Copycat Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole
on Jul 28, 2016, Updated Jan 30, 2024
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This homemade CopyCat Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole is so cheesy and so easy to make right at home. Great for breakfast or even a dinner side. Plus they are perfect for potlucks or anytime you are needing to feed a crowd.
Copycat Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole
We make a trip to Cracker Barrel occasionally for our family meals out. They have some amazing comfort food dishes. Most of the family choose breakfast food. We all LOVE breakfast food for breakfast or for dinner.
After eating at Cracker Barrel a few weeks ago, my kids asked for me to make a copycat recipe of their delicious hash browns. They are overly amazing and just taste way different than any that I have made at home. I did a bit of searching online and found a recipe for a Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole over on GetInMyBelly. Come to find out, it is sour cream and cream soup that really pushes these hash brown potatoes over the top.
I did a few modifications to that recipe and made this amazing Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole to enjoy with our dinner for breakfast this week. I did use sharp cheddar cheese because I like that it keeps our dishes from becoming overly greasy. I considered adding in some Colby but I did not have any on hand.
The addition of the sour cream and the cream chicken soup really made the casserole just like Cracker Barrel. My hubby is not a fan of sour cream so I made him our Copycat Cracker Barrel Fried Apples for him. Those are delicious and are an awesome copycat recipe.
Since this is a decent sized casserole, I think it will be great for potlucks or any time that we are feeding a crowd. I think we will make it for our next big family and friends breakfast. I know it will be a hit.
All that is needed to make this Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole is some shredded hash brown potatoes, sour cream, butter, cheese, onion, salt, and pepper. Throw it all together and you can have it in the oven in no time.
INGREDIENTS
- Frozen Hash Browns
- Butter
- Cream of Chicken Soup
- Onion
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- salt
- Black Pepper
- Sour Cream
DIRECTIONS
Grease 9×11″ baking dish.
Preheat oven to 350.
In a bowl mix onion, soup, black pepper and all but one cup of the cheese.
Add sour cream and mix well.
Add hash browns and melted butter. Mix well.
Transfer to prepared dish.
Bake 45-55 minutes until bubbly.
Adapted from: Get In My Belly!
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Copycat Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole
Ingredients
- 30 oz Frozen Hash Browns, thawed
- 1 stick Butter, melted
- 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1 small Onion, chopped
- 8 oz Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 cup Sour Cream
Instructions
- Grease 9x11" baking dish.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a bowl mix onion, soup, black pepper and all but one cup of the cheese.
- Add sour cream and mix well.
- Add hash browns and melted butter. Mix well.
- Transfer to prepared dish.
- Bake 45-55 minutes until bubbly.
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This is such a good brunch make-ahead! We call it funeral-potatoes but it is essentially a similar thing- yummy!
Cracker Barrel has very yummy breakfasts! I’m looking forward to trying this!
How many people does this serve?
Can I make this ahead and refrigerate before baking in the morning?
The recipe calls for only 8 oz. of shredded cheese (8 oz = 1 cup). However, instructions say to “add all BUT 1 cup of the cheese”? Can you please clarify. Thank you.
Made this for the first time at our July 4th party , now its gonna be Labor Day , the first thing the family asked was if I was gonna make that cheese potato recipe , they think its gonna have to be an every holiday recipe , makes me laugh , thanks so much for sharing !
I have made this casserole several times before everyone absolutely loved it it’s so easy I make it for just about every family event and it’s always the first thing to go thank you so much for sharing
You said reserve 1 cup of cheese but 8 oz is only 1 cup so does the recipe call for 2?
Mmmm. This looks delicious! Do you think I could put this together and bake it in the morning?
Trying this tonight and adding shredded chicken however. The recipe says 1 cup of cheddar and then directions say add all but 1 cup of cheese.
i think it’s 8oz of cheese by weight and to reserve one cup after shredding
8 oz of cheese by weight is 1 cup, so there would not be any reserve. Maybe it’s suppose to be 16 oz.
Christine, the Recipe should say 8 oz Brick of Cheese. When Shredded it will be 2 Cups. Should have said 8 oz. Cheese, Shredded. Not 8 oz Shredded Cheese, perhaps?