Fabulous Cheesy Potatoes Casserole

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 lb potatoes

  5 large Russet; or frozen diced hash browns or shredded hash browns (thawed)
• 1/4 cup butter

  melted; unsalted
• 7.7 oz sour cream

  1 cup; or Greek yogurt
• 2.5 oz soft cream cheese

  1/3 cup
• 12 oz cream of chicken soup

  1 cup/1 can; OR cream of mushroom soup/cream of celery soup
• 2 cups cheddar cheese

  shredded, or others like Monterey Jack, Colby Jack, Gruyere, etc.
• 3/4 cup breadcrumbs

  OR Ritz crackers/cornflakes; potato chips also work but require no butter
• 2 Tbsp butter

  melted
• chives

  or parsley, just a sprinkle

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 375ºF/190ºC and grease your baking dish.
• 2 Peel and chop the potatoes into 1/4-1/2-inch pieces and place them in a saucepan
  with cold water. Bring it to a boil, then allow the potatoes to simmer until
  fork-tender (usually 8-14 minutes, depending on their size).
  
  If the pieces are much smaller, reduce the cooking time accordingly. If you're
  using frozen potatoes, make sure they're thawed and stir them directly into the
  cheesy sauce.
• 3 Drain the potatoes and leave them to cool slightly.
  
  Meanwhile, shred the cheddar cheese.
• 4 Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Then add the sour
  cream, cream cheese, soup, and half the cheddar cheese and stir well.
• 5 Add the potatoes to the baking dish, pour over the cheesy sauce, and mix well to
  assemble. Sprinkle over the remaining cheddar. You can optionally add a crunchy
  topping, too.
  
  For the topping, combine your crushed crunchy ingredient (i.e., Ritz crackers,
  breadcrumbs, or cornflakes crushed by hand in a Ziplock bag) with about two
  tablespoons of melted butter and sprinkle that over the potatoes before baking.
  Alternatively, crush potato chips directly over the casserole (no butter
  necessary).
• 6 Bake in the oven at 375ºF/190ºC for 30-35 minutes or until the top is browned
  and bubbling.
• 7 Allow the casserole to rest for a few minutes, then optionally garnish with
  parsley/chives, and serve.

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