. That sounds like a win to me!
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Equipment
- Oven
- Spatula
- Chef’s Knife Or a knife to finely mince the onion
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Butter
- 12 oz Top the Tater
- 8 oz Sour Cream
- 8 oz Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1/3 Sweet Onion
- 32 oz Frozen Hash Brown Potatoes
- 2 Cups Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
- 1 1/2 Cup Shredded Marble Jack Cheese
Instructions
- Take the potato hash browns out of the freezer and set them on the counter to unthaw while you start mixing the ingredients. It is okay if the potatoes are still a bit frozen when being added to the recipe.
- Turn oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large bowl, take the 1/2 stick of butter and melt it in 30 second increments until it is completely melted.
- Add the Top The Tater, sour cream, chicken soup, and the onion to the bowl with the butter. Mix it all together.
- Pour your frozen potato hash browns and pour them into the bowl and give this casserole a good mix.
- Add your 2 cups of sharp cheddar cheese. Then add the other 1 1/2 cups of Marble Jack cheese. You may add more cheese to this dish but there should be plenty already.
- Once the potatoes and cream mixed in grab your 9×13 baking pan and pour the potato mixture in. Use your spatula to get all the contents. Can’t leave a potato behind!
- Take a little bit of both cheeses and sprinkle some on top. This adds a little bit of that golden brown crunch to the top of the potatoes.
- Put potatoes in the oven and cook at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. It roughly takes about 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes to bake the cheesy potatoes recipe,
Notes
Nutrition
Top the Tater Cheesy Potatoes Recipe
Be prepared, if you make cheesy potatoes, you will have everyone requesting to make this at family gatherings!
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup of Butter
- 12oz of Top the Tater
- 8oz of Sour Cream
- 1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1/3 of a Sweet Onion
- 32 oz of Frozen Hash Brown Potatoes
- 2 Cups of Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
- 1 1/2 Cup of Shredded Marble Jack Cheese
Equipment
- Oven
- Large Glass Bowl
- Wooden Spoon
- Measuring Cup
- Spatula
- Chef’s Knife (or a knife to finely mince the onion)
- 13×9 Pan
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Putting Easy Cheesy Potatoes Dish Together
Step 1: Take the potato hash browns out of the freezer and set them on the counter to unthaw while you start mixing the ingredients. These potatoes do not have to be completely unthawed.
Step 2: Turn the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit so you can put those potatoes right in when you finish.
Step 3: In a large bowl, take the 1/2 stick of butter and melt it in 30-second increments until it is completely melted.
Step 4: Add the Top the Tater, sour cream, chicken soup, and onion to the bowl with the butter. Mix it all together.
Step 5: Take your frozen potato hash browns and pour them into the bowl and give this casserole a good mix.
Step 6: Add your 2 cups of sharp cheddar cheese. I like to mix this in before I add the other 1 1/2 cups of Marble Jack cheese. You may add more cheese to this dish but there should be plenty already.
Step 7: Once you’ve got it the potatoes and cream mixed in grab your 9×13 baking pan and pour the potato mixture in. Use your spatula to get all the contents. Can’t leave a potato behind!
Step 8: Take a little bit of both kinds of cheese and sprinkle some on top. This adds a little bit of that golden brown crunch to the top of the cheesy potato casserole.
Step 9: Put the side dish of potatoes in the oven and let it cook at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. It roughly takes about 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes to bake the cheesy potatoes recipe, depending on your oven intensity.
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Joshs Cookhouse Tips: I always scoop a tiny bit of potatoes out of the middle to check the temperature, if it’s still not hot, let it cook longer. I usually check the potatoes in increments of 15 minutes once that hour is up.
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Time to Serve Potatoes
When the cheesy potatoes are out of the oven, I would recommend letting the dish cool for 10-15 minutes before starting to serve them. They will be piping hot and no need to burn the roof of your mouth before even tasting the cheesy potatoes in this dish.
When the smell hits the air, everyone will be begging to join the party!
Once you’re ready, take out a spatula and start serving these delicious cheesy squares up to everyone.
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Cheesy Potato FAQS
What Main Dish Goes Well With Cheesy Potatoes?
There are lots of main dish recipe that go well with the potato casserole with sour cream. Some of my favorite recipe are bbq recipes. A few of the recipe are my classic burger recipe, reverse seared ribeye recipe, and hot honey bbq chicken recipe.
What Can You Substitute For Sour Cream In Potato Cheese Casserole?
Even though the cream is one of the main items in this recipe just like the cheese is, Sabrina says to substitute it for more Top The Tater since it is practically the same thing for this side recipe.
What Does Potato Go Well With?
For me personally, potatoes go well with almost all proteins. My favorite proteins that go with this recipe are beef, chicken, and pork. I do not think that you could go wrong if making this recipe a long with one of these proteins.
Other things that go well with potatoes are cheese, different kinds of cream like top the tater and sour cream. A couple different seasonings that go well with this potato recipe are salt, black pepper, and parsley.
Lastly, almost any recipe using potato uses plenty of butter.
Can You Make Cheesy Potatoes With Real Potatoes?
Yes, you definitely can make cheesy potatoes with real potatoes. The ones I use in this recipe calls frozen potatoes which are real potatoes. I find it better to use frozen potatoes so that they do not turn into much while cooking them in the oven.
Another option is to freeze your own potatoes after cubing them up.
What Can You Top Cheesy Potato Casserole With?
Three of the most common things I see used as a topping for cheesy potato casserole recipes are corn flakes for an added crunch, bacon, and of course extra cheese for a golden brown top.
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Out of all the cheesy potatoes I have had throughout my lifetime (which is a lot lol) these are my favorite! I appreciate not overwhelming the recipe with the onions. Plus the added Top The Tater is on another level of deliciousness!!
Wow! That is awesome that you liked the cheesy potatoes so much! You can’t go wrong with Top The Tater! Its a Minnesota icon!