Old Fashioned Funeral Potatoes
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These old-fashioned funeral potatoes aka cheesy potato casserole. Perfect for a potluck or any occasion. I think about church gatherings when I think of these. This is just a bag of frozen hashbrown potatoes, an easy homemade cream of chicken all folded in with cheddar cheese and topped with a buttery cornflake topping. You seriously cannot beat this potato recipe.
I love this recipe. It’s so southern, and you can serve it literally anytime and anywhere. Like I said earlier, I make my own cream of chicken to go in it. To me, it’s just as easy and better tasting in my opinion. You’ll just mix it in with all the traditional funeral potato recipe ingredients and that’s it!
Equipment You’ll Need
For this recipe, you’ll need a large skillet, mixing bowl and a knife. I just add everything to my skillet and baked my casserole in it. If you would rather transfer everything into a baking pan, that’s totally ok.
Ingredients You’ll Need
Frozen Hashbrown Potatoes:
You’ll need about a pound and a half of frozen hashbrown potatoes. They come in one or two pound frozen bags.
Butter:
You’ll need one stick of butter. You’ll need one for starting your casserole and the other for the cornflake topping.
Yellow Onion:
You’ll need about a half of a yellow onion, chopped.
Minced Garlic:
I used a tablespoon of minced garlic.
Flour:
The flour is for the homemade cream of chicken base.
Seasonings:
As for seasonings, you’ll need sugar, pepper and chicken bullion.
Heavy Cream:
The heavy cream is for my sauce. Again, it’s super simple and tastes 100% better than canned cream of chicken.
Sour Cream:
You’ll need a 16-ounce container of sour cream.
Cheddar Cheese:
You’ll also need about 2 cups or 16-ounces of shredded cheddar cheese.
Cornflakes:
You’ll need about 2 to 3 cups of cornflakes cereal.
How to Make Funeral Potatoes
Step one:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet, add half a stick of butter to low heat. Melt and then add in your chopped onion and minced garlic. Sauté for several minutes and then add in your flour. Stir and a paste with form on the onion.
Step two:
Slowly stir in your heavy cream then add in your pepper, sugar, and bullion. Stir until the sauce comes together. Then, remove from heat. Fold in your sour cream, shredded cheese and hashbrowns. Make sure your hashbrowns are still frozen when you fold them in.
Step three:
Leave everything in the skillet if it is oven safe or add contents to a baking dish. Melt the other half of the stick of butter then mix it with the cornflakes. Cover the top of the casserole with the butter cornflakes.
Step four:
Bake on 350 for up to 30 minutes or until cornflakes are golden and the edges are bubbly. Serve and enjoy!
Old-Fashioned Funeral Potatoes
Equipment
- Large Skillet
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Microwavable bowl
- Casserole Dish
- Knife
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Frozen Hashbrown Potatoes
- 1 stick Butter
- 1/2 Yellow Onion, Chopped
- 1 tbsp Minced Garlic
- 3 tbsp Flour
- 1 tsp Pepper
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Chicken Boullion
- 2 cups Heavy Cream
- 2 cups Sour Cream
- 2 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- 2-3 cups Cornflakes
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet, add half a stick of butter to low heat. Melt and then add in your chopped onion and minced garlic. Sauté for several minutes and then add in your flour. Stir and a paste with form on the onion.
- Slowly stir in your heavy cream then add in your pepper, sugar, and bullion. Stir until the sauce comes together. Then, remove from heat. Fold in your sour cream, shredded cheese and hashbrowns. Make sure your hashbrowns are still frozen when you fold them in.
- Leave everything in the skillet if it is oven safe or add contents to a baking dish. Melt the other half of the stick of butter then mix it with the cornflakes. Cover the top of the casserole with the butter cornflakes.
- Bake on 350 for up to 30 minutes or until cornflakes are golden and the edges are bubbly. Serve and enjoy!
One More Thing…
Have you ever made funeral potatoes? Did you make this one? If so, what did you think about it? Please let me know here or in the comments below. Happy cooking!
