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Funeral Potatoes Recipe
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If you’re looking for the BEST EVER version of Funeral Potatoes, congratulations, you’ve found it! This is the one people ask me to bring to every holiday, potluck, and yes, after-funeral luncheons, too (hence the name). It’s cheesy, creamy, onion-y, and topped with the perfect layer of crispy cornflakes. It’s the ultimate comfort food.
Ingredient Notes + Variations
Whether it’s for Easter, Christmas or other family gatherings, we devour this classic cheesy potato casserole. Nothing out of the ordinary here:
- Diced Frozen Hash Browns – while most hash brown casseroles call for shredded hash browns or shredded potatoes, I much prefer the diced potatoes. You can totally use shredded if that’s what you prefer though.
- Cream of Chicken Soup – can be substituted with cream of mushroom soup or cream of celery soup, depending what you have on hand. Also, feel free to make it homemade if that’s your jam. I sometimes do!
- Corn Flakes– these are the classic crunchy topping for Funeral Potatoes, but you could also use crushed Ritz crackers, crushed potato chips, French fried onions, or Panko bread crumbs.
How to Make Funeral Potatoes
Only a few quick minutes of prep is required before a long oven bake. For full recipe details, including ingredients and measurements, see the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Step 1: Preheat + Prep Pan
preheat oven to 350° F + spray a 9×13 casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray or softened butter
Step 2. Cook the Onions
melt salted butter in a skillet
sauté onions until browned
Step 3: Make the Filling
in a large bowl, combine frozen hash browns with melted butter
add in cream of chicken + sour cream
add in cheddar cheese, salt + pepper
Pro Tip: You do not need thawed hash browns for this recipe… use from frozen.
add in sautéed onions + mix
spread casserole into prepared baking dish
Step 4: Make the Topping
melt butter in the skillet
add crushed corn flakes + toast for about a minute
sprinkle over potato mixture
Step 4: Bake + Serve
cover pan with foil + bake until hot and bubbly
serve immediately
What to Serve with Funeral Potatoes
These cheesy potatoes pair well with main dishes like ham, roast beef, or turkey. It’s a great dish for Christmas dinner, Sunday dinner, or any special occasions. Here are a few main dish ideas:
- Smoked Pork Butt – classic main dish for these potatoes
- Oven Baked BBQ Chicken – easy weeknight pairing
- Southern Fried Chicken – talk about comfort food on top of comfort food!
- Easy Oven Baked Ribs – perfect flavor combo
- Prime Rib – A holiday classic that pairs perfectly with cheesy potatoes
This classic dish goes by many names – cheesy funeral potatoes, party potatoes, or just potato casserole recipe. Whatever you call it, this comforting dish will be a family favorite for years to come! The printable recipe card is below. Have a wonderful week, friends!!
Best Funeral Potatoes
Funeral Potatoes… everyone has a recipe for this popular casserole! Here is my creamy and oniony version!
Ingredients
- butter for greasing pan
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 medium onion diced
- 2 lbs hash browns frozen, diced (not shredded)
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 21.5 ounces condensed cream of chicken soup (two 10.75 ounce cans)
- 2 cups sour cream
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 2 cups cheddar cheese freshly grated
- 3 cups corn flakes crushed
- 2 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Prepare a 9×13 casserole dish by greasing with butter or nonstick spray.
- Saute onion in 1 tablespoon butter until translucent in a medium skillet.
- In a large bowl, add frozen hash browns, melted butter, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, grated cheese, cooked onion, salt, and black pepper. Mix together until combined.
- Replace medium skillet to the heat and melt the remaining 4 tablespoons butter.
- Add in crushed corn flakes and stir to toast about 1 minute. Sprinkle over top casserole.
- Bake uncovered for 40-45 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Serve hot.
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Notes
Make Ahead + Storage Instructions
To make ahead: Prepare everything, cover, and refrigerate up to 24 hours before baking. Wait to add the cornflake topping until just before baking. To refrigerate: Store leftover funeral potatoes in its original casserole dish, covered with plastic wrap – or in an airtight container for 3-4 days in the refrigerator. To freeze: Assemble the casserole, cover tightly with plastic wrap and aluminum foil, and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge 24 hours before you want to bake it. Bake as normal.Nutrition
Calories: 573kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 13gFat: 42gSaturated Fat: 23gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 110mgSodium: 964mgPotassium: 497mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1454IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 288mgIron: 5mg
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Variations
- Swap cheddar for Colby Jack or pepper jack for extra flavor.
- Use cream of mushroom soup for a vegetarian version.
- Add cooked diced ham or bacon for a heartier dish.
- Try panko breadcrumbs instead of corn flakes for a different crunch.
More Tasty Potato Recipes
- Sausage Hash Brown Casserole
- Mashed Potatoes In Crock Pot
- Perfect Scalloped Potatoes
- Fried Potatoes
- Twice Baked Potatoes
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These are so yummy! I used cream of mushroom in place of the chicken soup (it’s what I had on hand and boy was it good!!) and I thawed my hash browns in the fridge overnight before adding to the casserole dish. I did cover the dish with foil for the first 30 minutes (or until the potatoes were almost done) then added more cheese on top and the topping and baked uncovered until the topping browned (about 10-15 minutes). It was devoured! I am making this again for Easter. Thanks for a great recipe!
I’m confused about the recipe wording. In the list of ingredients, it says a half cup melted butter (8 Tbs). Is that correct? Later with directions it says mix 4 TBs butter with flakes. while list of ingredients says 2.
Normally I won’t review a recipe if I’ve made drastic changes, but…I just have to say thanks for this recipe and for the loaded potato casserole recipe, I basically combined them….and YUM!
It’s a great recipe. But it takes closer to an hour to prepare because it takes awhile to get the onions browned and the cornflakes toasted (it takes more than a minute).
So yummy…this is a real crowd pleaser. Everyone asks for this recipe
Flavor was great but cook time was way off. Jumped ahead to the recipe and followed instructions exactly as written, including uaing frozen diced potatoes. After 60 minutes in oven potatoes were still raw and crunchy in center. Read through blog post and you mentioned covering dish, which may have helped but was not specified in recipe. Will make again but adjust cooking method and increase time.
Oh my!!!!! These are seriously A-mazing!!! The ONLY change I made was I used cream of celery soup instead of cream of chicken. So so so good!!!!!