Party Potatoes

Party Potatoes

1 bag of diced, frozen potato hashbrowns
1 can or cream of chicken soup
1 stick of butter
2 cups shredded cheese (I use a combo of american and cheddar)
8oz sour cream
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Melt the butter. In a bowl mix together the sour cream and soup mix, I also add some salt and pepper at this point. Grease a 13x9 pan and pour the potatoes in it, pour the melted butter over the potatoes and stir them a bit to evenly coat them. Spread the sour cream/soup mixture over the potatoes and then top with about 1 1/2 cups of your cheese. Bake for 30 minutes covered with tin foil and then I stir it and put it back in the oven, uncovered, for about 20-30 minutes. Take out, top with the remaining cheese and serve.

*I will mix this ahead of time and store it in the fridge then shorten the cooking time by about 15 minutes, you can also thaw the potatoes overnight to shorten the cooking time.*

Stir in ideas: diced ham, crisp bacon, onion, sweet corn...I usually just leave it plain.