Copycat Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole
on Jul 28, 2016, Updated Jan 30, 2024
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.
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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.
Nutrition
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I’m a fan too! I made this for my grandaughter, she’s very picky. It turned out better thathan the Cracker barrel version! I couldn’t stop eating it. Try it with an egg over easy and some Louisiana hot sauce for extra zestt! Yummy! Thank you for sharing!!
I’m starving, this looks so good. I’m a fan of cheese, I will make this dish and see how it works. Thanks for sharing.
Great! they are a perfect combination, from color to taste, everything is perfect, and I really like them. making them now is easy, something I didn’t think about before. Thank you for sharing the recipe
Aloha,
I want to try making this tonight.
Are the hash browns frozen or thawed when combining all ingredients .
Thank you for sharing your recipe. I made it exactly as you said to but I used a smaller crockpot. The consistency was really good. I do like a crunchier edge but it had a decent small crust on the side of the pot with yummy melted cheese on top. I’m not huge on canned cream soups so I may omit half the can next time and substitute more cheese, but everyone who ate this liked it a lot. Thank you again!
Has anyone tried using half the butter, reduced fat cheese and reduced fat sour cream or fat free plain greek yogurt?
No, but please comment if the taste is doable!
I accidentally omitted the butter when making and it was still delicious
There is no instructions for when to add the salt. When or is it not even suppose to be in there but its in the ingredients list.
Kroger cream of chicken soup is not gluten free
Although this is a delicious recipe, it is not Cracker Barrel’s recipe. Cracker Barrel’s does not contain any sour cream and is made with Colby cheese. Totally different taste.
I made this recipe, I used 1/2 extra sharp cheddar and 1/2 cheddar.. it is BETTER that CB hashbrown casserole.
How many quarts is your casserole dish? I can’t seem to even find a 9×11 baking dish. Thanks!
Hi Kathleen. You can use a 9 x 13 dish for this casserole, that will work fine. Hope that helps – Jen
I made this, this morning. I used cream of bacon soup and cooked,chopped up bacon in it! Delicious!
I’ve used a different recipe for this for years, I always felt something was missing. It was the sour cream. YUMMMMM. Thank you!!
How many servings do you get out of this? I wondering if I should make two pans for a group of 14 adults and 5 kids.
Thanks for sharing. This is incredible dishes I’ve been tried
Uh, potatoes and cheese…count me in!
As you are very close to the recipe, I used to work there in the late 80`s. I have 1 cookbook from them. I was a backup cook. Basically, I made everything for the cooks.
Ingredients are as follows:
cream of chicken soup 51oz can
grated colby 2lbs 2 oz
chopped onion 11oz
melted margarine 2 1/2 cups
ground black pepper 2 1/2 tsp
Salt 1 Tbsp
Ore Ida Frozen shredded potatoe 12lbs
Over the years they have changed the recipe,as well as suppliers,so taste is a factor. Hope this helps you.
Thank you so much for sharing the recipe. My husband and I absolutely love these potatoes. 😍
Hi Michael,
Say are you sure there’s no sour cream in their recipe?
Do you thaw the potatoes?
This recipe makes me craving all the time I read. So simple and sounds good! Thank you for your recipe!
Made it a few times now and we all love it. Sometimes we add ham or bacon, next time we wanna try broccoli.
Plain, non-fat Greek yogurt makes a healthy substitute for sour cream.
The recipe instructions don’t say what to do with the reserve cup of cheese. I know it is put on top, but a newbie cook wouldn’t understand.